I was very saddened to hear of the passing away of Uriel Jones, outstanding drummer with The Funk Brothers, the legendary Motown Records session players. Fortunately we are able to enjoy his contribution to our own musical fibre every time we listen to many Motown songs he played on. He was nicely spotlighted in the documentary feature film Standing In The Shadows Of Motown. One of the outstanding moments in the movie was the interaction between Joan Osborne and the Funk Brothers before the show and then their stellar performance together of the classic What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted. I saw this film at the Vancouver International Film Festival and as Joan Osborne was reaching the end of the song, the entire theatre audience stood up and cheered, continuing on into a standing ovation at the end of the song. To this day, I cannot help but be moved by what to me is one of the all-time best live performances of a artist I have ever seen.
I am sorry I am unable to embed the video directly on the Blog, however, it has been disabled by request. No problem. Just click on the link and enjoy What Becomes of The Broken Hearted by Joan Osborne and The Funk Brothers our Song of the Week. But please, come back after the performance for more of this week's postings.
Cheers
Michael
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StinRUpDh1w
