Dennis Coffey With the Dirtbombs June 4, 2011

DENNIS COFFEY

Dennis Coffey is best known for his instrumental funk smash hit "Scorpio". His guitar work is also featured on many of Detroit's greatest recordings, Motown and otherwise. And now Strut Records is happy to announce his re-emergence. It's safe to say that that fans of his wah-wah and breakbeat laden solo material, as well as his pioneering work backing folks like The Temptations, Parliament, Edwin Starr & more will be delighted with what they hear. One of the really fun things about the project from a record collector's standpoint is that about half of the material reaches back to classic soul songs on which Dennis first appeared, with guest vocal duties handled by a truly amazing array of musicians. Mayer Hawthorne croons over Parliament's "All Your Goodies Are Gone" from their Up For The Down Stroke LP. Two more Detroit belters, The Dirtbombs' Mick Collins and Rachel Nagy of The Detroit Cobras, join the party with another George Clinton related tune, Funkadelic's "I'll Bet You." Paolo Nutini delivers a great adaption of "Only Good For Conversation," from Rodriguez's much loved Cold Fact album. Fanny Franklin from killer Hollywood funk combo Orgone voices a new version of Wilson Pickett's psych-soul jam "Don't Knock My Love" and Lisa Kekaula from California garage-soul band The Bellrays takes on the 100-Proof Aged In Soul stomper "Somebody's Been Sleeping." For his new compositions on the album, Coffey revisits the uncompromising instrumental style he is renowned for. Milwaukee funk sensations Kings Go Forth (Luaka Bop) mould an intense funk jam around some heavy Coffey licks on "Miss Millie." Album opener "7th Galaxy" echoes the hard guitar 'n' breaks of his Detroit Guitar Band recordings for Sussex, "Knockabout" whips up an epic funky soundtrack groove and "Space Traveller" simmers on a sleazy, guitar-drenched, slo mo workout.

THE DIRTBOMBS

One of Mick Collins' many post-Gories projects, the Dirtbombs initially seemed to exist more in concept than in reality. As if in reaction to the bass-less sound of the Gories, the Detroit-based band brought together two drummers, two bass players, and Collins on vocals and guitar. And other than consistently loud volumes and lots of noise, the Dirtbombs actually displayed a surprisingly diverse sound, composing across a broad spectrum of styles from garage rock, punk, and glam to classic soul and R&B. . Collins and company returned to a tougher, more rock-oriented sound for 2003's Dangerous Magical Noise, and came back in 2005 with Billiards at Nine Thirty, a split album with King Khan & the Shrines.

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