dennis coffey Archive
04 Jun 2020
Outrageous: The Mind Excursions of Dennis Coffey (Part Two)
A look back at the renowned guitarist’s Sussex Records years Continued from Part One … Goin’ for Myself (1972) On its initial release, Evolution didn’t sell. “The album was out […]
03 Jun 2020
Outrageous: The Mind Excursions of Dennis Coffey (Part One)
A look back at the renowned guitarist’s Sussex Records years Dennis Coffey made his name among musicians as an in-demand session guitarist in Detroit. Coffey played on literally hundreds of […]
09 Apr 2019
Album Review: Dennis Coffey — Live at Baker’s
In the course of his career, Dennis Coffey has made a name for himself several times over. The Detroit guitarist was a key session player in that city’s music scene; […]
29 Jun 2018
Liner Notes News
I’ve been extraordinarily busy lately. After devoting a large chunk of 2017 to the writing of my first book, Reinventing Pink Floyd: From Syd Barrett to The Dark Side of […]
03 Mar 2017
Coffey Talk: A Chat with Guitar Legend Dennis Coffey (Part 2)
Continued from Part One … Dennis Coffey was part of a new venture, the Producer’s Workshop, led by legendary Motown bassist James Jamerson. As he recalls in Guitars, Bars and […]
02 Mar 2017
Coffey Talk: A Chat with Guitar Legend Dennis Coffey (Part 1)
The 2002 film Standing in the Shadows of Motown introduced viewers to The Funk Brothers. That name – originally coined by session drummer William “Benny” Benjamin – was retroactively applied […]