Eddie "Chank" Willis Memorial Fund
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THANK YOU TO EVERY ONE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS FUND. THIS SITE WILL BE SHUT DOWN IN A FEW DAYS TIME. ALL FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR A WORTHWHILE CAUSE AND ON BEHALF OF THE WILLIS FAMILY AND MYSELF--WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE IN HOW YOU SHOWED YOUR LOVE FOR EDDIE...
Eddie "Chank" Willis (June 3, 1936, Grenada, Mississippi, United States)-August 20, 2018 , Grernada, Mississippi was 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.
Eddie "Chank" Willis (June 3, 1936, Grenada, Mississippi, United States)-August 20, 2018 , Grernada, Mississippi was 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.
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Patricia SweetPea Washington
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Parking, NY
Terez Willis
Beneficiary
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