Standing in the Shadows of Motown

Richard 'Pistol' Allen

as Self

Jack Ashford

as Self

Bob Babbitt

as Self

Benny 'Papa Zita' Benjamin

as Self (archive footage)

Eddie 'Bongo' Brown

as Self (archive footage)

Bootsy Collins

as Self

Johnny Griffith

as Self

Ben Harper

as Self

Joe Hunter

as Self

James Jamerson

as Self (archive footage)

Uriel Jones

as Self

Montell Jordan

as Self

Chaka Khan

as Self

Gerald Levert

as Self

Joe Messina

as Self

Meshell Ndegeocello

as Self

Joan Osborne

as Self

Rudy Robinson

as Self

James Jamerson Jr.

as Self

Paul Riser

as Self

Andre Braugher

as Narrator (voice)

Gary Bosek

as Young Bob Babbitt