How Funk Brother Eddie Willis Made a Guitar from Broomstick Wire and the Side of His House!!!

This interview was one of the first ones that we did. It was shot in 2005. I drove down to Mississippi to meet up with my friend, Eddie Willis. I went to pick up his guitars that we have on exhibit and do an interview. Eddie talked about one of the scenes in the movie "Standing in the Shadows of Motown". As a young child he was very poor and was making his own musical instruments. Visit us here: https://www.musicianshalloffame.com/ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/musicianshalloffame Send inquires here: https://www.musicianshalloffame.com/contact-us View the entire Musicians Hall of Fame Backstage Vault Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNotO4QzIgI&list=PLpVZxNGBuqfAl6xIyyj8tWQS6i6efcK8O See the whole Backstage Interview Catalog here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNotO4QzIgI&list=PLpVZxNGBuqfAl6xIyyj8tWQS6i6efcK8O Support the Museum here : https://www.musicianshalloffame.com/donations/ Merch! - Get yours here: https://shop.musicianshalloffame.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicianshalloffame/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicianshalloffame/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mhfm Trip Adviser: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g55229-d621531-Reviews-Musicians_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum-Nashville_Davidson_County_Tennessee.html

Added 23 Aug 2026