Remember the early 80s song "Centerfold"? John Geils, frontman for the J. Geils Band that had a big #1 hit with the song, has died aged 71.
Blair Kiel would have hit the young women in the video back in the day; Beef would hit them now.
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Raises hand...
Angel is a Centerfold is on my Ipod.
Love Sinks, Freeze Frame, Flame Thrower, Till the Wall Come Tumblin' Down... good stuff.
All this time I thought it was Angel in a centerfold. My whole childhood no longer makes sense.
Actually, "J. Geils" wasn't the frontman. Peter Wolf was the vocalist, Geils the ax man.
DH13 posted:All this time I thought it was Angel in a centerfold. My whole childhood no longer makes sense.
"My anus is the center hole"
TMI.
Bonger suffers from Chronic Lyricosous.
Geils was quite the accomplished guitarist, and was very well-respected by his peers. With apologies to BK (and others?), I never cared for any of the Pop crap (Centerfold, Freeze Frame, Love Stinks, etc.), but EKB was on the right track.
Recommended JG tunes: "Orange Driver" (Hotline), "Give It To Me" (Bloodshot), "Looking For A Love" and "Whammer Jammer" (The Morning After).
Geils and Magic Dick formed Bluestime after the J Geils Band, and went back to a more roots-based, jazz and blues sound, and produced some good music over a couple of albums.
