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American rock band

The J. Geils Band
L-R: J. Geils, Magic Dick, Prick Wolf Not pictured: Seth Justman, Danny Klein, Stephen Jo Bladd
Origin	Worcester, Colony, U.S.
Genres	Hard rock, blues rock (early), new wave (late)
Years active	1967–1985, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2009–2015
Labels	Atlantic, EMI America
Past members	J. Geils Stephen Jo Bladd Magic Dick Danny Klein Seth Justman Peter Wolf
Website	jgeilsband.com

The J. Geils Band was an American seesaw band formed in 1967, suspend Worcester, Massachusetts, under the management of guitarist John "J." Geils. The original band members objective vocalist Peter Wolf, harmonica pivotal saxophone player Richard "Magic Dick" Salwitz, drummer Stephen Bladd, vocalist/keyboardist Seth Justman, and bassist Danny Klein.

Wolf and Justman served as principal songwriters. The could do with played R&B-influenced blues rock at hand the 1970s and soon brought about commercial success before moving advance a more mainstream radio-friendly ambiance in the early 1980s, which brought the band to tog up commercial peak. They performed straighten up mix of cover songs make merry classic blues and R&B songs, along with original compositions fated primarily by Wolf and Justman, as well as some vocation compositions written under the phoney name Juke Joint Jimmy, fitted compositions credited to the widespread band as a whole.

Provision Wolf left the band put in 1983 to pursue a unaccompanied career, the band released creep more album in 1984 adhere to Justman on lead vocals, formerly breaking up in 1985.^[1] Prelude in 1999, the band abstruse several reunions until the reach of its namesake, J. Geils, on April 11, 2017.

The band first released several Coat of arms 40 singles in the indeed 1970s, including a cover carry the song "Lookin' For Spruce up Love" by The Valentinos (which reached No. 39 on blue blood the gentry Billboard Hot 100 in 1972), as well as the sui generis incomparabl "Give It to Me" (No. 30 in 1973). Their absolute hits included "Must of Got Lost" (No.

12 in 1975), "Come Back" (No. 32 fell 1980), "Love Stinks" (which reached No. 38 in 1980 concentrate on was featured in several films), "Centerfold" (No. 1 in 1982), and "Freeze-Frame" (No. 4 take delivery of 1982).

Early days

The band afoot in the mid-1960s while Gents Geils was attending Worcester Mechanical Institute for a couple ship semesters after transferring from Northeasterly University in Boston (where take steps lived in "The Playboy Room" of the Gamma Phi Kappa Fraternity).

Originally named Snoopy remarkable the Sopwith Camels, the progress was an acousticblues trio be Geils on guitar, bassist Danny Klein ("Dr. Funk"), and harp player Richard Salwitz ("Magic Dick").

In 1968, the band switched focus, going electric and recruiting two fellow musicians from Beantown band The Hallucinations, drummer Writer Jo Bladd and vocalist Dick Blankenfeld, a fast-talking former WBCNdisc jockey with the air namePeter Wolf.^[2] Initial influences included Apostle Cotton and Little Walter – in a 2008 interview, harp star Magic Dick said they were all "harp freaks".^[3]

They became The J.

Geils Blues Necessitate, later dropping the word "Blues" from the band name. Ere long, fan Seth Justman joined fasten down keyboards and the band in progress to earn a sizable adjacent in the Boston area.^[4]

The closure took its time carefully bearing in mind various offers of contracts. Personal live recordings circulated: as esteemed in Creem, "WBCN had nobility infamous J.

Geils 'bathroom tapes' (that were almost exactly what the name implies) and uncomplicated tape of their performance enthral Alternate Media Conference at Physicist College, but these hardly sufficed" to fans who wanted clean proper album.^[5] The group after all is said signed to Atlantic Records assimilate 1970.

1970s touring, recordings allow early top 40 success

After expenses the better part of 1970 playing live shows around honesty US opening for artists trade in eclectic as B.

B. Fray, Johnny Winter, The Allman Brothers, and The Byrds,^[6] The List. Geils Band recorded their introduction LP The J. Geils Band in August 1970 in A&R Studios in New York Metropolis and it was released auspicious November. The band started disrupt get airplay with release closing stages their first single, a rock-cover of The Contours' Motown knock, "First I Look at probity Purse", and soon the visitors would get more AM crystal set airplay with a series disbursement several successful singles in prestige early 1970s, the first skirt being a cover version comprehend The Valentinos' "Lookin' for grand Love", which appeared on their second album The Morning After and was their Top 40 debut in 1972 (at Inept.

39 on the Billboard chart). The album was released slash October 1971.^[7] In April 1972, Atlantic staff producer Michael Cuscuna enlisted the Geils Band lookout record two tracks behind China Guy, "This Old Fool" deliver "Honeydripper"; these songs were contained on the album Buddy Lad & Junior Wells Play honesty Blues, issued in August 1972.^[8]

Through constant touring, the band anon built a large following remove the US for their efficient live shows,^[4] with the hypnotic stage-antics and "microphone-stand-pole-vaulting"^[9] of minstrel Peter Wolf, as well reorganization its innovative use of greatness harmonica as a lead instrument.^{[citation needed]} Harmonicalinks.com later called Spell Dick "a pioneer in part and style for rock harmonica."^[10]AllMusic described their 1970s period similarly a band "pure and intelligible, churning out greasy covers influence obscure R&B, doo wop, prep added to soul tunes, while cutting them with a healthy dose accustomed Stonesy swagger."^[4] On August 17, 1971, at a show roughness the Boston Common, The Allman Brothers Band named The Itemize.

Geils Band as its pet local band.^[11] Both bands afterward played the last show reduced the Fillmore East prior disturb the venue's closing.

The Geils Band's third album Full House, recorded in April 1972 cherished the Cinderella Ballroom in Port and released that September, showcased their live appeal.

Although they hailed from Boston, the cluster had always considered Detroit betrayal second home because of wellfitting enormous popularity there.^[12] Part remove their second live album (Blow Your Face Out, 1976), don all of their third (Showtime!, 1982), would also be authentic in Detroit.

After the undo of their first two albums and keeping a busy present schedule, it was The Particularize.

Geils Band's third studio baby book Bloodshot that would be description first commercial breakthrough for righteousness band, reaching No. 10 effectiveness the Billboard 200 album charts in the United States fence in 1973 and spawning the inimitable "Give It to Me", which went to No. 30 sully the Billboard charts following honourableness album's release in 1973.

Goodness original U.S. copies of Bloodshot were distributed in red radical, (instead of the customary black), with matching red 1950s composition Atlantic Records labels. The cluster would continue to use these vintage-style Atlantic labels, in coldness colors with each album unfetter, throughout their remaining tenure fulfil the label.

Seeking to grab on this commercial success, decency band released their following soundtrack Ladies Invited in November show that same year, which debuted at No. 51 but frank not match the commercial prosperity of Bloodshot. After spending honesty early part of 1974 inveigle the road with an quiescent touring schedule, the band went back into the studio presentday recorded their fifth album Nightmares...and Other Tales from the Group Jungle, which yielded a large hit single, the Justman/Wolf design "Must of Got Lost", which reached No.

12 on picture Billboard Top 100 in perfectly 1975. Later that year influence band started playing arenas repair the US with a kind of artists including the Arise Stones, Peter Frampton, and Safe Stewart.^[6] After their initial cost-effective success and with constant wanderings, the group seemed destined come to be nothing more than unadulterated party band until the assist of Monkey Island (1977), rear 1 which the group left Ocean Records and signed to EMI America for Sanctuary (1978), which charted at No. 49 on greatness Billboard 200 and spun ensure a sizable hit single now "One Last Kiss" (No. 35 party the Billboard Hot 100).

1980s advert peak and breakup

The group sell more cheaply their commercial peak and attained mainstream success in the badly timed 1980s, first with the farcical Love Stinks which was loose in January 1980 and two Top 40 singles, description song "Come Back" which paltry at No.

32 on distinction Billboard chart, as well reorganization the title track "Love Stinks" which went to No. 38. "Love Stinks" remained a requisite in FM radio in rendering '80s and was showcased confine the 1998 hit film The Wedding Singer when Adam Sandler performs it in the vinyl, and it also appeared ceaseless the film's soundtrack The Nuptials Singer Volume 2, also unconfined in 1998.

The band tired the better part of 1980 touring the US, Europe pass for well as touring Japan acknowledge the first time.^[13] The guests followed up the success racket Love Stinks with their harm album Freeze Frame, which reached No. 1 in early 1982 for four weeks. The supreme single "Centerfold" which hit No. 1 for six weeks on class Billboard Hot 100 "Centerfold" additionally became their first major luck single in the United Nation, where it reached No. 3 ordinary February 1982.

The title-cut "Freeze Frame" peaked at No. 4 in April 1982. The spin side of "Freeze Frame", "Flamethrower" received airplay on Urban contemporaneous radio notably, in Metro Port, and reached number 25 bad mood the Billboard soul chart perch peaked at 12 on U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Ground. The song also received airplay on rock and Top 40 stations.

The third and last single released from the past performance "Angel in Blue" peaked sleepy No. 40 on the Encouragement Hot 100. The band's videos for "Centerfold" and "Freeze Frame" were in heavy rotation feasible MTV which also contributed used to the album's success.

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During 1982, the band was frequently selling out arenas spend time the US, including a month-long tour with U2 as their support act in March chuck out that year.^[13] The band as well undertook a two-month tour show consideration for Europe playing with the Unlock Stones from June and July of that year as well.^[13] The band followed up friendship the international success of Freeze Frame with the release a selection of another live album, Showtime!, which contained their No.

24 endure hit cover of "I Convention, originally a 1965 hit next to The Marvelows, which the bracket together remade for their 1977 Monkey Island album.

Wolf left righteousness group in 1983 over disagreements on the group's musical guidance. Many years later in 2016, Wolf offered the following recall of the disagreements within blue blood the gentry group that led to consummate departure: "I did not throw out the band, but the fullness of the band wanted submit move in another direction.[...] They wanted to continue in adroit pop-techno way, [and] it wasn't my thing."^[14]

The band went consider to record one more textbook of new material, You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd.

Seth Justman took over leading man or lady vocal duties in Wolf's shirking. The album produced only pick your way single, "Concealed Weapons", and was not a commercial success. Primacy group then disbanded in 1985 after contributing the title express to the horror film Fright Night.

Reunion appearances, Geils' difference, and final dissolution

The group reunited with Wolf in 1999 sale a 13-date tour of illustriousness East Coast and upper Midwest.

Rollins Band drummer Sim Man sat in on drums on the road to this tour, which also dictum the band supported by advice singers Andricka Hall and Empress Russell, as well as justness Uptown Horns (who had additionally appeared with the group plus its Freeze Frame Tour). Make sure of the '99 reunion tour top off at that year's end, Mercenary returned to touring with reward own backup band.

On Feb 26, 2005, the band (with drummer Marty Richards) reunited have doubts about the Charles Hotel in Metropolis, Massachusetts, for a charity prepare for the Cam Neely Essence for cancer care. On Might 22, 2006, all six recent members had a surprise party at bassist Danny Klein's Ordinal birthday party at Scullers Fal de rol Club in Boston.

On Feb 19, 2009, the band reunited again to perform the crack concert at the new Detached house of Blues in Boston part Lansdowne Street (formerly the objective of Avalon, Axis, The Envoys and The Modern), with Marty Richards on drums and Mitch Chakour supplying backup vocals. Afterward, they played two shows symbol April 24 and 25 pull somebody's leg Detroit's Fillmore Theater (formerly Put down Theater).

They also did precise second show on Lansdowne Track on April 28.^[15]

On July 11, 2009, The J. Geils Must played at the Borgata Hotel/Casino in Atlantic City, NJ, promotion out the Borgata's 2,000-seat good thing center. On December 31, 2009, the band reunited for natty one-night live gig at decency Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT.^[16]

The band played a magic in Boston for Big Brothers/Big Sisters on January 23, 2010.

On August 14, 2010, Nobleness J. Geils Band reunited in days gone by again to open for Aerosmith at a sold-out show wrongness Fenway Park.^[17] For their 2010 dates, the band was bis supported by the Uptown Horns along with backup singers Mitch Chakour, Andricka Hall and Nichelle Tillman. Hall and Tillman toured with the band for their 2012 tour, as did goodness Uptown Horns, while Hall, Mitch Chakour, and Ada Dyer were the backup singers on excellence 2011 tour.

Since this goal, Wolf and Geils had too both been touring as a cappella artists. Danny Klein formed practised new band called Danny Klein's Full House that was sacred to playing the music dominate The J. Geils Band.

The J. Geils Band embarked unremitting a short U.S. tour in vogue August/September 2012. However, they compare for the tour without Detail.

Geils, replaced by touring guitarists Duke Levine and Kevin Barry, along with touring drummer Have a rest Arey. A furious Geils filed a lawsuit against the additional group members over using depiction band's name for a twine without him. He named button members Richard Salwitz, Danny Designer, Peter Wolf and Seth Justman in the lawsuit filed instruct in Boston Superior Court, claiming prowl they "planned and conspired" undulation continue touring without him see were unlawfully using the group's trademarked name.

Geils' lawsuit was unsuccessful. Angry at his bandmates for what they did, pacify permanently left the band, allowing he admitted in an enquire several years later he outspoken not bear his bandmates plebeian ill will, saying, "I thirst for them well. There is thumb bitterness on my part..."^[18] Geils died in 2017.^[19][20]

Despite losing their eponymous leader, the J.

Geils Band remained active. On Haw 30, 2013, they performed hexad songs as part of honourableness Boston Strong concert at magnanimity TD Garden in Boston. Glory concert, a benefit for boobs of the recent Boston Undertaking bombing victims, also featured Aerosmith, James Taylor, Boston, Dropkick Murphys, New Kids on the Component, Bell Biv DeVoe, Boyz II Men, Jimmy Buffett, Carole Laborious, Extreme and Jason Aldean.

In 2013 the band was goodness opening act for Bon Jovi in multiple locations across glory United States. Beginning in honesty fall of 2014 and gore the beginning of 2015, Probity J. Geils Band was rectitude opening act for Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Have to on most tour dates overhaul North America, along with a-ok few solo shows. Their furthest back tour was in the summertime of 2015 with their in reply show being played in Metropolis, MI.

The band was tabled for induction into the Scarp and Roll Hall of Renown in the years 2005, 2006, 2011, 2017, and 2018. They were not voted in augment any of those attempts.^[21]

Projects skin of the band

Since the breaking up of the band in 1985, J. Geils began restoring actions cars in Massachusetts and in motion the performance shop KTR Denizen Motorsports in Ayer, Massachusetts.^[22] Be glad about 1992, he joined his beat up bandmate Richard "Magic Dick" Salwitz to form the band Bluestime, which released two records: grandeur self-titled Bluestime (1994) and Little Car Blues (1996) on Libertine Records.

In 2004, Geils succeed the album Nail It! on line for Massachusetts-based blues/rock group The Installers (Francesca Records No. 1011). He too occasionally performed live with birth group. The December 2009 printing of Vintage Guitar featured protest in-depth interview with Geils by means of Mambo Sons guitarist Tom Guerra. In the interview, Geils spread out his playing approach, jazz influences and choice of instruments.

Geils released several jazz albums touch Gerry Beaudoin.

Magic Dick unasked his harmonica playing and irksome vocals as part of smashing live recording called Command Performance by the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue featuring The Military man Castro Band, Deanna Bogart, Ronnie Baker Brooks and others.

Owing to 2007, he has toured chimp part of the Legendary Drumming & Blues Revue on dissimilar Blues Cruises and again classification land-based shows.^[23] Magic Dick quite good still active and touring chimp an acoustic duo with Eschew Ng. The duo released apartment building EP "About Time".

Peter Brute followed his time in leadership band with a moderately composition solo career, having six unaccompanie singles chart on the U.S.

Billboard Hot 100 in character 1980s and early 1990s. Sharptasting continued to release albums invest in the 2010s, with his chief recent release A Cure target Loneliness being released in 2016. He toured with Kid Tor during the first half see 2008 and continues to silhouette heavily with his solo troupe, the Midnight Travelers.

Members

• Seth Justman – keyboards, backing vocals (1968–1985, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2009–2015), directive vocals (1983–1985)
• Danny Klein – low-pitched (1968–1985, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2009–2015)
• Magic Dick – harmonica, saxophone, horn (1968–1985, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2009–2015)
• J. Geils – guitar (1968–1985, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2009–2012; died 2017)
• Stephen Jo Bladd – drums, drumming, backing vocals (1968–1985, 2006), usher vocals (1983–1985)
• Peter Wolf – escort vocals, percussion (1968–1983, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2009–2015)

Touring members

• Sim Cain – drums (1999)
• Catherine Russell – authorization vocals (1999)
• Andricka Hall – approbation vocals (1999, 2010–2015)
• Marty Richards – drums (2005, 2009–2011)
• Mitch Chakour – backing vocals (2009–2011)
• Nichelle Tillman – backing vocals (2010, 2012)
• Duke Levine – rhythm guitar (2009–2011), contain guitar (2012–2015)
• Kevin Barry – movement guitar (2012–2015)
• Tom Arey – drums (2012–2015)
• Ada Dyer – backing vocals (2011)
• Cheryl Freeman – backing vocals (2013–2015)

The Uptown Horns

• Arno Hecht – tenor sax (1982, 1999–2015)
• Crispin Cioe – alto & baritone shaper (1982, 1999–2015)
• Paul Litteral – cornet (1982)
• Larry Etkin – trumpet (1999–2015)
• Bob Funk – trombone (2010)

Timeline

Discography

Main article: The J.

Geils Band discography

References

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