Flutterby™! : Standing in the Shadows of Motown

Wow. If you've ever snapped your fingers along to "My Girl", or wailed "ain't no mountain high enough" just slightly out of tune, you must see Standing in the Shadows of Motown. It's narrative and interviews with The Funk Brothers, the Motown studio musicians, intercut with concert footage from a reunion concert. Those guys still have it, it's fantastic to see how a bunch of jazz musicians jammed for 14 hours a day, knocking out good take after good take, and were the real talent behind all those singers who got the name recognition.

The performance of "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" had the audience in the theater applauding, but it wasn't just about great music, it was also seeing recognition come to a bunch of modest, unassuming guys who really deserve it. Highly recommended.