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With the release of his new self-titled album, legendary guitarist Dennis Coffey proves that sometimes it is indeed worth the wait.

Sense of Place: Detroit Guitarist and Producer and Life-Long Detroiter Dennis Coffey

Guitarist Dennis Coffey spent a lot of time in The Snakepit (the musicians nickname for Motown’s Studio A). Coffey tells us today how he got in with producer Norman Whitfield at Motown when he played the wah wah pedal for the classic opening of The Temptations “Cloud Nine. ”