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    Making music and money in Detroit. http://denniscoffeysite.com/lots-of-...made-part-one/

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    I remember a lot of good times working with The Royaltones at Bay Shores in Somer's Point, NJ. http://denniscoffeysite.com/bay-shor...nt-new-jersey/

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    Here is my blog of my earliest recordings as an artist while I was in the army. http://denniscoffeysite.com/discover...dennis-coffey/

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    Hello everyone. Here is another blog. http://denniscoffeysite.com/lots-of-...and-at-motown/

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    Here is my latest blog. I found some early records Mike Theodore and I produced on YouTube. http://denniscoffeysite.com/lots-of-...ic-part-three/

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    Here is another blog of me recording my first album "Hair & Thangs". http://denniscoffeysite.com/detroit-...-money-made-4/

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    The name Paul Parrish came up on an interview I did with the BBC last Saturday so I wrote a blog about him. http://denniscoffeysite.com/paul-parrish/

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    Hello everyone. Here is a new blog about Mike Theodore and I producing Lonette McKee. http://denniscoffeysite.com/lonette-mckee/

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    I just got back from the Les Paul 100 Year celebration at the Hard Rock Cafe in NYC. Some great guitarists were playing at the event to honor Les Paul. I put a video of Joe Bonamassa on my website. http://denniscoffeysite.com/all-star...y-celebration/

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    Dennis, thanks for your blog. It's terrific!
    I have been listening to the complete Invictus recordings collection for a few months now and am curious and interested in your opinions. I always felt I could tell the difference between a Motown and an Invictus recording, even though Holland Dozier Holland were present on both labels, composing and producing.
    Invictus to me always had a more sparse, bass and guitar led sound, and although sometimes horns and even strings were added, the fundamental platform was always bass, guitars and drums. Dennis Coffey, Tony Newton, Ray Parker, Zachary Slater and Mckinley Jackson seemed to be the foundation of the majority of the recordings. My question is - did Invictus set out to emulate the Motown sound, or was the intention to provide its own distinctive sound with the sparse clattering guitars, heavy bass and generally less sweetenings? Was this by design, or was it perhaps due to less money available to provide the rich orchestrations provided by cash rich Motown?. Or was it simply down to the studios and their ambient sound and recording equipment?

    regards Mike

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    If I wasn't clear, this recording exemplifies what I was trying to put over to you.... it's too gritty and metallic for Motown....


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    Hi Mikew. Peanut played bass on most of those recordings. HDH hired Motown Sound Engineer Lawrence Horn to be part of their operation. In the beginning some of those early HDH recordings were done at Tera Shirma with some of the Funk Brothers but they still probably had Lawrence Horn doing the engineering. I was always in the rhythm section not the control room but Ralph may be able to tell you more about those sessions.

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    Hi Folks. I finally got a chance to play guitar on a record in a Quintin Tarantino movie. Mike Theodore and I produced a record on Rodriguez called "Hate Street Dialog". It is in the new Tarantino movie coming out in December called "Hateful Eight". The song was written by Mike Theodore, me, and Gary Harvey. I am playing a guitar solo on my guitar using a Hammond Condor Unit. http://denniscoffeysite.com/dennis-c...-in-new-movie/

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    Dennis,
    Lawrence die NOT engineer any of those early sessions. The engineer was Milan Bogdan.

    Congratulations on the movie deal, Dennis. That is quite an achievement,
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    Thanks, Ralph. I knew you would know the answer. Hey back in the day I got to work with James Burton, the guitarist who played with Ricky Nelson and Elvis Presley. http://denniscoffeysite.com/james-burton/

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    Dennis,
    Remember when we were playing in Somers Point and staying at that motel? I was in the pool one day and struck up a conversation with another road musician who was telling me he was getting involved with this group in Muscle Shoals. Real nice guy. Turned out it was a young [[like us at the time) Steve Cropper.

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    Nice to read the news about the movie Dennis!

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    Ralph, I finally met Steve when we received our Funk Brothers Pioneer Awards at the R&B Foundation Event in Philadelphia.

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    Hi Everyone. Wes Montgomery was one of my guitar heroes. I heard him many times at the Drome Lounge in Detroit. I also got to know him and started playing jazz because of him. http://denniscoffeysite.com/my-guita...es-montgomery/

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    Great article Denny, thanks ! And the concert is fabulous !

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    Thanks Phil. Two of Rodriguez's daughters, Sandra and Eva came down to Northern Lights last Tuesday and invited Millie and me to attend the concert at the Fox Theater Sunday night featuring Brian Wilson with Rodriguez as the opening act. We are looking forward to it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cosmic Truth View Post
    I really enjoyed reading about you working with Norman Whitfield, Dennis.
    Yes, I love the records with Norman Whitfield. Dennis, you really made these records jump out at you from the opening chords, especially I'll never forget hearing "Friendship Train" for the first time, and then realizing it was Gladys Knight and the Pips. That blew me away.

    It was when Motown finally started crediting some of its musicians on their LPs that I learned your name as well as several others. I believe you played on another of my all time favorites "What It Is," by Undisputed Truth. I loved that entire album, "Face to Face With the Truth" so much from start to finish. So much great guitar on that LP, especially on the deconstruction of "What's Going On."

    Did you ever play with George Clinton, either on Parliament or Funkadelic? I have to think you must have. Didn't you in fact record for Westbound as did Funkadelic in their early days?
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    I did play that solo on Smiling Faces and that album. I also played on I Want to Testify with George and the first Funkedelic album. George and I both received Heroes and Legends Awards in LA in 2009. We had breakfast the next day and talked about old times.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dennis_coffey View Post
    I did play that solo on Smiling Faces and that album. I also played on I Want to Testify with George and the first Funkedelic album. George and I both received Heroes and Legends Awards in LA in 2009. We had breakfast the next day and talked about old times.
    Just want to clarify. I was talking about the UT's second album "Face to Face with the Truth," and its single "What It Is." I'm pretty sure you meant you played on that entire album, but just like to know for sure. But good to know you also played on their first LP as well.

    Thanks!

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    I am not sure I played on that album unless they have me listed in the credits. I was playing on so many albums back then that it is hard to remember each one.

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    I have been writing about some of my guitar heroes. Pat Martino is one of them. http://denniscoffeysite.com/my-guita...s-pat-martino/

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    Another one of my guitar heroes George Benson. http://denniscoffeysite.com/my-guita...george-benson/

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    Congratulations on the movie gig! Look forward to hearing the song.

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    I will be playing August 19-22 at the Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe. http://denniscoffeysite.com/back-at-...dog-jazz-cafe/

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    I added some videos to my blog on the first time I used my special guitar effects at Motown. http://denniscoffeysite.com/motown-guitar-effects-use/

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    Wilson and me back in the day. I played on "Don't Knock My Love" with Wilson. http://denniscoffeysite.com/wilson-pickett/

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    Quote Originally Posted by dennis_coffey View Post
    Wilson and me back in the day. I played on "Don't Knock My Love" with Wilson. http://denniscoffeysite.com/wilson-pickett/
    Great piece of music; thanks for your contribution to it!

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    Dennis,

    I assume you played on both these versions, given your history on Wilson's album and the Hot Wax label??


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    Hi Mike. It sounds like me on those records. I can't remember every song I did because I played on 18 sessions a week at three or four songs on each session in Detroit and in LA. That is at least 54 songs each week. One year I was on three records in the Billboard top ten and ten records in the top 100 every week. Those were the days. I enjoyed every minute of it which is why I still play all the time. I got the chance to work with with great musicians, artists, and producers and was trained at Motown to make great records. It doesn't get any better than that.

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    I shared some videos on the records I played on at Golden World. http://denniscoffeysite.com/golden-w...c-tic-records/

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    Here are some YouTube videos relating to this post. http://denniscoffeysite.com/twirl-impact-records/

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    I added some videos to this post on The Dramatics. I added some videos to my blog on The Dramatics. http://denniscoffeysite.com/dramatics/

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    Here are some videos of songs I played on produced by Norman Whitfield. http://denniscoffeysite.com/norman-whitfield/

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    I have added a video of a song by the Royaltones that I co-wrote back in the day. http://denniscoffeysite.com/bay-shor...nt-new-jersey/

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    I added some videos on my second session blog. http://denniscoffeysite.com/my-secon...rding-session/

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    I found some videos of me with The Royaltones and The Volumes. http://denniscoffeysite.com/lots-of-...made-part-one/

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    Quote Originally Posted by dennis_coffey View Post
    Hi Mikew. Peanut played bass on most of those recordings. HDH hired Motown Sound Engineer Lawrence Horn to be part of their operation. In the beginning some of those early HDH recordings were done at Tera Shirma with some of the Funk Brothers but they still probably had Lawrence Horn doing the engineering. I was always in the rhythm section not the control room but Ralph may be able to tell you more about those sessions.
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    Hi Dennis,
    We've got a thread on The Motown Forum talking about this very subject: The difference between the sound of Motown's and the other Detroit Soul labels' instrumental sound of recordings even when The Funk Brothers and other Motown or ex-Motown session players were most of the players on the non-Motown recordings. I hope you and Ralph will contribute to that thread.

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    I was always a big fan of Chuck Berry. http://denniscoffeysite.com/my-guita...s-chuck-berry/

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    Dennis,
    I wouldn't let Lawrence touch any of the equipment. The engineers for HDH were Milan Bogdan and Russ Terrana.

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    Hi Ralph. That is good info. I had Milan master one of my albums last year. Many years ago, when I spent a few days in Nashville, Milan offered me some office space and a telephone at his mastering lab and said he would introduce me to his contacts in Nashville. I decided to go back to Detroit instead. He was a great sound engineer and nice guy. Milan also asked me to produce a session on a group he had recorded at Tera Shirma. I had to ask him what a producer does. He explained to me what he wanted me to do and I did it.

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    I was a big fan of Billy Butler and Bill Doggett. http://denniscoffeysite.com/my-guita...-billy-butler/

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    Quote Originally Posted by dennis_coffey View Post
    Wilson and me back in the day. I played on "Don't Knock My Love" with Wilson. http://denniscoffeysite.com/wilson-pickett/
    Now that was my JAM! back in the day. Incredible, explosive record. Cooks from beginning to the end.

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