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Encyclopedia > Dennis Coffey

Dennis Coffey (born in Detroit, Michigan) is an American guitarist, notable as a prominent studio musician for many soul and R&B recordings. Flag Seal Nickname: Motor City, Motown, D-Town, The D, The Renaissance City, Detroit Rock City Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin for, We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) Location Location in Wayne County, Michigan Coordinates , Government Country State County United States Michigan Wayne County... A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ... Soul music is a combination of rhythm and blues and gospel which began in the late 1950s in the United States. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ...


As a member of the Funk Brothers studio band, Coffey played on dozens of recordings for Motown Records, and introduced the wah-wah guitar sound to Motown producer Norman Whitfield's recordings. He also played on Edwin Starr's "S.O.S. (Stop Her on Sight)," The Isley Brothers' "It's Your Thing", and Freda Payne's "Band of Gold". In addition, Coffey scored the blaxploitation film Black Belt Jones. The Funk Brothers were the house band at Detroits Motown Records from 1959 to 1972, when the company moved to Los Angeles. ... Motown redirects here. ... Seventh release by Manchester indie rock group, James. ... Norman Whitfield Norman Jesse Whitfield (born in Harlem, New York in 1943) was a songwriter and producer for Berry Gordys Motown label during the 1960s. ... Edwin Starr (January 21, 1942 – April 3, 2003) was a soul music singer. ... The Isley Brothers [IPA: ðə aɪzliː ˌbrʌðərz] are a hugely popular African-American music group from Cincinnati, Ohio, who hold the record for being the longest-running charted group in music history. ... Its Your Thing was a very successful single for the Isley Brothers when it was released in 1969. ... Freda Charcelia Payne (born on September 19, 1942 in Detroit, Michigan) is an African-American singer and actress. ... Sweet Sweetbacks Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles 1971) Blaxploitation is a film genre that emerged in the United States in the early 1970s when many exploitation films were made that targeted the urban African American audience; the word itself is a portmanteau, or combination, of the words black and... Black Belt Jones is a 1974 action film. ...


Since 1971, Coffey has recorded several solo albums, most of them for the Sussex and Westbound labels. In 2004, he published a memoir, Guitars, Bars and Motown Superstars. Sussex Records was a record label located in Hollywood. ... Westbound Records is a Detroit-based label founded by Armen Boladian which started in 1970. ... As a literary genre, a memoir forms a subclass of autobiography, although it is an older form of writing. ...


Discography

Albums

  • 1971: Evolution (Sussex)
  • 1972: Goin' for Myself (Sussex)
  • 1973: Electric Coffey (Sussex)
  • 1974: Dance Party (Sussex)
  • 1974: Instant Coffey (Sussex)
  • 1975: Gettin' It On (Carrere)
  • 1976: Back Home (Westbound)
  • 1976: Finger Lickin' Good (Westbound)
  • 1978: Sweet Taste of Sin (Westbound)
  • 1979: Hair & Thangs (Maverick)
  • 1989: Under the Moonlight (Orpheus)
  • 1990: Motor City Magic (TSR)

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Guitars, Bars & Motown Superstars (645 words)
Dennis Coffey is a former session musician with Motown and many other Detroit labels which produced great soul music of the sixties and seventies.
Coffey's music made him an affluent man, but not to the extent that his income became obscene.
The book ends with nine full pages of the Dennis Coffey discography and I doubt if any soul aficionado could help but be impressed with the sheer volume of soul records on which Dennis has played the guitar on.
MBR: Internet Bookwatch, September 2004 (14846 words)
In Guitars, Bars, And Motown Superstars, guitarist Dennis Coffey tells how he escaped Gordy's tight hold on music to become a success as both a Motown musician and solo artist and his backstage look at the Motown experience provides quite a different perspective than most.
This is no fly-by-night artist: Coffey was one of Detroit's most important session guitarists in the 1960s and 80s and played for many superstars: his insights are a 'must' for any enthusiast of the Motown scene.
Teaching Self-Discipline For Self-Reliance And Academic Success by Dennis Knapczyk (Professor of Education and Director of the collaborative Teacher Education Program, Indiana University--Bloomington) is a general handbook and instructional for teaches to foster self-discipline among their students, and incorporate such self-motivation and self-regulation into the general curriculum.
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