Geils Band Concert Dates – Canada,” Setlist.fm. Geils Obituary,” Guardian, April 12, 2017. Danny Klein went on to form Danny Klein’s Full House. Seth Justman went on to produce former Blondie lead singer Debra Harry’s second studio album, Rockbird, in 1986. In 1992 he formed a band called Bluestime which included J. After the band split, Magic Dick joined the Cambridge Harmonica Orchestra. This included “Lights Out”, a #12 hit in the USA in 1984, and “Come As You Are”, a #15 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1987. Peter Wolf released a half a dozen singles. He sold the business in 1996, but over the years owned a string of vintage Italian sports cars and motorcycles. He founded KTR Motorsports in Carlisle, Massachusetts, to service Italian marques such as Ferrari and Maserati. The band recorded the title theme for the film Fright Night. And that was it.Īfter the band’s 1985 split, J. Two more studio albums failed to catch on. Geils Band wasn’t able to repeat their winning formula. Their venue was the Pacific Coliseum.Īt the peak of their success, the J. Geils Band came to Vancouver for a concert on April 9, 1982. While both “Centerfold” and “Freeze Frame” were in the Top Ten in Vancouver, the J. The album, Freeze Frame became the number five album of the year on the Billboard 200 album chart. The single spent two weeks at number-one in Vancouver, and eleven weeks in the Top Ten on CKLG. The song that knocked “Tainted Love” out of the top spot was the next J. “Centerfold” spent five weeks at #2 and twelve weeks in the Top Ten of the CKLG Top 20. The number-one US hit was kept out of the top spot in Vancouver by “Tainted Love” by Soft Cell, which hung onto #1 for twelve consecutive weeks. Geils Band hit a home run with their album Freeze Frame. From the album came the #5 song of 1981 on Billboard titled “Centerfold”. “Come Back” peaked at #1 in Boston, #2 in Vancouver (BC), Toronto, Providence (RI), and Framingham (MA), #3 in Lewiston (ID), #5 in Bangor (ME), #7 in Richmond (IN), and #10 in Regina (SK), Oklahoma City, and Presque Isle (ME). Now that his “baby” has gone and left him, he wants her to come back. It is a song about a guy who doesn’t feel very strong on his own. “Come Back” was written by Peter Wolf and Seth Justman. One of their songs to crack the Top 40 was “Come Back”. They continued to struggle to chart singles into Top 40 AM radio. Geils Band appeared in concert in Vancouver at the Pacific Coliseum. Geils Band performed on January 24, 1976, at the PNE Garden Auditorium in Vancouver. After the release of their sixth studio album titled Hotline, the J. In 1974 the band charted “Must Have Got Lost” to #12 on the Billboard Hot 100. Geils Band gave a concert in Vancouver at the PNE Agrodome. King and the Allman Brothers. On October 11, 1973, the J. They toured as an opening act that year for the Byrds, B.B. Geils Band released their debut self-titled studio album. Geils Band formed in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1968. Seth Justman was born in 1951 in Washington D.C. Stephen Jo Bladd was born in Boston in 1942. Wolf was later DJ Woofa Goofa on Boston station WBCN, with an all-night blues and jazz radio show. In 1964, billed as Peter Wolf, he formed a Boston-area band called The Hallucinations, which included drummer Stephen Jo Bladd. Peter Walter Blankfieldwas born in the Bronx in 1946. He first learned to play the trumpet, and then harmonica and saxophone. Richard “Magic Dick” Salwitz was born in New London, Connecticut, in 1945. This was different from the San Francisco band Sopwith Camel who had a Top 30 hit in the winter of 1966-67 with “Hello Hello.” Danny Klein was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1946. In 1966, he formed a jug band named Snoopy and the Sopwith Camels, which was rounded out with Danny Klein and Magic Dick. In the mid-60’s he switched from jazz trumpet to guitar. He learned jazz trumpet and drums and was part of a marching band in school. They are John “J” Geils on lead guitar Danny Klein on bass guitar Peter Wolf as lead vocalist and on percussion Magic Dick on harmonica, saxophone, trumpet Seth Justman on keyboards and backing vocals And Stephen Jo Bladd on drums, percussion, and backing vocals.
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