By STUBASS (64.12.106.34) on Saturday, February 15, 2003 - 01:58 pm:

GREETINGS ALL: I HAVE JUST PURCHASED THE APRIL 03 EDITION OF "VINTAGE GUITAR MAGAZINE" AS RECOMMENDED BY MR. BABBITT AND OTHERS...AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE ARTICLE TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN MOTOWNS ESTEEMED "FUNK BROTHERS"!!!...GREAT COVER PICTURES...EXCEPT I CANT QUITE IDENTIFY THE GUY ON THE FAR RIGHT WITH THE CIGARETTE HANGING FROM HIS LIPS...AN "OLYMPIAN" SORT OF CHAP!!!...AS FOR THE ARTICLE ITSELF...IT GOES OVER WHAT MANY OF US WHO WERE FAMILIAR WITH THE "FUNKS" ALREADY KNEW (HECK...I WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE FUNKS FROM ABOUT THE AGE OF 12...AND DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY WERE KNOWN AS "THE FUNK BROTHERS"...JUST JOE MESSINA AND THE CATS PLAYING ON ALL THE MOTOWN RECORDS)!!!...MY BROTHER BRUCE...TO HIS CREDIT...SUMMED UP THE RELATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE GUITAR SECTION RATHER WELL IN THE JOE MESSINA THREAD ON THIS FORUM WITH JOE GETTING THE HARDEST PARTS...ROBERT LOCKING IN THE TIME LIKE NO ONE ELSE COULD...AND EDDIE COMING UP WITH THESE AMAZING LICKS...PROBABLY AN ADVANTAGE IN NOT BEING AS "SCHOOLED" AS SOME OF THE OTHERS!!!...THE ARTICLE WAS SUPURBLY WRITTEN BY DAN FORTE...AND TELLS THE STORY OF "THE SESSIONS WITHIN THE SESSION"...AND HOW THE MUSICIANS PERSONAL INPUT WAS PARAMOUNT TO THE FINISHED PRODUCT!!!...A COUPLE OF INTERESTING POINTS!!!...FIRST...ALL THE GUITARISTS LIST WES MONTGOMERY AS ONE OF THEIR PERSONAL FAVORITES (AS I HAVE ALWAYS LISTED WES AS ONE OF MINE)...DESPITE THE FACT THAT SOME OBSERVERS HAVE OFTEN SEEN WES AS BASICALLY "ONE DIMENTIONAL, DUE TO HIS PATENTED OCTIVE STYLE OF PLAYING...ALTHOUGH WHAT HE DOES MUSICALLY WITHIN THOSE OCTAVES ARE PURE GENIUS!!!...THE OTHER POINT WHICH IS DISCUSSED IN THE FOLLOW UP ARTICLE ON THE NEXT PAGE RELATING TO THE "STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN" PROJECT...IS JUST WHAT KIND OF SHIT THAT ALLAN SLUTSKY WENT THROUGH TO BRING THIS STORY TO THE PUBLIC...AND FOR THAT...WE SHOULD ALL BE GREATFUL!!!...IT A GREAT INVESTMENT OF 6 BUCKS...AND I HOPE YOU'LL ALL ENJOY THE ARTICLES!!!...STU

By STUBASS (64.12.101.177) on Saturday, February 15, 2003 - 03:17 pm:

PS TO ABOVE POST!!!...THE ONE THING THAT CLEARLY STANDS HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE ANYTHING ELSE WRITTEN ABOUT ANY COLLECTIVE GROUP OF MUSICIANS...DESPITE THE SUPURB MUSICIANSHIP OR LACK THEREOF...IS THE UNDENIABLE FACT THAT THIS GROUP OF MEN ("THE FUNK BROTHERS") DISPLAYED ABOVE ALL ELSE... A SENSE OF HUMILITY...HONOR... AND INNATE KINDNESS IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE CHARACTERS...WHICH MEANS MORE TO ME THAN ANY TRACK, LICK, OR PERFORMANCE THEY MAY HAVE EVER BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH!!!...STU

By STUBASS (205.188.209.38) on Saturday, February 15, 2003 - 11:33 pm:

PSS: THE CONTENTS OF THE MAGAZINE ERRONIOUSLY LIST THAT THE ARTICLES START ON PAGE 24...WHEN IN FACT...THEY BEGIN ON PAGE 26!!!...STU