Joe Messina, one of the star guitarists on the front line of Motown’s studio band, the Funk Brothers, died early Monday at his son Joel Messina’s Northville home, his son confirmed.

Joe Messina, a jazz guitarist whose work with the Funk Brothers helped build the bedrock of the Motown sound, died Monday in Northville. He was 93. Messina, a longtime Warren resident, died at 4 a ...

Joe Messina, Jack Ashford. Slutsky's collaboration with the Funk Brothers resulted in a book, "Standing in the Shadows of Motown," and later the film of the same name. After the release of the ...

"The Funk Brothers are looking down at us. They're here," he said. "Every time I start talking about these guys, I get so emotional." Ailing guitarist Joe Messina watched the ceremony online from ...

With the death of Willis, only guitarist Joe Messina and percussionist Jack Ashford remain from the seminal, core lineup of the Funk Brothers, the revered Motown house band that largely worked in ...

Randy Napoleon may represent the new school of Detroit guitar players emerging from the lineage of Kenny Burrell and (Motown) Funk Brothers Dennis Coffey and Joe Messina, but his approach and sound on ...