One night at Morey's - 1968

"There are no overdubs, and no tunes from the earlier volume are repeated. Unlike typical soul-jazz organ trios from the era, this music is raw: It is to jazz-funk what the MC5 and Stooges were to Detroit rock. As the band crosses from the opening rave-up of "I'm a Midnight Mover" to a brooding yet explosive cover of "Eleanor Rigby," it's easy to hear why. Coffey's playing in particular, with its signature fuzzy distortion and trademark funky wah-wah style, would be emulated by Isaac Hayes during the early '70s. They shift into groove-and-grind mode on their improvisational nine-minute read of the Meters' "Cissy Strut." The interplay between Woodard and drummer Melvin Davis is uncanny. The organist is tough and inventive with his left hand, laying down angular basslines that fly right at the drummer's taut breakbeats. Coffey's idiosyncratic tone inspires unusual and iconic phrasing that goes far afield; he travels inside a tune's harmony to bring out its nuances even whentheband is reinventing the rhythmic structure ... All killer, no filler".

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"Coffey is best known for his 1971 hit "Scorpio" and his role on such Motown classics as The Temptations' "Ball of Confusion", Edwin Starr's "War", and Freda Payne's "Band of Gold". His production and guitar playing on (Sixto) Rodriguez's Cold Fact also helped put him in the limelight during this decade. But one night 50 years ago Coffey was jamming at a nightclub in the Motor City and laid down some damn good music. It's about time the rest of us got to hear it".

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