But the Parliament-Funkadelic empire became a phenomenon, as Uncle Jam led his all-star virtuoso crew of “extra-terrestrial brothers ... many P-Funk albums. Some are famed classics, some ...

Good thing because few records are worse than Motown live albums. The backing bands always ... In short, the Funk Brothers weren’t there. They exist now strictly as the result of the doc ...

Joe Messina, a guitarist with the Motown session band known as the Funk Brothers whose largely anonymous ... colleagues went uncredited on the early albums and initially received no royalties ...

And one of the Funk Brothers, grew up in the Lowcountry ... It wasn’t until the early 70′s that Motown started listing musicians on the album credits, recognizing Jamerson and the others for their ...