![]() ![]() We had been underdogs who’d kicked and scratched and crawled our way to the top. The guys in the band are powerful instrumentalists,” he continued, “and Peter was a guide who took you on a tour of the band. You can hear on this record how each musician transformed his studio playing for the stage. “Also,” said keyboardist Justman in the ’90s, “we had developed a sense of how important musical dynamics are in moving an audience, how the music and showmanship were tied together in a way that one would enhance the other. Where Full House had featured several of the band’s setlist staples, including covers of the Contours’ “First I Look at the Purse” and John Lee Hooker’s “Serves You Right To Suffer,” for Blow Your Face Out the JGB decided to include some newer material and a handful of tunes they’d performed earlier in their career. And although they’d lost little in terms of the strength of their performances, they had undeniably become a different kind of band. Suddenly, they went from filling theaters to rocking arenas. Geils Band’s first and only #1 single, followed by the #4 “Freeze-Frame” early the following year. Old fans were left scratching their heads, but the move paid off-“Centerfold,” released in late 1981, became the J. Their concerts were seismic events that left audiences as sweat-drenched as the musicians, and their albums sold moderately well, with one, 1973’s Bloodshot, scraping into the top 10.Ĭome 1981, the band switched gears, going for a more mainstream rock sound that played well on the brand new music video channel that was all the rage. Geils, keyboardist Seth Justman, harmonica player Magic Dick, bassist Danny Klein and drummer Stephen Jo Bladd-was all about the party, putting on hyper-dynamic performances that explored their collective love for vintage R&B music. Prior to that, the band-Wolf, guitarist J. Although their lineup remained constant from their formation in Boston in 1968 until frontman Peter Wolf’s departure 15 years later, the sextet seemed to alter its course musically almost overnight with the arrival of MTV in the early ’80s. Geils Band did after more than a decade together. Many bands go through stylistic changes over the course of a career, but few as drastically as the J. Roger Waters to Release ‘Lockdown Sessions’ Album.Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Heartbreakers at 2018 Concert.Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon.’ 45 Million Sold.When the Stray Cats Reunited After 10 Years.Bill Withers’ ‘Live at Carnegie Hall’: Soul Preachin’.‘Field of Dreams’: ‘Hey, Dad, You Wanna Have a Catch?’.Radio Hits of April 1969: How Sweet It Is.Eddie Van Halen ‘Hot For Teacher’ Guitar Sells For $3.9 Million at Auction.Geils Band’s ‘Live-Blow Your Face Out’ Revisited Jethro Tull Releases New Album, ‘RökFlöte,’ in Busy 2023.When the Blues Brothers’ ‘Bluesmobile’ Got Pulled Over. ![]() Paul Carrack Talks About His Varied Career.Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Joe Walsh Share Stage at ‘Light Up the Blues’ Concert.Bob Dylan Book Takes Deep Dive Into His Archives.Willie Nelson’s 2023 Outlaw Music Festival Expands to 32 Dates.Radio Hits of April 1970: As Easy as ‘ABC’.
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