Robert White and Joe Messina in Studio A at Hitsville USA.

James Jamerson and drummer Uriel Jones in 1964 at the Detroit club "Blues Unlimited."

Funk Brothers Jack Ashford, Pistol Allen, Joe Hunter and Eddie Willis with Joan Osborne.

Funk Brothers Joe Messina, Johnny Griffith, Joe Hunter, Bob Babbitt and Richard "Pistol" Allen perform at Baker's Keyboard Lounge.

Bob Babbitt (left) and Eddie Willis (right) with an impassioned Ben Harper  (center) performing "Ain't Too Proud To Beg".

Director Paul Justman on the stage of the Royal Oak Music Theater giving instructions to the film crew.

Jonathan Dana, Paul Justman, Alan Slutsky, Paul Elliot, Bob Babbitt, Jack Ashford, Joe Hunter, and David Scott at an event for Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)

Bob Babbitt at an event for Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)

Jack Ashford at an event for Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)

Bob Babbitt, Jack Ashford, and Joe Hunter at an event for Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)

Joe Hunter at an event for Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)

Joe Hunter, Eddie Willis, and Joe Messina in the original "Snakepit" studio recording "You've Really Got A Hold On Me"

Bob Babbitt, Richard 'Pistol' Allen, Johnny Griffith, Joe Hunter, and Joe Messina in Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)