watching this video and hearing about Jones passing reminds me of one of the things I thought was SO VERY ironic about "Standing in the Shadows of Motown". Even though it was intended to finally give credit to Motown's amazing musicians, it STILL ignored an entire group of musicians, namely all the string and horn players. Except for Junior Walker and a few players Stevie Wonder used, most of the string and horn players who contributed so much to Motown music are still unknown, and just try to imagine songs like "My Girl", "Don't Leave Me This Way" or lots of the Supremes, Miracles and Four Tops songs without the strings and horns.




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