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WHAT MOTOWN GUITAR EFFECTS DID YOU USE?
WHAT MOTOWN GUITAR EFFECTS DID YOU USE? I remember back in the early sixties doing a session with the Royaltones at Bell Sound in New York City. We recorded two songs. One was “Our Faded Love”, and the flip side was “Holy Smokes”. The members […]
MOTOWN GUITAR SECTION
MOTOWN GUITAR SECTION DENNIS COFFEY The Motown guitar team on the session would look at the Master Rhythm Arrangement and divide up the parts to make it easy on ourselves. I would play special effects (Wah Wah pedal, Echoplex, fuzz tone, etc.) I would also […]
MOTOWN MUSICIANS I PLAYED WITH
MOTOWN MUSICIANS I PLAYED WITH There were 12 Funk Brothers in the Motown rhythm section including me. There were usually three guitarists on each session out of the four. The producer and arranger were the ones who conducted the session. We would come in each […]
MUSICIANS ON SCORPIO CONTINUED
MUSICIANS ON SCORPIO CONTINUED JACK ASHFORD Jack Ashford was another Funk Brother. He played a gospel tambourine and has a sound all his own. He got that sound by shaking the tambourine and slapping the face of it with his hand to the groove. Jack […]
MUSICIANS ON SCORPIO
MUSICIANS ON SCORPIO JOE PODORSEK Joe Podorsek plays guitar and bass and has been a friend of mine since we both played upright bass in the orchestra at Mackenzie High in Detroit. Joe and his dad also owned Capital Music in Detroit where I bought […]