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DETROIT – LOTS OF MUSIC TO BE PLAYED, LOTS OF MONEY TO BE MADE PART ONE
DETROIT – LOTS OF MUSIC TO BE PLAYED, LOTS OF MONEY TO BE MADE PART ONE What was Detroit like in the 60’s? Detroit was and still is one of the best music places in the world. When I told Berry Gordy he was the […]
DENNIS COFFEY – MY SECOND RECORDING SESSION
DENNIS COFFEY – MY SECOND RECORDING SESSION I did my second recording session at the age of 16. One day my friend Durwood Hutto who played rhythm guitar and sang rockabilly and I decided to make a demo of a song we had written called […]
MY FIRST RECORDING SESSION (DENNIS COFFEY)
MY FIRST RECORDING SESSION (DENNIS COFFEY) I got a call one day to play on my first recording session. I was 15 years old and a student at Mackenzie High School in Detroit. The person calling me was Vic Gallon. Vic told me he had […]
DON WAS
DON WAS Don Was is a legendary record producer, bassist, and President of Blue Note Records. Blue Note is an American jazz label established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. The leading artists on Blue Note were Horace Silver, Jimmy Smith, Freddie Hubbard, […]
TO BE OR NOT TO BE A FUNK BROTHER
TO BE OR NOT TO BE A FUNK BROTHER People have asked me why I didn’t go on tour as a Funk Brother with Allen Slutsky and why I didn’t have more face time in “Standing in the Shadows of Motown” as a Funk Brother. […]