DENNIS COFFEY

HAIR AND THANGS[69]DENNIS COFFEY TRIO(DENNIS COFFEY)

MAVERIC (FIRST PRESS ORIGINAL)

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60年代後期からMotown Sound(The Temptations"Cloud Nine" "Psychedelic Shack"/Edwin Starr's "War"/Diana Ross &The Supremes "Someday We'll Be Together" Freda Payne's "Band of Gold"etc...)を支えたFunk BrothersのOriginal Memberで、Motownの移転と共にCaliforniaに移りGuitaristとして大活躍するDennis Coffeyが地元Detroitの超Minor Labelに吹き込んだ入手困難/超激レア盤！Garage Funk傑作！Backを務めるのはTrio初期Memberの3人[Lyman Woodard(Organ)/Andrew Smith(Drums)/Bob Babbitt(Bass)etc]こんなにFunkyなFuzz Guitarが聴けるAlbumはそうそう無い！Isley Brothers"It's Your Thing"Cover収録！代表曲"Scorpio"を始め、彼絡みの音源は全てFunkyだがが、このAlbumこそが最高峰！RARE GROOVE CLASSICS

Let The Sunshine
Hair & Grits
Get Back
Aquarius
Sodomy

Do Your Thing
Hey Jude
Iceberg's Thang
It's Your Thing
Electric Thang

Bass 　Bob Babbitt/Tony Newton
Drums Andrew Smith/Melvin Davis
Guitar Dennis Coffey
Organ Lyman Woodard


1969 Hair and Thangs-Maverick Records
1971 Evolution-Sussex Records 　＊所有
1972 Goin' for Myself　＊所有
1973 Electric Coffey
1974 Dance Party
1974 Instant Coffey
1975 Gettin' It On-Carrere
1976 Back Home-Westbound Records
1976 Finger Lickin' Good
1978 A Sweet Taste of Sin
1989 Under the Moonlight-Orpheus Records

[Motown Records]
＊Detroit musicians
Keyboardists:
Joe Hunter (band leader, 1959/1964)
Earl Van Dyke (band leader, 1964/1972)
Richard "Popcorn" Wylie (1959/1962)
Johnny Griffith (1963/1972)
Johnny Gittens (1963/1967)
Ted Sheely (1963/1967)
Guitarists:
Robert White (1959/1972)
Eddie "Chank" Willis (1959/1972)
Joe Messina (1959?1972)
Larry Veeder (1959/1962)
Dave Hamilton (1959/1962)
Huey Davis (1959/1967, The Contours' road and studio guitarist)
Marvin Tarplin (1958/1973, The Miracles' road and studio guitarist).
Cornelius Grant (1963/1972, The Temptations' road guitarist/band leader)
Dennis Coffey (1967/1972)
Melvin "Wah Wah Watson" Ragin (1968/1972)
Ray Parker Jr. (1968-1972)
Ray Monette
Bassists:
James Jamerson (1959/1972)
Clarence Isabell (1959/1962)
Bob Babbitt (1967/1972)
Edward Pickens (1968/1972)
Tweed Beard
Joe Williams
Michael Henderson
Joe James
Antonio "Tony" Newton
Accordion:
John Milewski - "Johnnie Miles" (1965-1970)
Drums:
William "Benny" Benjamin (1959/1969)
Richard "Pistol" Allen (1959/1972)
George McGregor (1959/1962)
Corey Jahns (1959/1967) bongos
Clifford Mack (1959/1962)
Marvin Gaye (1961/1962)
Uriel Jones (1963/1972)
Freddie Waits (1963/1967)
Andrew Smith (1968/1972)
Percussion:
Jack Ashford (1959/1972, tambourine)
Eddie "Bongo" Brown (1959/1972, various)
Vibes:
Jack Ashford (1959/1972)
Dave Hamilton (1959/1962)
James Gittens (1959/1962)
Jack Brokensha (1963/1972)
Trumpets:
Herbie Williams
John "Little John" Wilson
Marcus Belgrave
Russell Conway
Johnny Trudell
Floyd Jones
Maurice Davis
Billy Horner
Gordon Stump
Don Slaughter
Eddie Jones
Saxophones:
Henry "Hank" Cosby
Andrew "Mike" Terry
Norris Patterson
Thomas "Beans" Bowles
Teddy Buckner
Walter "Choker" Campbell
Ronnie Wakefield
"Lefty" Edwards
Eli Fountain
Ernie Rodgers
Kasuku Mafia
Eugene "BeeBee" Moore
William "Wild Bill" Moore
Angelo Carlisi
Dan Turner
Bernie Peacock
Larry Nozero
Lanny Austin
Trombones:
Bob Cousar
George Bohanon
Paul Riser
Jimmy Wilkens
Don White
Carl Raetz
Patrick Lanier
Bill Johnson
Ed Gooch
Flute:
Dayna Hartwick
Thomas "Beans" Bowles
Piccolo:
Dayna Hartwick
Strings:
Gordon Staples and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Strings Section

＊Los Angeles musicians
Many of the Los Angeles players were members of The Wrecking Crew collective of studio musicians.
Keyboards:
Mike Rubini
Joe Sample
Clarence McDonald
Don Randi
Larry Knechtel
Guitars:
Ray Parker Jr
Melvin "Wah Wah Watson" Ragin
Arthur Wright
Doug Bartenfeld
David T. Walker
Tommy Tedesco
Louie Shelton
Adolph Green
Weldon T. Parks
Dennis Coffey
Bass:
Carol Kaye
Wilton Felder
Bill Pitman
Jacob Aaron Greenberg
Ron Brown
Drums:
Earl Palmer
Jacob Greenberg
Gene Pello
Paul Humphreys
Percussion:
Gary Coleman
Bobbye Hall Porter
King Errisson
Joe Clayton
Sandra Crouch
Jerry Steinholtz
Emil Richards

Arrangers and conductors
Detroit: Paul Riser, Willie Shorter, David Van DePitte, Wade Marcus, Johnny Allen, Gil Askey, Ernie Wilkins, Jerry Long, Henry "Hank" Cosby, Slide Hampton, and H. B. Barnum
Los Angeles: Gene Page, James Carmichael, Arthur Wright

＊The Wrecking Crew
bass: Max Bennett, Chuck Berghofer, Jimmy Bond, Red Callender, Carol Kaye, Larry Knechtel, Joe Osborn, Bill Pitman, Ray Pohlman, Lyle Ritz
conductor/arranger: Jack Nitzsche
drums: Hal Blaine, Jim Gordon, Jim Keltner, Earl Palmer
guitar: Bill Aken, Doug Bartenfeld, James Burton, Glen Campbell, Al Casey, Jerry Cole, Mike Deasy, John Goldthwaite, Rene Hall, Carol Kaye, Barney Kessel, Don Peake, Bill Pitman, Ray Pohlman, Howard Roberts, Irv Rubins, Louie Shelton, Billy Strange, Tommy Tedesco, Al Vescovo
harmonica: Tommy Morgan
keyboards: Al De Lory, Larry Knechtel, Mike Melvoin, Don Randi, Mac Rebennack (aka Dr. John), Mike (Michel) Rubini, Leon Russell
percussion: Frank Capp, Gary L. Coleman, Julius Wechter
saxophone: Gene Cipriano, Steve Douglas, Jim Horn, Plas Johnson, Jay Migliori, Nino Tempo
trombone: Lou Blackburn, Richard "Slyde" Hyde, Lew McCreary
trumpet: Bud Brisbois, Roy Caton, Chuck Findley, Ollie Mitchell, Tony Terran
vocals: Ron Hicklin Singers often performed backup vocals on many of the same songs on which The Wrecking Crew had played instrumental tracks. Though not an official member, Sonny Bono did hang out and contribute to sessions recorded by the Crew.
 
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