capmaster Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 J. Geils, guitarist and leader of the eponymous American rock band, died in his home in Massachusetts: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/guitarist-j-geils-dead-at-71-w476279 R.I.P. John, and thank you for the music. To his honour here's my favourite song by the J. Geils Band: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHenry Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 So sad, unfortunately our musical hero's are getting to an age where this is happening frequently. RIP Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 R.I.P. He was a fine guitarist and they were a GREAT band - the 1st 4 LPs were fantastic, and the rest (bit more commercial) were bloody good too. I eventually saw them (end of the 70s? Early 80s?) at Hammersmith....memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Saw them in 1980 at UCLA and 1983 at Purdue both times they put on a great show. RIP J.Giels Thanks for all the great music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances50 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Great musician. Another one of my idols gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx-ogre Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Great guitarist and band. "Ain't Nothing But A House Party" was one of many party anthems during my teenage years. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Another great one gone.RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 I heard last night before turning in. There goes another... Another one of the local boys made good from the Boston area.. Interesting side bar, a band mate of mine back about 17 years ago lived next door to J. in Groton Mass. J had a huge tract of land that adjoined my band mates property. He was out one day working in his yard, and this guy comes riding up on a horse, (Dave's like,, Horses? Really?) the guy gets off, and walks to the fence to say hello. It took Dave about 5 minutes for it to sink in, "Hi I'm J,, J Geils..." Dave introduces himself, starts with some small talk, then a few moments later "... wait a second.. J Geils, as in The J Geils Band?" - "Yep, that's me!" Turns out he was a pretty cool neighbor, and an all around good guy from what Dave knew of him. Dave told me to stop by his house sometime, and he'd see if he could introduce me.. I said sure, but always thought it would be awkward for J so I never followed up. RIP J..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Great band. RIP J Here's a great one that our band did at one time. I know this is juvenile, and maybe not the place. But I can never hear the name J Geils and not think of this story. When we were teenagers, a friend of mine was working at a local super market. My friend hated his manager there, and one day we were sitting around drinking beer or something and he grabs his guitar and wrote a song about his manager, right on the spot. His lyrics were: Bob Bonna is a d!@k He is a F%&@ing d!$k He makes me sweep the aisle's ...... then he thought for a second and blurted out His mother f$#%^ed J Geils I can still hear the tune too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixlicks Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Sad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seb1968 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Very sad news, perhaps I am showing my age here, but I remember growing up listening to "My girlfriend is a centrefold" back in the early 1980's, great song. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starpeve Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 For me it was 'Love Stinks'- great pop track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codename Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Sad to hear. Love Stinks was a favorite album of mine in it's time. Saw them in 1980. Good times , and good prices too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 The first memory I have of hearing of The J Geils Band was seeing them do "Love Stinks" on Saturday Night Live. I guess I would have been about 12 or 13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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