Eddie Willis Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Eddie "Chank" Willis (born June 3, 1936, Grenada, Mississippi, United States) is an African-American soul musician. Willis played electric guitar and occasional electric sitar for Motown's in-house studio band, the Funk Brothers, during the 1960s and early 1970s.Willis is known for his signature style of muted guitar riffs which added a distinctive tone or "color" to the beat, often timed with the snare, of the hundreds of hit songs recorded at Hitsville U.S.A. for Motown artists. Among the recordings Willis performed on are "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes, "The Way You Do the Things You Do" by The Temptations, "You Keep Me Hanging On" by The Supremes, and "I Was Made to Love Her" by Stevie Wonder.Influences for Willis include Chet Atkins, Wes Montgomery, and Albert King. He played a Gibson Firebird guitar on most his early 1960s work, later moving on to use a Gibson ES 335. On recordings such as The Supremes' "No Matter What Sign You Are", Willis performed on a Coral sitar.He accepted an offer from Phil Collins to perform on his album of Motown and 1960s soul classics, Going Back.
Net Worth
$20 Million
Date Of Birth
1936
Place Of Birth
Grenada, Mississippi, USA
Profession
Music Department, Soundtrack
Nicknames
Eddie Willis, Willis, Eddie
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
2002
Documentary musician: guitar
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Ring
2002
writer: "Hey John"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tavis Smiley
2004
TV Series
Himself
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
2002
Documentary
Himself
Known for movies
The Ring (2002) as Soundtrack
Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002) as Music Department