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>October 29, 2006 > >I have recently viewed two excellent Music DVD's. > > Standing In The Shadows of Motown," and "Tom Dowd: >The Language of Music." 1. > >Standing in the Shadows of Motown is based on the >illustrious "house" musicians, "The Funk Brothers." > >The Funk Brothers are considered the greatest studio >musicians of the 20th Century. > >One will laugh, cry a bit, and just sit entralled at >the wonder of this illustrious group of people coming >together in that time, place and space in the cosmos >of the universe in the city of Detroit, Michigan in >the 1960's, creating the backdrop, backbeat and >soundtrack of what became known as the >"Motown Sound". > >Actually, the "Funk Brothers" become "known" in 1959. > >"Hitsville U. S. A. Detroit, Michigan, 1959. Berry >Gordy gathered the best musicians from the city's >thriving jazz and blues scene for his new record >company, Motown. They called themselves the Funk >Brothers, and they were the greatest hit machine in >the history of popular music. This is their story." 2. > >These musicians are the "unknown" unsung genius of a >music sound, created in a recording studio. > >"They played on more #1 records than the Beatles, The >Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones and Elvis Presley." 3. > >Yet, a large part of the world still knows little or >nothing about them..... > >As the liner notes stated, "This is the (Funk >Brothers) story". 4. > >.... And a story it is. Anyone truly interested in the >"mysteries" of the Recording Music Studios, will be >moved by this beautiful, heartfelt and yes, sad story >of original creativity and hard work, and yet the >actual work so tragically obscured. > >Acquire a copy of "Standing In The Shadows of Motown," >as much knowledge as the public has known about the >Story of Motown, this documentary will complete the >story. > > >"Tom Dowd: The Language of Music".....is superlative. >It is the only existing comprehensive documentation of >Tom Dowd that this writer is aware of. > >Tom Dowd was the recording engineer for Atlantic >Records from the late 1940's through the 1980's. > >The DVD documentary "profiles the extraordinary life >and legendary work of this music producer/recording >engineer." 5. > >Tom Dowd worked with the likes of Aretha Franklin, >Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Led Zeppenlin, The Young >Rascals-"Rascals.... John Coltrane, Tito Puente and >myriad other greats in American Popular and Classical >Music. > >Dowd held some personal illustrious credentials... he >was a classically trained musician, and a nuclear >physicist who actually worked on the "Manhattan >Project"! > >This documentary is an inspiring and necessary >contribution to the annals of American Popular Music. >This video documents the warmth, as well as the >greatness, of a most extraordinary gifted human being. > >"Tom Dowd: The Language of Music" should be required >study material for the serious student of Sound >engineering. > >Anyone who desires a complete knowledge of music >recorded on the Atlantic Label from the 1940's through >the 1980's, should view this documentary. > >K. C. Sondai > >@Music Notes Magazine >October 27, 2006 >Copyright. > >Reference sources taken from "Tom Dowd: The Language >of Music" 2003, and "Standing In The Shadows of >Motown" 2002.

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