#J geils album covers series#

On December 31, 2009, the original members (with Marty Richards again subbing for Stephen Jo Bladd) reunited for a one-night live gig at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. Geils Band played at the Borgata Hotel/Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, selling out the BorgataвЂ™s 2,000-seat Event Center. They also did a second show on Lansdowne Street on April 28. Subsequently, they played two shows on April 24 and 25 at DetroitвЂ™s Fillmore Theater (formerly State Theater). On February 19, 2009, the band reunited again to perform the opening concert at the new House of Blues in Boston, Massachusetts on Lansdowne Street in Boston (formerly the location of Avalon, Axis, The Embassy and The Modern), with Marty Richards once again filling in for Bladd and Mitch Chakour supplying backup vocals. On May 22, 2006, all six original members had a surprise reunion at bassist Danny KleinвЂ™s 60th birthday party at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston. On February 26, 2005, the band (with drummer Marty Richards filling in for Bladd) reunited at Charles Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts for a charity show for the Cam Neely Foundation for cancer care. After the вЂ™99 reunion tour finished at that yearвЂ™s end, Wolf returned to touring with his own backup band with the rest of the Geils band making occasional appearances. Rollins Band drummer Sim Cain sat in for Stephen Jo Bladd for this tour, which also saw the band supported by backup singers Andricka Hall and Catherine Russell, as well as the Uptown Horns (whoвЂ™d also appeared with the group on its Freeze Frame Tour). The group reunited with Wolf in 1999 for a 13-date tour of the East Coast and upper Midwest. The group then disbanded in 1985 after contributing the title song to the 1985 horror film Fright Night. The album produced only one single, вЂњConcealed WeaponsвЂќ, and was not a commercial success. He was not replaced, and Seth Justman took over most of the vocal duties. The band went on to record one more album of new material, YouвЂ™re GettinвЂ™ Even While IвЂ™m GettinвЂ™ Odd, after Wolf left. But Wolf left the group in 1983 over artistic disagreements. Another Live album, Showtime (1982), contained their hit cover of вЂњI DoвЂќ (No.В 24), a 1965 hit by The Marvelows. вЂњCenterfoldвЂќ also became their only major hit single in the United Kingdom, where it reached No.В 3 in February 1982. The groupвЂ™s commercial fortunes improved even more in the early 1980s, first with the humorous Love Stinks, then with their success with the Freeze Frame album which included вЂњ CenterfoldвЂќ (No.В 1 for six weeks on the Billboard Hot 100) and then the title cut (No.В 4). After their initial commercial successes the group seemed destined to be nothing more than a party band, until the release of Monkey Island (1977), followed by Sanctuary (1978), which charted at No.В 49 on the Billboard 200 and spun off a sizable hit single in вЂњOne Last KissвЂќ (No.В 35 on the Billboard Hot 100). Both bands later played the last show at the Fillmore East. On August 17, 1971, at a show in the Boston Common, The Allman Brothers Band named the J. later called Magic Dick вЂњa pioneer in sound and style for rock harmonicaвЂќ. The band attracted special attention for its innovative use of the harmonica as a lead instrument. Later in the 1970s, the band signed with EMI America Records.

#J geils album covers series#

They then began to get AM radio airplay as well with a series of several hit singles in the 1970s, the most successful of which were a cover version of The ValentinosвЂ вЂњ LookinвЂ™ for a LoveвЂќ (1971), a cover version of The ShowstoppersвЂ вЂњ AinвЂ™t NothinвЂ™ But a HousepartyвЂќ (1973), вЂњGive it to MeвЂќ (1973), and вЂњMust Of Got LostвЂќ (1974). Geils Band first received FM radio airplay with the live single cover version of The ContoursвЂ вЂњ First I Look at the PurseвЂњ. Their second live album, 1976вЂ™s Blow Your Face Out, was recorded in Boston (at Boston Garden) and Detroit (at Cobo Arena). Two of its three live albums were recorded in Detroit at the Cinderella Ballroom and Pine Knob Music Theater (now DTE Energy Music Theater). The group signed to Atlantic Records in 1970.ДЄlthough living in Boston, the band had always considered Detroit its second home because of its enormous popularity there. The following year, former fan Seth Justman joined as an organist. Geils Blues Band, later dropping the word вЂњBluesвЂќ from the band name. In 1967, the band switched focus, starting to play electric guitar and bass and recruiting drummer Stephen Jo Bladd and fast-talking ex- disc jockey singer Peter Wolf, born Peter Blankenfeld, (originally from the Bronx). The band formed under the name вЂSnoopy and the Sopwith CamelsвЂ™, while Geils was attending Worcester Polytechnic Institute for a couple of semesters. Funk) and harmonica player Richard Salwitz ( stage name Magic Dick). The band started as an acoustic blues trio in the mid 1960s, with vocalist and guitarist John Geils, bassist Danny Klein (Dr.