Friday on my Mind 218: I Know I’m Losing You. RIP Joe Messina
Posted in 1960s, Events dear boy. Events, Friday On My Mind, Music at 12:00 on 17 June 2022
It was just after I got back from my holiday that I saw the obituary of Joe Messina, one of the Funk Brothers, the session musicians behind the success of the Tamla-Motown record label.
Messina’s rhythm guitar was a potent driving force in the groove of those records. This is only one of the hits he played on.
The Temptations: I Know I’m Losing You
Joseph Lucian (Joe) Messina: 13/12/1928 – April 4/4/2022. So it goes.
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