Dennis Coffey on The Funk Brothers, Scorpio and Self-Reliance | Red Bull Music Academy

► Subscribe to Red Bull Music Academy: https://win.gs/SubscribeRBMA Dennis Coffey is the guitarist behind hundreds of hits from the golden days of Detroit soul and funk. Guitarist and songwriter Dennis Coffey talked about his early gigs in Detroit, why the Funk Brothers were “the epitome of the best band” and the importance of self-reliance in his RBMA Barcelona 2008 Lecture. ► https://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/l... #DennisCoffey #motown #RedBullMusicAcademy __________________________ He was the man Norman Whitfield recruited to bring Motown into the psychedelic era, injecting wah-wah and disorienting effects into the work of artists such as The Temptations, Edwin Starr and The Supremes. He also smashed into the charts under his own name – of particular note is the now-classic breakbeat track “Scorpio” – composed Blaxploitation soundtracks and went on to fill disco dancefloors. TOPICS: 1:27 – Early Detroit 12:47 – Funk Brothers 24:20 – Solo records 29:52 – Los Angeles 36:18 – Disco 41:00 – Self-reliance MUSIC: 1:09 – Dennis Coffey – “Getting It On”    • Dennis Coffey - Getting It On   14:00 – The Temptations – “Cloud Nine”    • The Temptations - Cloud Nine   17:27 – Dennis Coffey – guitar demo 21:14 – The Temptations – “Ball Of Confusion”    • Video   26:22 – Dennis Coffey – “Scorpio”    • Dennis Coffey-Scorpio   37:40 – CJ & Company – “We Got Our Own Thing”    • Video   The Red Bull Music Academy is a global music institution committed to fostering creativity in music. We celebrate music, its culture, and the transformative minds behind it. Begun in 1998, the Academy has taken the core principles that underlie its annual workshop for selected participants and applied this curatorial approach to events, lectures, and city-wide festivals throughout the year. ► Visit Red Bull TV: http://win.gs/1uy4YFF ► Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://win.gs/SubscribeRBMA ► Visit our official website: http://win.gs/avjLrK ► Our latest videos on YouTube: http://bit.ly/12nkX7h ► Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/Lx4wQy ► Like us on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/12N5Ch0