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Geils Band is for John “Jay” Geils, guitarist and founder of the group. It was written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Bobby Rogers, 1. *** The Fun Facts: The ‘J’ in the name J. Geils Band - Topic 22. First I Look At the Purse (G7044) is a 1965 song recorded by R&B group The Contours on Motown Records' Gordy label. Nevertheless, what’s laid dow here is a scorcher from start to finish If anything, even here, the band refused to rush things, and while certainly ambitious, they refined an aloof attitude, one which is easily heard throughout this presentation, though oddly enough, the recording for this album was done in Detroit, where the studio simply wasn’t up to the band’s standards, where the sessions required more time than expected, an aspect that’s also heard on the recordings. Geils Band Format: Audio CD 60 ratings 3549 FREE Returns Save 2 at checkout Terms See all 17 formats and editions Streaming Unlimited MP3 9.49 Listen with our Free App Audio CD 35.49 11 Used from 19.98 Vinyl 9.75 12 Used from 5.00 1 New from 59.99 1 Collectible from 39. With Wolf being one of the true originals of latter day rock n’ roll, he developed his breathless jive talking style in the Bronx of New York City during the late 50’s, growing up shoulder to shoulder with the likes of Dion & The Belmonts, Bobby Darin and even Phil Spector, emulating the DJs of the day like Alan Freed, the Magnificent Montague and of course Jacko Henderson. That said, there’s absolutely no risk taking to be found here, it’s a band held together by their love of the sound and the playing of rhyme and blues, a marriage defined by exploring the traditions that bound them together, the music of black America … perhaps fancying that coming from the Cambridge / Boston area, that they were forever students at the College of Musical Knowledge. In April ’72 the band headed for Detroit, a favoured stronghold, and pitched up for two nights at The Cinderella Ballroom. So many of their songs sounded spontaneous, as if they were pulling them out of their back pockets while in the recording studio, giving the release a rather homespun warm unfeathered feel, and while certainly not John Lee Hooker, the release is a whole lotta white boy fun. Geils Band for more than a decade held it all in check, held it together with a consistent lineup from 1968 until Peter Wolf bowed out some fifteen years later, playing blues and infused R&B that nearly demanded one down shots of something brown. With many bands going through personnel and stylistic changes, the J. Giles scene, matter of fact I forever tried, yet the band seemed unwilling to embrace women, with Wolf telling me one night at the Boston Tea Party, “This is a boy’s only band, we do boy things, we talk to other boys, and while it’s fine to see you here, you’re just a girl, so you won’t really understand what we’re all about or what we’re saying.” Ricky Nelson - Ive Got My Eyes On You (And I Like What I See) 9. “Live” Full House was the band’s first gold album.I always wanted to be part of the J. Frida - Allting Skall Bli Bra / Vad Gör Jag Med Min Kärlek. The album reveals just how incredible the six-piece were as a live act and how gifted frontman Peter Wolf was at entertaining the audience while making them feel like equal partners in the show (listen to the crowd participation on the proletariat anthem “Hard Drivin’ Man”). Then the group kick through numbingly great rebel-rousers, such as Otis Rush’s “Homework,” the band’s own “Whammer Jammer,” and the hard-grooving sermon of John Lee Hooker’s “Serves You Right to Suffer.” It finishes on the bluesy-gospel rave up “Lookin’ for a Love” (a cover of The Valentinos classic and a hit for the band). The set opens perfectly on a face-blasting workout of the old Contours R&B classic “First I Look at the Purse” (penned by Smokey Robinson). Geils Band for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Watch the video for First I Look at the Purse from The J. All of that’s displayed here on their third album, which was recorded at Detroit’s Cinderella Ballroom in 1972. Watch the video for First I Look at the Purse from The J. They sounded like a sweat-drenched, hyper-confident R&B outfit, especially in their early-’70s days. Geils Band were absolutely sell-out huge in the Motor City.
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