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.Guitarist J. Geils, born John Warren Geils Jr., has reportedly died. He was 71.
WCVB-TV Boston reports Geils was found dead in his Groton, Massachusetts, home. He had lived in the town for 35 years.
As leader of The J. Geils Band, the group had 17 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including 10 top 40-charting hits. The band's biggest single, "Centerfold," spent six weeks at No. 1 and "Freeze-Frame" peaked at No. 4.
Billboard reached out to the Groton Police Department to confirm the report, but they declined to comment at this time.
Geils formed The J. Geils Band in 1967 with Danny Klein, Magic Dick Salwitz, Stephen Jo Bladd and Peter Wolf (later Seth Justman joined) while studying mechanical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. They released 11 studio albums before breaking up in 1985. They would reunite on and off over the years following. In 2012, Geils left the band for good.
The band's other charting singles include "Love Stinks" (No. 38), "Give It To Me" (No. 30), "Must of Got Lost" (No. 12) and "I Do" (No. 24). They also had 15 charting albums on the Billboard 200, including the No. 1 set Freeze-Frame, which spent four weeks atop the list in 1982 and finished at No. 5 on Billboard's year-end Top Pop Albums chart (while "Centerfold" was the year's No. 5 Top Pop Single).
Oh no, this is not what I wanted to see today.Another one.
J. Geils, Longtime Leader of The J. Geils Band, Dies at 71: Report
Guitarist J. Geils, born John Warren Geils Jr., has reportedly died. He was 71.
WCVB-TV Boston reports Geils was found dead in his Groton, Massachusetts, home. He had lived in the town for 35 years.
As leader of The J. Geils Band, the group had 17 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including 10 top 40-charting hits. The band's biggest single, "Centerfold," spent six weeks at No. 1 and "Freeze-Frame" peaked at No. 4.
Billboard reached out to the Groton Police Department to confirm the report, but they declined to comment at this time.
Geils formed The J. Geils Band in 1967 with Danny Klein, Magic Dick Salwitz, Stephen Jo Bladd and Peter Wolf (later Seth Justman joined) while studying mechanical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. They released 11 studio albums before breaking up in 1985. They would reunite on and off over the years following. In 2012, Geils left the band for good.
The band's other charting singles include "Love Stinks" (No. 38), "Give It To Me" (No. 30), "Must of Got Lost" (No. 12) and "I Do" (No. 24). They also had 15 charting albums on the Billboard 200, including the No. 1 set Freeze-Frame, which spent four weeks atop the list in 1982 and finished at No. 5 on Billboard's year-end Top Pop Albums chart (while "Centerfold" was the year's No. 5 Top Pop Single).
J. Geils, Longtime Leader of The J. Geils Band, Dies at 71: Report
Well, they go in 3's. Who's next?As I have been saying since Glen Frey and Bowie died, these guys that started out in the 60's are going to be dropping like flies now.
And that lead singer could sure move his ass off!Ahhh man, they were great. RIP J Geils.
I just played Whammer Jammer on a gig tonight. It's based on this Sonny Boy Williamson tune, Bye Bye Bird...Geils Band was the only concert I saw where no one sat down the entire show.
You gotta love Magic Dick!
I saw the Geils Band twice in concert and I couldn't believe all the energy they could generate in the LA Sports Arena. They just boogied from beginning to end.Dick and J Geils had a serious blues combo in the early 90's called Blues Time. Geils played way more sophisticated blues chops in that group than he ever did with the J Geils Band.
RIP
They were essentially a bar band playing large venues. Peter Wolf was berating a bunch of fighting bikers in the front row at a concert in Columbia, MD back in 1973. He spent half the show cussing at the bikers and daring them to come on stage and fight him. While wearing a tutu with a dollar sign on a tank top.I saw the Geils Band twice in concert and I couldn't believe all the energy they could generate in the LA Sports Arena. They just boogied from beginning to end.Dick and J Geils had a serious blues combo in the early 90's called Blues Time. Geils played way more sophisticated blues chops in that group than he ever did with the J Geils Band.
RIP
Which is weirdest hook-up?They were essentially a bar band playing large venues. Peter Wolf was berating a bunch of fighting bikers in the front row at a concert in Columbia, MD back in 1973. He spent half the show cussing at the bikers and daring them to come on stage and fight him. While wearing a tutu with a dollar sign on a tank top.
