Both musicians shared a love of arcane doo wop, blues, R&B, and rock & roll, and Wolf had become well-known by spinning such obscure singles as a jive-talking WBCN DJ called Woofuh Goofuh.
Geils Band, Bladd and Wolf played together in the Boston-based rock revivalist band the Hallucinations. In 1967, drummer Stephen Jo Bladd and vocalist Peter Wolf joined the group, and the band went electric. Geils, bassist Danny Klein, and harpist Magic Dick (born Richard Salwitz) began performing as an acoustic blues trio sometime in the mid-'60s. Geils Band couldn't stay there once they finally achieved their goal. By the time the band prepared to record a follow-up, tensions between Justman and Wolf had grown considerably, resulting in Wolf's departure, which quickly led to the band's demise.Īfter working for years to reach to top of the charts, the J. In the early '80s, the group tempered its driving rock with some pop, and the makeover paid off with the massive hit single 'Centerfold,' which stayed at number one for six weeks. Seth Justman, the group's main songwriter, could turn out catchy R&B-based rockers like 'Give It to Me' and 'Must of Got Lost,' but these hits never led to stardom, primarily because the group had trouble capturing the energy of its live sound in the studio. Geils Band' - 1970, 'The Morning After' - 1971. Their first three studio albums should be in every household's disc box ('The J. Geils Band is more important and influential than the boys have been. While their muscular sound and the hyper jive of frontman Peter Wolf packed arenas across America, it only rarely earned them hit singles.ĭouble-album live sets came into vogue in 1976 after Peter. Geils Band was a bar band pure and simple, churning out greasy covers of obscure R&B, doo wop, and soul tunes, cutting them with a healthy dose of Stonesy swagger. Where their contemporaries were influenced by the heavy boogie of British blues-rock and the ear-splitting sonic adventures of psychedelia, the J.
Geils Band was one of the most popular touring rock & roll bands in America during the '70s.
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