Originally Posted by
westgrandboulevard
Exactly. That's why I feel Martha is Motown's best ambassador. She embodies the real soul, and the sound of the place.
So true. I don't recall reading other artists really saying much specifically about the Funk Brothers.
Originally Posted by
westgrandboulevard
I've never understood why Smokey Robinson said they could get the sound anywhere.
You can hear the difference....
Ugggg. I read that comment too and I was only 16 and knew that was utter nonsense. This may be where I first started wondering just how much the Funks were appreciated by the Motowners themselves. I'll admit, an L.A. production here and there fooled me, but for the most part, as soon as I heard something not recorded in Detroit I knew something was weird. Case in point, when I heard "Seek And You Shall Find" on the Isley Brothers "This Old Heart" album, it stuck out like a VERY sore thumb! [[only later did I find it was done in N.Y.)
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