Dennis Coffey

Dennis Coffey

Born November 11, 1940· Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Learning guitar at thirteen in Copper City, Michigan, Coffey entered his first studio session at fifteen, backing Vic Gallon. By the late 1960s he became a key member of Motown’s Funk Brothers, adding distortion, tape-loop delay and wah-wah to soul tracks such as the Temptations’ “Cloud Nine” and “Ball of Confusion,” as well as hits for Edwin Starr, Diana Ross & the Supremes and Freda Payne. His 1…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

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