Our beloved father and friend, Joseph Messina, has passed away at the age of 89. Joseph, born by the name Giuseppe Messina in Palmi, Italy, was also known as Papa, Nonno, Giuseppe, Peppino, and Joe to ...

Joe Messina, one of the original guitarists for Motown Records' in-house backing band the Funk Brothers, died on Monday at the age of 93. Born on Dec. 13, 1928, in Detroit, Messina began playing ...

Joe Messina, the original guitarist for legendary Motown Records studio band the Funk Brothers, has died. Billboard reports that Messina died yesterday in Detroit after a 12-year battle with kidney ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joe Messina was by all accounts, including his own, a soft-spoken guy who was happiest while playing his guitar. But as one of ...

Joe Messina, the prolific guitarist whose work with the Funk Brothers can be heard on an array of Motown classics, died Monday, April 4, the Detroit Free Press reports. He was 93. Messina died at his ...

Joe Messina, a jazz guitarist whose work with the Funk Brothers helped build the bedrock of the Motown sound, died Monday in Northville. He was 93. Messina, a longtime Warren resident, died at 4 a.m.

PALMER — Joseph C. Messina, 79, of Palmer, a former longtime resident of Monson, died Saturday, Dec. 11, at Baystate Medical Center, after a short illness. Born in Fitchburg on Jan. 5, 1925, he was ...

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