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They deserve to be in the hall, but the people that run it seem to know less about rock and roll than political correctness. It is still cool to see Peter Wolf walking the streets of Boston, or catching a new act at the Middle East in Cambridge.

They are still the original bad boys from Boston. Geils live show, you missed one of the best live acts ever. I immediately was a fan because they delivered what was promised, they blew the roof off. I was lucky enough to be around the Boston music scene from 1969 on.first saw them at Bridgewater State Collee, 1970 (Canned Heat opened). Posted by David Balzano on Saturday, 08:47am A little something to think about voters. These guys belong! By the way, in an age when live performance is so dominated by lip synching, these guys manage to put on a high energy show without any of that garbage, and manage to not only execute well, but Blow our Collective Faces Out. Listen to Houseparty, Must Have Got Lost, Give it To Me, and later smaller hits Angel in Blue, Just Can't Waitdown the line and the music speaks for itself. have a quality that is very Hall of Fame, from the pop hits down to the early, more bluesier efforts. Geils band featuring one of rocks all time great frontmen (as well as a great solo artist) Peter Wolf, Seth Justman on keys, and co-writes, Geils on Guitar, Maagic Dick, etc. These guys however always were and still are when reunited a live force that even can blow the mighty Aerosmith (who I happen to be a huge fan of) off a stage. In fact, for SOME BANDS, just 3 songs like that would get them in. I'll start by saying that there's nothing wrong with Centerfold, Freeze Frame or Love Stinks. Qualifications: 4 - Modest Accomplishments Geils Band themselves, it is curious that they receive a nomination with simply a workmanlike career as their calling card. Considering the sheer numbers of far bigger, more unique and influential artists spanning sixty years of rock history, many of whom were more successful prototypes for the J. They have no influence to speak of, no enduring image, but in frontman Peter Wolf they boast one of the most ubiquitous figures in modern rock, a friend to other artists and critics, namely committee members Steve Van Zandt and Dave Marsh, who seem to have pushed through another nomination for the group. Posted by John Aquino on Thursday, 11:08amĪn interesting case study - a bar band whose repertoire included a large amount of covers gets a record contract and become a respected live act, primarily because they revive the spirit of the artists they revere, eventually breaking through with two huge original hits of their own, but whose output before and after that brief period never made much of an impact. Geils Band.give me Magic on harmonica, J on gituar and Peter doing the Southside Shuffle any day. No Cheap Trick, Doobie Brothers, Chicago, J. Really, REM and Grandmaster ease, why not The Good Rats. Geils Band as a member is a sham.įYI, Peter Wolf's solo career and especially last three incredible studio efforts should also get strong consideration whether he is good friends with Jann Wenner or not. Anything sentence or club or designated that starts out with 'Rock'n'roll Hall of Fame' and doesn't list The J. I could list their albums and all their great songs but that is not necessary for music lovers and critics because they know the score that the rest of the so called critics 'Must of Got Lost!'.

They were simply respecting and honoring the founding fathers of rock'n'roll on the way to me becoming one of the great American rock'n'roll bands on the way.

Listen to their first nine studio albums and two live ablums from 1970 to 1980. Soul, blues and blow your face out live preformances. Geils Band lead by the incomprable Peter Wolf were the definition of Rock'n'roll. One informed (and anonymous) source said 'his 45 rpm was his first and only album.The R&R HOF is a joke - forget about Freeze Frame and Centerfold. Songwriter Juke Joint Jimmy is a legendary figure with the Geils crew, having also written 'Cruisin' For A Love' and 'It Ain't What You Do (It's How You Do It'). Playing against Seth Justman's honky tonk piano, Peter and Jay stay back so that Dickie can do his thing. Where a Stevie Wonder will make the harp a sweet sounding instrument helping him rejoice sentiments like 'I Was Made To Love Her', Magic Dick does the opposite, burning sounds into the consciousness as deftly as any great lead guitarist. Covered by harp player Mike Stevens on a 1992 release, this was the song that really put Magic Dick on the map as the quintessential rock & roll harmonica man. It's a short ( two minutes, twenty-one seconds) but lively cover of a Juke Joint Jimmy tune which allows Richard Salwitz, a.k.a.

Who played whammer jammer j giles band full#

Geils Band's second disc, The Morning After, with a killer live take on their third lp and first stage recording Full House Live. The studio version of 'Whammer Jammer' is on the J.