Uriel Jones is dead

One of the three legendary tamla motown drummers is dead. Uriel Jones dies  at the age of 74 in a hospital in Michigan. He was the last living member of the studio session band ‚the funk brothers‘. He was well known for the recordings of the songs ‚I heard it through the grapevine‘ and ‚ain´t no mountain high enough‘ (Marvin Gaye) and played many other famous motown hits in the 60ties and 70ties. If you are interested in having additional infos about the funk brothers, buy this  film-dvd, it´s a really great document bout the works of his nice musician team.

Uriel was born in june 1934 and now dies after suffering complications from a heart attack. Uriel, R.I.P. – we will miss you…on the foto you can see him jamming with the great James Jamerson in 1964 in the club ‚Blues Unlimited‘ in Detroit.