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 guitarist with the Motown session band known as the Funk Brothers whose largely anonymous work graced hit records such as Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On,” Stevie Wonder’s ...

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 ...

Three-time Grammy-winning pianist Joe Hunter of the Funk Brothers, the studio band behind numerous Motown hits, has been found dead in his Detroit apartment, Detroit Police said. By Reuters ...

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 ...