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  SteveS (steves) 3-Pundit Username: steves Post Number: 39 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 209.219.207.3 |
I was pleasantly suprised to see a couple of copies of "Guitars, Bars and Motown Superstars" at Borders today. The book looks really professional, and just skimming through it, it looked well worth the price. I hope Dennis has a lot of success with it. | ||
Dennis Coffey (dennis_coffey) 2-Debutant Username: dennis_coffey Post Number: 24 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.139 |
Hi Steve. Thanks for your commments. I didn't know it was in Borders already. | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 1271 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
Hi Dennis, When are you appearing in N.Y. I'd still like to get the book autographed by you! Juice | ||
Dennis Coffey (dennis_coffey) 2-Debutant Username: dennis_coffey Post Number: 25 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.138 |
Hi Juice. I don't know about appearing in New York. I may go there to hang out at Elaines and see some friends of mine. I keep trying to find the time to do all of the things I like to do. I'll let you know if I go. | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 1276 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
Dennis, Thanks a lot. If you're ever here in the city, please post it & let me know. It would be nice to shake the hand of the man who made Wings Of Fire. Peace! Juice | ||
Eli (phillysoulman) 6-Zenith Username: phillysoulman Post Number: 585 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.236.27.109 |
Hey Dennis, Let me know when you are in NYC too so we al could have some fun. | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 1281 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
Err ahhh Bobby, Perhaps you'll bring along your book draft as well????  Juice | ||
Tony.C. (tonyc) 3-Pundit Username: tonyc Post Number: 33 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 195.93.33.10 |
Dennis,just to let you know i purchased your superb book in Waterstones,York last year and i can heartily reccomend it to everybody on this forum,particularly your account of recording at the G.W./RIC-TIC studio,s for the first time. LOVE AND STUFF TO ALL. Tony.C. | ||
Phil (phil) 4-Laureate Username: phil Post Number: 91 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 212.129.36.96 |
I've just ordered it from barnes & nobles. | ||
Sue (sue) 4-Laureate Username: sue Post Number: 100 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 12.34.51.20 |
U-M Press does a good job ...they also did Jim Gallert and Lars Bjorn's book ... | ||
Dennis Coffey (dennis_coffey) 2-Debutant Username: dennis_coffey Post Number: 26 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.138 |
Thanks Tony. I'm glad you enjoyed my book. | ||
Dennis Coffey (dennis_coffey) 2-Debutant Username: dennis_coffey Post Number: 27 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.138 |
Hey Sue. I agree. U-M Press does a good job. Did they send you your copy yet? | ||
Lynn Bruce (lynn_bruce) 3-Pundit Username: lynn_bruce Post Number: 37 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.41.107.18 |
Dennis,my daughter just gave me a copy for fathers day.We need to hook up one of these days so I can get it signed. Lynn | ||
Dennis Coffey (dennis_coffey) 2-Debutant Username: dennis_coffey Post Number: 28 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 152.163.252.200 |
Hi Lynn. We can hook up one day and I will sign the book for you. | ||
Steve (steve_litos) 2-Debutant Username: steve_litos Post Number: 25 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 209.100.86.4 |
I just bought the book at Border's in Oak Park IL. There was only one copy on the shelf. It's a pretty good read. Great job by "The Rock N' Roll Kid"! The book comes with a great cover too! | ||
Dennis Coffey (dennis_coffey) 2-Debutant Username: dennis_coffey Post Number: 29 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.138 |
Hey Steve. I am glad you enjoyed my book. I tried to make it both funny and interesting. | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 1315 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
Man, I';ve got to get down to Barnes & Nobles!!! Can't wait to get my hands on this book. Today at work, someone asked me to find Scorpio for them. Still great after all these years!! | ||
Dennis Coffey (dennis_coffey) 2-Debutant Username: dennis_coffey Post Number: 30 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 152.163.252.200 |
Hey Juicefree20. Scorpio is on the new deluxe version of the Standing in the Shadows of Motown Soundtrack CD. | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 1323 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
Hey Dennis, Did you isolate tracks on it so that we could hear your licks??? | ||
Dennis Coffey (dennis_coffey) 3-Pundit Username: dennis_coffey Post Number: 31 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.138 |
Hi Juicefree. They didn't isolate the tracks but I did all of the rhythm guitar tracks. I played the lead guitar band parts on guitar along with Ray Monette from Rare Earth and Joe Podorsek on guitars. | ||
SisDetroit (sis) 5-Doyen Username: sis Post Number: 305 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.42.211.240 |
Dennis - When I picked up your book at Border's, the salesMan was so interested in looking through your book, it took him awhile to ring up the rest of my order. He seemed surprised and pleased. As of three days ago, there are only two of those books left on Ford Rd, and Mercury Dr. | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 1327 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
Hey Dennis, Thanks a lot for the info! I'm off for the next few days & can finally hit my friendly Barnes & Nobles. I look forward to getting the book. Thanks again! | ||
Dennis Coffey (dennis_coffey) 3-Pundit Username: dennis_coffey Post Number: 32 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.139 |
Hey SisDetroit. I hope you enjoy the book. I think U of M Press did a good job. | ||
count (the_count) 3-Pundit Username: the_count Post Number: 49 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 69.14.197.239 |
Dennis,"ROCK AND ROLL KID" Send me your e-mail BTW,great down to the facts book man. Soulful daughter,(BRANDY) bought the last 2wo from borders.We both read the books together while playing Dennis Coffey in the backround, Instant Coffey, Scorpio,SITSOM cd sound track, etc. "COUNT" ss62409@wideopenwest.com | ||
Dennis Coffey (dennis_coffey) 3-Pundit Username: dennis_coffey Post Number: 33 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.139 |
Hey Count. Thanks for the compliments. I'm glad you and your daughter enjoyed the book. It was a lot of fun to write. | ||
Milli Vanilli (millie) 2-Debutant Username: millie Post Number: 24 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 68.62.7.219 |
Dennis will be interviewed by Mason in the Morning on 102.7 Tuesday (7/13) morning around 8:30am. He'll also be at several area Borders stores for book signings and as soon as we hear which ones, we'll let you all know! Thanks to all of you who have already bought the book ... Dennis will be happy to sign them for you. Let us know who you are!! | ||
Bob F (notsocool66) 2-Debutant Username: notsocool66 Post Number: 16 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 4.239.96.91 |
I'm too far away to get my copy signed, but I'm certainly learning a lot about the music--and there's even some information about Moderator Ralph ... and a character who puts me in mind of "Paulie 3$hoes," and that's scary! (and Paulie, if I have to wind up with the fishes, make mine Nova Scotia salmon) Dennis, if you see this, I just wanted to mention how great it is that university presses are willing to support the arts of the people in this way! When I was a working stiff, I selected books for public libraries (I'll make sure our local library buys this) and university press publications practically inspired yawns sitting on the shelves. Thanks for a great combination of information and good humor. Bob F. | ||
Dennis Coffey (dennis_coffey) 3-Pundit Username: dennis_coffey Post Number: 34 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.139 |
Hi Bob. I think the U of M Press did a great job on the book. I hope your library does buy it. Thanks. | ||
Uptight (uptight) 4-Laureate Username: uptight Post Number: 94 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 69.161.239.218 |
Mr. Dennis. I was chatting with my older sister about the record "Scorpio" on Sussex label. She told me she and her friends used to dance "the crawl" during the drum solo. And I told her that when I attended Monnier Elementary in Detroit, "Scorpio" was the only record we had to entertain us in the gym whenever it was too rainy outside during lunch period. I have been wondering ever since you joined SDF if you had possibly donated this 45 to the school. I told her I would ask you. The tune is so good, we never got tired of playing the record over and over at school! Thank you for recording it. I am so glad it is included on the SITSOM Deluxe Edition that I bought two copies. Now I can hardly wait to purchase a copy of your book. (Message edited by uptight on July 13, 2004) | ||
Dennis Coffey (dennis_coffey) 3-Pundit Username: dennis_coffey Post Number: 35 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.138 |
Hi Uptight. I didn't donate Scorpio to the school. It was great that somebody liked it enough to keep playing it. I also attended Clinton Elementary, Post Intermediate, Mackenzie High and Wayne State University. All of my education was in Detroit. | ||
paulie3$hoes (paulie3hoes) 3-Pundit Username: paulie3hoes Post Number: 58 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 149.174.164.84 |
hey bob fer a paisan i love dat nova my goomba eli toined me on to dat fish now tell ol paulie(over here) whut kinda fish is a nova??#$%^&( kan i buy em (or steel em) at petsmart, eh!@#$%^&*() sum 1 wuz tellin me 'bout a fish kalled a surgeon dat youse people eat but geez i dont no freekin fish operatin on ol paulie(over here), catch my drift???@# an by da way eli gave me dat coffey book an i had angelina read it to me, capice?@#$^ | ||
Bong-Man (bongman) 2-Debutant Username: bongman Post Number: 12 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 198.111.56.128 |
I have to buy a copy. Just the thought of picking this book off the coffee table...to read about Coffey, while I'm drinking a cup of instant coffee is too special to resist. **just passin thru'**...on the way to Barnes & Noble. | ||
Lynn Bruce (lynn_bruce) 3-Pundit Username: lynn_bruce Post Number: 39 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.41.107.18 |
Dennis,I just finished the book. Man'it sure brings back old times. The Dixie Belle bar, remember Randy Sea and the Valiants were there for a long time. Of course the gala events at the West Fort Tavern(i.e. fights). I believe you, myself, Babbit, and George K. worked there for a short while. Iknow I worked there with other people. What a rough place! I remember one night a Scottish band from Windsor came in in kilts after a show in Detroit. I thoght there would be a huge fight, the (ahem)southern gentlemen that were regulars would normaly use any excuse to pick a fight. Not a bad word was said to them. In fact they were buying them drinks.Amazing! The old teen-club days,man that women who booked the bands (Mrs. Shroder of something like that) could make or break a teen band. One had to really grovel around her to keep in her good graces if you wanted to play the teen-clubs in the Detroit area. That fifteen dollars a gig was great money considering how much one made as a stock boy or working at Franks nursery.. Thanks for the memories,what you've acomplished in music,most musicians couldn't do in two life times. Lynn | ||
Dennis Coffey (dennis_coffey) 3-Pundit Username: dennis_coffey Post Number: 36 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.138 |
Hey Lynn. Those were fun times! We got to play music and got paid for it. The first time I got paid for playing music as a teenager I was surprized because I was always going to jam sessions and never got paid. | ||
Soulaholic (soulaholic) 5-Doyen Username: soulaholic Post Number: 401 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.41.40.105 |
Dennis: Just finished your book great read, nice easy style, really enjoyed the story of you in school at your first performance. Thank - god that didn't stop you from persuing your dream. Still waiting for you to have a signing. Maybe if you come to the SD45cc shindig I can get you to sign it there. | ||
TD (tmd) 2-Debutant Username: tmd Post Number: 17 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 208.253.61.2 |
Just bought it- actually I ordered from Borders a month ago and just got it. Finish the first chapter and am looking forward to reading the rest on my airplane trip to my home town of Detroit this weekend. | ||
Dennis Coffey (dennis_coffey) 3-Pundit Username: dennis_coffey Post Number: 45 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.138 |
Hey Soulaholic. I enjoyed seeing you at the last shindig. Millie and I will probably show up at the next one. A writer and photographer from the Detroit Free Press were over my house last night. They are doing an article on me. The site www.press.umich.edu has the dates on my book signings. I am also doing an interview for WOMC tomorrow night. | ||
Dennis Coffey (dennis_coffey) 3-Pundit Username: dennis_coffey Post Number: 46 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.138 |
Hey TD. I hope you enjoy the book! | ||
John Lester (theboyfromxtown) 4-Laureate Username: theboyfromxtown Post Number: 118 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.44.166.53 |
Dennis... It seems us Brits were fortunate to get it so early. I assume it is the same book that we got... | ||
Dennis Coffey (dennis_coffey) 3-Pundit Username: dennis_coffey Post Number: 49 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.139 |
Hi John. I was always greatful for the warm welcome I received from you, David Flynn, BeeCool Publishing and everyone in the UK when I was over there on tour. The American/Canadian version of the book is different. At the request of the University of Michigan Press, I did a rearrange and added additional material. Even the cover is different. | ||
Carl Dixon (carl_dixon) 4-Laureate Username: carl_dixon Post Number: 81 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 82.44.203.80 |
Does that mean the copies we have over here Dennis are 'rare and collectable' - he he!! | ||
TD (tmd) 2-Debutant Username: tmd Post Number: 24 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 69.170.13.72 |
Dennis I just finished reading your book. It was a nice compliment to the recent SITSOM film. It was unfortunate that you were not able to play on the Cloud Nine session for the movie. I was overwhelmed with all the great songs that you were on- all the way back to the great Del Shannon. One thing I noticed through out the book is the confidence that you always had in yourself- even if it was working on the assembly line. If your ever in the D.C. area, I would love to talk with you. Call me a Coffey kind of guy. TD |
