"African-Americansoulmusician" . . "1936Z"^^ . "1936-06-03Z"^^ . . . . "Willis, Eddie"@en . "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."@en .