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The Funk Brothers Share the Formula

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Proof that you don't have to overplay to make great music. The famous Motown Funk Brothers show you how it's done.

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The Funk Brothers were a group of Detroit-based session musicians who performed the backing to most Motown recordings from 1959 until the company moved to Los Angeles in 1972.

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