stinger88 wrote:I will have to see about looking up some of their early stuff.
I think you'll be surprised at the raw driving blues you'll hear on the first couple compared to the more mainstream Centerfold era. The early band was in your face and it was good.
Not sure how well known it was, but J's split from the band and ultimate loss of ownership of the name J. Geils Band (!)
played a part in his retreat from fame. Over the last couple decades I would see his name mentioned as appearing in jazz venues around these parts, as he purposely drifted into a love of performing his guitar craft to a different, smaller fan base.
Sadly, I figured I had plenty of time to catch his jazz shtick, but I was wrong.
I had heard he became a recluse, living out somewhere in central MA near Bucky I believe. A few strange reports would surface here and there, but my take was that he was profoundly saddened by what transpired legally and musically after the run of fame. I may be overstating it, but I am a romantic at heart, and I am anti-Google.
RIP J. Geils. You are a piece of what shaped my formative years. Thank you.