Born and raised near the old University of Detroit campus (before the Mercy merger, even before the Lodge ran nearby), Dennis lived in Los Angeles and New York City after Motown left Detroit in 1972. He returned home in 1982 and settled in Farmington, where he has lived since, making his bread and butter outside of music, though he still plays. "Detroit is a great city for music — period," he says.
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