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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES - John Warren Geils, Jr., known professionally as J. Geils and lead guitarist and founder of The J. Geils Band, has died in his home in Groton, Mass according to multiple local reports.

Guitarist John Warrant Geils Jr.'s first band, formed in the mid-1960s, was called Snoopy and the Sopwith Camels, but in 1967 the band added lead singer Peter Wolf, renamed itself the J. Geils ...

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 ...