Dennis Coffey - Live Album from 1968 - Cd Out Jan 2017

News about a upcoming 2017 release...

Deluxe CD RELEASE DATE (CD): January 13th, 2017

Deluxe Limited Edition LP Available for Record Store Day’s Black Friday Event Only!

RELEASE Date (LP): November 25, 2016

Never-before issued recordings from legendary Motown guitarist, Dennis Coffey, captured live at Morey Baker’s Showplace Lounge in Detroit in 1968. One of the Funk Brothers, as featured in the Grammy award winning documentary “Standing in The Shadows of Motown”, Coffey has played with countless musicians from Quincy Jones to Barbra Streisand, and Michael Jackson to Stevie Wonder.

Hot Coffey in the D was produced by Mike Theodore and Coffey, the same team that produced the recently rediscovered folk singer Rodriguez’s debut album Cold Fact (1970) and the soundtrack to the Academy Award winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man”. These recordings showcase Coffey in his prime, raw and unfiltered, with fellow Detroiters organist Lyman Woodard (former musical director for Martha and the Vandellas) and drummer Melvin Davis (Smokey Robinson, Wayne Kramer).

The package features striking cover art by acclaimed comic book artist and Metro Detroit native, Bill Morrison (The Simpsons, Futurama), rare photos, as well as essays by veteran music journalist and album co-producer Kevin Goins, who interviewed Dennis Coffey, Melvin Davis and Mike Theodore for the project, and Resonance producer Zev Feldman.

via http://www.resonancerecords.org/release.php?cat=HCD-2024

In the late '60s, Dennis Coffey was a fixture in the fertile Detroit soul recording studio scene, where he helped shape the sound of countless hits for Detroit's indie soul labels Golden World, Ric-Tic, Kelmac and Revilot, among others. Jack Montgomerys "Dearly Beloved," The Reflections' "Just Like Romeo and Juliet" and Darrell Banks's "Open the Door to Your Heart" are just a few of the Northern Soul classics of that era that Coffey played on. At the same time, organist Lyman Woodard was the musical director for Martha Reeves and The Vandellas (Heat Wave) and Melvin Davis was busy cutting 45s of his own as a vocalist on the Groovesville, Fortune and Mala labels and landing a number regional hits including This Love Was Meant To Be/Save It (Never Too Late).

more via http://denniscoffeysite.com/hot-coffey-d-burnin-morey-bakers-showplace-lounge/

Side A:

1. Fuzz (8:17)

2. By The Time I Get To Phoenix (7:09)

3. The Look Of Love (11:45)

Side B:

1. Maiden Voyage (7:06)

2. The Big ‘D’ (4:13)

3. Casanova (Your Playing Days Are Over) (7:04)

4. Wade In The Water (7:52)