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J. Geils Band

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The J. Geils Band was one of the most popular touring rock & roll bands in America during the '70s. 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 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. While their muscular sound and the hyper jive of frontman Peter Wolf... Read More... at allmusic.com

 


Habs10

Certainly hanging around the fringes of the Hall. "Live - Full House" is as good a live album as has ever been put to vinyl. Until they decide that selling records was more importnat than making good music they were unique. Not only does love stink, but so does selling out. None the less, Magic Dick harp blows with the best of them. J Geils was not the focal point, but Peter Wolf was as charasmatic a lead man and motor-mouth as there ever was. I like their chances and put them in my top 5 or 10 to get in. DEEP PURPLE, GENESIS, YES, JEHRO TULL
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• Review posted on 12/09/2005
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