Re: [Harp-L] J. Geils

["Dan Axt" <dapper@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Back in '72 I had the great luck of being on the stage crew for a J. Geils
show.  I had the even greater luck of talking with Magic Dick after the show
for about twenty minutes which was very generous.  One of the points he made
was that he was a tongue blocker and I should be too.  And tongue blocking
was all he used.  Another point that he emphatically made was that the J.
Geils Band was NOT a blues band, much to my chagrin.  Quite frankly, I
thought the first three albums were blues albums and typified what a
contemporary blues band should sound like.  They were energetic and TIGHT,
not necessarily polished.  But after that show I stopped going to see them
and I didn't bother to buy the live album.  Dan Axt
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "fjm" <mktspot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "h-l" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 11:42 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] J. Geils


> For the first time in perhaps a decade or more I found myself listening
> to my original vinyl copy of the J. Geils Band Live album.  What struck
> me more than anything was Magic Dick sounds like a pure pucker player.
> I don't think I'd ever really realised that before.  I haven't heard any
> of his new stuff so I have no idea if this is true today. In fact my
> thought about the older album is subjective, I really don't know for
> sure.  Anyone out there have an in on this?  Very rock and roll that band.
>
> Thanks a lot Dennis, I've had Tip of the Top on incessantly trying to
> figure out "Blowin'"  Hey Johnny B, was that what you were walking
> around Spah St. Louis playing constantly?  It was a William Clarke tune.
> fjm
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