Re: Rick Estrin & Magic Dick

["ChipComcast" <jandkday@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

   Barbeque Bob was a slide player from Atlanta who recorded in the 1920's.
He also was a good BBQ cook specializing in that Sweet GA style.

 J. Geils sounds better as a pop band IMHO.

Jimmy The Beatnik
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- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Wilson" <markwilson53@xxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 12:12 AM
Subject: Re: Rick Estrin & Magic Dick


>
> > >As Barbeque Bob mentions, blues was what brought the J. Geils band
> together
> > >early on. The hard driving rock blues came with Peter Wolf, and a brief
> period
> > >of great music that was comercially successful. Then they went down the
> MTV
> > >crapper with stuff like Angel in the Centerfold..... (it was *my* blood
> running
> > >cold...).
> > >
> > Actually, it was keyboard player Seth Justman, not Peter Wolf, who was
> > responsible for pop schlock like "Centerfold".  Peter Wolf was into
> > doo-wop and R&B and actually left the band due to friction with Justman.
>
> Now I'm really confused.  Who was the guy in the hokey mid 80's MTV videos
> doing
>  vocals in songs like Centerfold, Love Stinks, etc..  Wasn't that Peter
> Wolf?
>
> Mark
>
>
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