Dennis Coffey
By Michelangelo Matos, eMusic Contributor
A guitar-slinger of the first order, Detroit-area native Dennis Coffey was the session ace whose wah-wah-laden style helped ignite Motown's late '60s. Famously, he played through that namesake pedal on the session Norman Whitfield produced for the Temptations '"Cloud Nine," a record that announced the label's continuing commitment to adjusting to R&B's ever-shifting sonic proclivities. (That Coffey was a white man employed by America's largest black business had its own kinds of historical charms beyond… more »
