Dennis Coffey -- the older white guy in glasses -- put together this video of an instrumental version of Cee-Lo's "Fuck You."
About Dennis:
As a member of the Funk Brothers studio band, Coffey played on dozens of recordings for Motown Records, and introduced the wah-wah guitar sound to Motown record producer Norman Whitfield's recordings, the most notable of which is Cloud Nine by Temptations. He also played on Edwin Starr's "S.O.S. (Stop Her on Sight)," The Isley Brothers' "It's Your Thing", and Freda Payne's "Band of Gold".
In 1971, Coffey recorded "Scorpio" which was a million selling instrumental single that peaked at #6 on the Billboard pop chart. Coffey performed "Scorpio" on the television show Soul Train, the first white artist appear on the show.
"Fuck You"
"Scorpio"
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