Watch Standing in the Shadows of Motown Online

In 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. collected the very best musicians from Detroit's thriving jazz and blues scene to begin reducing songs for his brand-new document company. Over a fourteen year duration they were the heartbeat on every hit from Motown's Detroit era. By the end of their remarkable run, this unheralded team of musicians had actually used more leading hits than the Coastline Boys, the Rolling Stones, Elvis and also the Beatles integrated - which makes them the greatest hit device in the history of music. They called themselves the Funk Brothers. Forty-one years after they played their first note on a Motown record and three decades since they were completely, the Funk Brothers reunited back in Detroit to play their songs as well as inform their remarkable tale, with the help of archival video, still photos, narrative, meetings, re-creation scenes, 20 Motown master tracks, as well as twelve brand-new online performances of Motown classics with the Brothers backing up modern performers.