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Coffey At The Club: Unreleased Dennis Coffey Concert Arrives on “Live At Baker’s”

February 26, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Dennis Coffey’s legacy is probably most tied to his legendary session work for Motown Records.  As a member of The Funk Brothers, Coffey appeared on hits such as Edwin Starr’s “War,” The Temptations’ “Ball of Confusion,” and Stevie Wonder’s cover of “We Can Work It Out.”  Coffey also performed on recordings by Wilson Pickett, Parliament/Funkadelic, and even produced Rodriguez’s debut, Cold Fact.

But Coffey, still active to this day, also shines as a live performer.  Last summer, Omnivore Recordings shone a light on a rare 1968 live set with One Night At Morey’s: 1968.  This Friday, March 1, the label will issue another previously unreleased Dennis Coffey show, Live At Baker’s, available on CD and through digital services.  Recorded live in Detroit in 2006, Coffey and his band (two-time Detroit Music Award winner Demetrius Nabors on keys, Grammy-nominated Gaelynn McKinney on drums and bassist Damon Warmack) perform nine tracks, including the standard “Moonlight in Vermont” and well-chosen covers of Miles Davis (“All Blues”), Freddie Hubbard (the bossa-flecked “Little Sunflower”), and The Temptations (the beautiful “Just My Imagination,” the original recording of which featured Coffey).  The set also includes an incendiary version of Coffey’s Top 10 hit from 1971, “Scorpio,” a song which has been sampled countless times over the years.

In addition to the music, Live At Baker’s includes an eight-page booklet with liner notes by music historian and author Bill Kopp, as well as a brand-new interview with Coffey himself.  As Kopp writes in his notes, “Coffey’s talents never fit neatly into a single genre; typical of a top session player, his style can be subtle one moment, slashing the next. He’s played everything from country and western to hard rock to blues to soul-jazz.”  The many sides of Dennis Coffey’s talent are on display on Live At Baker’s, with its varied setlist and searing performances.  Coffey can still be seen every Tuesday night in Detroit, playing for appreciative audiences at the city’s Northern Lights Lounge.

A scorching sampling of one of soul’s greatest guitarists doing what he does best, Live At Baker’s is due on Friday, March 1 from Omnivore Recordings.  You can check out the full track list and find pre-order links below!

Dennis Coffey, Live At Baker’s (Omnivore OV-320, 2019) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
  1. Little Sunflower
  2. Chicago Song
  3. Scorpio
  4. Moonlight In Vermont
  5. Just My Imagination
  6. The Sermon
  7. All Blues
  8. Way Back Home
  9. Dink’s Blues

Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Funk, R&B/Soul Tags: Dennis Coffey

Sam Stone

Sam Stone has been obsessed with catalog music ever since his folks gave him a Contours best-of collection for his fourth birthday. He quickly began to learn all he could about rock and roll history and beyond, a passion that continues to this day. Sam followed his love for music to the classroom, earning a B.A. from Towson University in Electronic Media and Film, concentrating on radio and audio production, as well as an M.A. in Audio Arts from Syracuse University. He has put his knowledge and skills to work at prominent reissue labels and is excited to bring his perspectives on catalog music to a broader audience. When he’s not writing for The Second Disc, Sam can be found researching about music, talking about Joni Mitchell’s career, and adding another box set to his Amazon wish list.

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Comments

  1. Kimmie Horne says

    April 3, 2019 at 11:15 pm

    Mr. Stone,

    We are proud to announce, that Mr. Dennis Coffey has agreed to be the recipient of The “Lifetime Achievement Award” at the KIMMIE HORNE Jazz Festival which will be held in the city of Southfield, Michigan on August 9th and 10th, 2019. Any assistance you can provide, to aid in helping the public know and be aware of this prestigious award… will be tremendously helpful. Please feel free to contact us for more information and consider yourself as a special guest to attend the festival on either or both days!

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