Mr. Geils, whose first name was John, was an aficionado of early blues and jazz music and founded the J. Geils Blues Band as a Massachusetts college student in 1967.

John Warren Geils Jr. — better known to the world as J. Geils, founder and lead guitarist of the J. Geils band — was the mastermind behind one of Boston’s greatest bands and the blues ...

What would become the J. Geils Band originally formed in Boston the mid-'60s as an acoustic blues trio, later adding two members including new frontman Peter Wolf, a former WBCN radio DJ.

It is a relationship that dates to 1969, when Wolf, Justman, and drummer Stephen Jo Bladd joined Geils, who already had established an act with Klein and Magic Dick, in the J. Geils Blues Band.

Aerosmith and J. Geils started in Boston 40 years ago, but they never had performed together, and neither had played Fenway. This pairing at the famed ballpark sold out in less than a day.

The J. Geils Band apparently isn’tletting the legal wranglingwith guitaristJ. Geilsprevent it from putting on a quality rock show. The Boston band this week embarked on their first-ever tour ...

In this Aug. 6, 2011 photo, J. Geils, left, and Peter Wolf of J.Geils Band perform at the Fleet Boston Pavilion in Boston. Musician J. Geils, founder of The J. Geils Band, died in his ...

Peter Wolf, frontman from the J. Geils Band and a bona fide rock 'n' roll raconteur, has had Forrest Gump or Zelig type of life -- to the point where it's probably easier to list who he hasn't met ...

The J. Geils Band's self-titled debut was issued by Atlantic on Nov. 16, 1970. Skip to main content Skip to site footer. ... blues-soaked sets driven by John Geils' stinging guitar, ...

John Warren Geils Jr., the founding guitarist behind the ’70s and ’80s rock powerhouse J. Geils Band, died at his longtime home in Massachusetts on Tuesday. He was 71. Donald Palma Jr., the ...

A guitarist whose early tastes ran more toward jazz and blues than the rock ’n’ roll that would make him famous, Mr. Geils became a founder of the band that used an abbreviated form of his ...