Joe Messina
Joe Messina
Latest Release
- Chiquita Banana Corporate Death Squad
- June 2025
- • 8 Songs
Top Songs
| 1 | Radicalize Me (YouTube Show Theme) | ||
| 2 | SolidarityE | ||
| 3 | I Wanna Be a CommunistE | ||
| 4 | Lenin | ||
| 5 | Chiquita Banana Corporate Death SquadE |
Albums
Oct 2024 • 1 song
Jan 2024 • 1 song
Jul 2023 • 2 songs
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About
Biography
Guitarist Joe Messina was one of the Funk Brothers as Motown's studio band of the '60s and '70s. Anchored by innovative bassist James Jamerson, keyboardist Earl Van Dyke, and drummer Benny Benjamin, the group also included guitarists Robert White and Eddie Willis, and later "replacement" drummers Uriel Jones and Richard "Pistol" Allen. The band, along with Motown's talented crew of songwriters, singers, arrangers, producers, and engineers, all under the tutelage of Berry Gordy, helped to shape "The Sound of Young America" (the label's '60s/early-'70s slogan). One of the most p...