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Joe Messina
Joe Messina is credited on 208 releases across 35 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
208
Pressings credited
35
Albums
8
Decades active
296
In collections
Biography
Joseph Lucian Messina (December 13, 1928 – April 4, 2022) was an American guitarist. Dubbed the "white brother with soul", he was one of the most prolific guitarists in Motown Records' in-house studio band, the Funk Brothers.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
208 releases · 35 albums · active 1959–2025
- Performance · 218
- Other credits · 2
Studios: John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts · Hitsville USA Studios, Detroit · Golden World Studios · United Recording Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
What's Going On
1971
Where Did Our Love Go
1964
Puzzle People
1969
All Directions
1972
Sky's The Limit
1971
Psychedelic Shack
1970
People...Hold On
1972
Down To Earth
1974
Masterpiece
1973
Hitsville USA • The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971
1992
Solid Rock
1972
Face To Face With The Truth
1971
"David" Unreleased LP & More
2004
The Ultimate Collection
1997
Exposed
1971
Dance Party
1965
Lost And Found: Breaking Through (1963-1964)
1999
What's Going On / Let's Get It On
1986
Law Of The Land
1973
Jr. Walker And The All Stars
1968
Frequent collaborators
- The Temptations
- The Funk Brothers
- Marvin Gaye
- Valerie Simpson
- Undisputed Truth
- The Undisputed Truth
- Marv Johnson
- Junior Walker & The All Stars
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