It lives up to that billing, drawing heavily from the first album and ripping through eight cuts Á¢€” five of them covers Á¢€” in barely 33 minutes. Geils Band did, reportedly at the urging of fans who’d seen their scorching stage shows. Who does a live album after just two studio albums? The J. It was taken after they partied with members of the band War, the cast of “Jesus Christ Superstar” and skaters from the Bay Area Bombers roller derby team. (About the album cover: That really was the morning after. I was 14 and had no clue it was a cover, first done by the Valentinos in 1962, so it will forever be a J.

Wolf’s chatter and patter starts to emerge on this album, which beyond those first three cuts is unremarkable except for “Looking for a Love,” which everyone has heard. I’ll take the first three cuts Á¢€” “I Don’t Need You No More” (download), with Seth Justman pounding away on the piano the debut of “Whammer Jammer,” Magic Dick Salwitz’s harmonica tour de force and Geils’ guitar work anchoring a cover of “So Sharp” (download) by Dyke and the Blazers. Geils’ guitar work Á¢€” “Ice Breaker” (download) and “Hard Drivin’ Man,” both written by Geils (and the latter co-written by lead singer Peter Wolf) and a chugging cover of “Pack Fair and Square” (download) by Big Walter Price and His Thunderbirds. The best cuts are three quickies, all clocking in at barely more than 2 minutes each and all showcasing J. Their debut album is a scorcher, mostly blues, with more originals honed on local stages than covers. Geils Blues Band, one of the hottest bands on the Boston club scene. Since when do bar bands get major-label deals? Not today, maybe, but certainly in 1970, when Atlantic Á¢€” the home of rhythm and blues Á¢€” signed what originally was the J. Jeff’s done right by the Geils Band here Á¢€” the highest compliment I can pay any of these guides is that it made me excited to go back and listen to the music again, and his did.Įnjoy this, visit AM, Then FM regularly, and with any luck, in this spot next week you actually will see a collaborative Idiot’s Guide, written by myself and John from Lost in the ’80s, and focusing on a band I know a lot of you love dearly. Who wants a scholar when you’re talking about this kind of music, anyway? It’s rude, greasy, and it just feels right. He warned me that he wasn’t a true Geils “scholar,” and I offered to collaborate:but when I read what you see below, I knew there really wasn’t much to add. Knowing that Jeff’s years of experience dwarf my own (and never being one to avoid shirking a duty if it can safely be shirked), I quickly let him know he was more than welcome to write this Idiot’s Guide. [ Jefito’s Note: I was all set to write this myself, honest I was Á¢€” and then Jeff Ash, proprietor of the frequently wonderful AM, Then FM, made the mistake of mentioning in an e-mail that he was jealous I’d gotten to the Geils Band first.

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