It is just one of the band's overlooked works that deserve a second listen. Profile: American rock band formed (The Hallucinations) in 1965 in Worcester, Massachusetts and disbanded in 1985, reformed in 2009. Don't let anyone tell you that Ladies Invited is one of Geils' lesser works. They pride themselves on performing the music with accuracy and dedication honoring the Greatest Party Band of all time. That and stuff like the driving "Take a Chance (On Romance)" and the corny but fun "Diddyboppin'" should have been blasting out of radios up and down the strip, in high-school parking lots, and on the beach - basically everywhere AOR sounds the best. Throughout the course of their musical union, the members have won over the hearts of even the most skeptical J. The only one that got a few spins was "No Doubt About It," and it is the album's highlight, a low-down and nasty blues rocker featuring the one and only Magic Dick getting down on his lickin' stick. Geils Band, died on Tuesday at age 71 at. The ballads here show a level of emotion and commitment that you might not expect: "My Baby Don't Love Me" is a countrified, tear-in-my-beer weeper with aching harmony vocals from Seth Justman, "Chimes" is an atmospheric, paranoid tune with great dynamics and a vocal from Wolf that veers between intimate and over-the-top howling, and probably best of all is the laid-back, Stonesy "That's Why I'm Thinking of You." It is really a shock that none of these songs caught on with AOR programmers. Guitarist John Jay Geils Jr., a jazz-minded musician who formed a blues trio in college that would evolve into the hit-making rock group the J. Geils guitar work, "I Can't Go On" is a full-out funky jam, and "Lay Your Good Thing Down" is fine blue-eyed soul with slick hipster vocals from Peter Wolf. As usual the up-tempo songs are the best: "Did You No Wrong" is a dynamic rocker with some blistering J. Albums include Freeze-Frame, Centerfold / Rage in the Cage, and 'Live' Full House. Genres: Blues Rock, Pop Rock, Boogie Rock. One of the Bloodshot songs that also appears on Anthology, Give It To Me, was indeed a departure. Members : Peter Wolf: vocals, 1967-83 Jay Geils: guitar Richard (Magic Dick) Salwitz: harmonica Danny 'D.K. Geils Band discography and songs: Music profile for The J. What happened was that three guys in Geils’ Worcester-based group merged with Wolf and his drummer from. We were branching out musically, says Justman. Despite this, the record is solidly entertaining Geils, full of jumping party tunes and heart-punching ballads all composed by the band itself. Geils Band had played literally thousands of gigs by the time they recorded Bloodshot in 1973, and the hard work paid off in the band’s first Top 10 album. The original band members included vocalist. It didn't reach the same level of sale (peaking at number 51) and none of the songs became AOR staples. Geils Band was an American rock band formed in 1967, in Worcester, Massachusetts, under the leadership of guitarist John 'J.' Geils. Geils Band were coming off their biggest album yet ( Bloodshot, which hit the Top Ten on the Billboard album charts) when Ladies Invited appeared in 1973.
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