Flight Of The Phoenix

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Total Tracks: 12   Total Length: 60:06

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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 »

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Les Paul: American Master (1915-2009)

By Lenny Kaye, eMusic Contributor

--Ed. Note: In honor of the passing of Les Paul, we have decided to rerun Lenny Kaye's wonderfully insightful column on the man. It's the "Guitar Boogie" to end all guitar boogies, with an honor guard of guitarists arrayed behind the benevolently smiling figure of Les Paul, who sits on a raised platform from where he has just finished entertaining a sold-out house at the State Theater in Cleveland and accepting an American Master award from… more »