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. #WHO PLAYED WHAMMER JAMMER J GILES BAND FULL#Love that opening to Wammer Jammer from Full House.The R&R HOF is a joke - forget about Freeze Frame and Centerfold. PULL OUT YER FALSE TEETH MAMA, LET ME SUCK ON YOUR GUMS! Wasn't he a dj at BCN before the band made it big? That's what I always heard. Peter was the only person in the music business invited to Brad Delp's private wake and funeral service. At the height of their popularity in the 70's, he took a job as a cabbie and would take the money he made in a shift and walk around Boston handing it to homeless people.Ī very eccentric dude and very close friend of the late Boston singer Brad Delp. He would just show up at WBCN in Boston out of the clear blue and take over for the DJ's as "the wooba gooba" and do like marathon radio shifts. Peter Wolf was one weird dude back in the day. Peter Wolf must be a pretty eccentric guy if David Lynch was freaked out by him he was once married to Faye Dunaway.ĭon't know how true it is( Read it on wikipedia IIRC), but Lynch decided to switch out of the room because Wolf was too weird for him Originally posted by el cerebro diabolico from RI:Īnother fin fact. I loved Bloodshot during the summer of 73. "Now, my father cared about Country Joe and The Fish as much you probably do about sado-masochism." -Smith Hart to scizott792, Amsterdam NY 6/5/10 Geils lead singer Peter Wolf and "Blue Velvet" director David Lynch were college roommates. I survived 6 years of George Gulas matches.įun fact: J. Their studio version of "Whammer Jammer" was great, as was the uptempo blues shuffle, "Floyd's Hotel". I thought they were good until they got big-then, they went downhill (for my tastes). During intermission they would have short highlight videos and they used several J.Geils band songs including Freeze Frame, Love Stinks and Angel in the Centerfold. When WWF cards aired from the Spectrum live in the early 80's on PRISM network. She just said "Baby, don't even bother to try" When I whispered I thought I could love her I thought, yes, I thought she might break down and cry Here's a song a good song from the Freeze Frame album, Over 100,000 in the stadium that day.I think the ticket cost me something like $15. Tower of Power opened the show followed by J.Geils and then the Stones. " Struttin' With My Baby" is one of my favs from this album. "Whammer Jammer let me hear ya Dickie"īloodshot is another good album, I have this on red vinyl as opposed to the normal black. "Ain't no doubt about it! HAHAHAHAHAHA!" -"Sweet and Sour" Larry Sweeney 27 time ICW-ICWA Texarkana Television Championįull House is a good live party album. Guard your honor let your reputation fall where it may." The friction tends to arise when the two are not the same. "Reputation is what others think about you. and sometimes, that's a "Good Thing(tm)". some groups just aren't meant for the mainstream. Always amused me that jsut as they finally started getting some airplay and recognition in the mainstream, they went belly-up. Geils Band with Edgar Winter opening in 1972 at The Bates College Gym in Lewiston, Maine.Įnjoyed them muchly. My dad always said the best concert he ever saw was The J. Thems the good live cuts brother! Whammer Jammer/Hard Drivin' Man is also a sweet live cut. Peter Wolf is way, way, way out there though. My Pops saw them when he was younger in the clubs in New England. They've got some great songs, the stuff they don't play on the radio is better than the stuff they do play on the radio.Ī new feature film coming soon: "Across Dot Ave." The Wuba Guba with the Green Teeth intro to "Musta Got Lost" I always thought was dumb as helll. Sim Cain from the Rollins Band played drums on the tour. They did reunion tour about 10 years ago and I guess didn't do so well as a draw so they put the kibosh on getting back together again. My band in high school did a cover of Love Stinks because it was easy to play. Geils BandĪny of you guys down with this old Boston band? #WHO PLAYED WHAMMER JAMMER J GILES BAND PROFESSIONAL#Message Board » Professional Wrestling Posts - July 07 thru 2010 » OT: J. My profile | directory login | register | search | faq | forum home
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