Sometimes All It Takes Is A TV Commercial To...

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remind you of an old favorite you hadn't heard for years or even decades. Oddly enough I thank Allstate Insurance for this Smokey Robinson classic. I'm not so much a rock guy as I am an R+B and funk guy. To me this music is pure joy.

 

[LtDave32]

Smokey was a powerhouse of talent.

Also wrote and produced songs for many of the Motown crew.

You can hear his writing style in a lot of Motown bands.

I have the Temps "Since I Lost My Baby" on a playlist, and when it comes on, I can hear Smokey all over that song.

 

[electric head]

But dad!!
its Smokey.....

 

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Anybody have any idea who played guitar on this track? I tried searching but can't come up with anything. I suppose it could be a member of The Funk Brothers.

 

[Uncle Vinnie]

But dad!!
its Smokey.....

O. M. G.!!! Boy, do I remember that one, and that line is a classic.

Looks like the commercial was filmed in Detroit, some of those scenes look very familiar.

 

[Uncle Vinnie]

Anybody have any idea who played guitar on this track? I tried searching but can't come up with anything. I suppose it could be a member of The Funk Brothers.

If not one of the Funk Brothers, the guitarist bears a resemblance to Cornell Dupree (Rainy Night In Georgia)

 

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If not one of the Funk Brothers, the guitarist bears a resemblance to Cornell Dupree (Rainy Night In Georgia)

Could be, he was everywhere back then.