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My favorite track off of ‘Love Stinks’ is the ultra cool “Till the Walls Come Tumblin’ Down” which will have you snapping your fingers & yelling out “Oooooh Yeahhhh!”. 1980 brought us ‘Love Stinks’ which the humorous title track & accompanying humorous video brought the beginnings of commercial success to the band & the album charted 3 other singles including “Come Back” which was a hit in the dance clubs across the nation. I’ll always remember their appearance on SNL around ’79 as they played the title track “Sanctuary” which rocked the house. In 1978 the band signed with EMI & released ‘Sanctuary’ fared pretty well on the charts. “(Ain’t Nothing but a) Houseparty” (which was actually a cover song originally recorded by the Showstoppers) was probably their biggest & most popular single of the 70’s. The band was signed to Atlantic records in 1970 & over the next seven years charted several hit singles most of which are included on that 1979 ‘Best of’ album.
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After about a year they dropped “Blues” from the band name & also added Keyboardist Seth Justman to their line-up. The band played gigs around the Boston, MA area as the J. They added vocalist Peter Wolfe who was a local DJ at the time & drummer Stephen Jo Bladd. Geils Band began in 1967 when J Geils, Magic Dick, & Danny Klein decided to change the direction of their acoustic blues trio & become more of an electric blues band. Yes, that is what the J.Geils Band featuring wild lead vocalist Peter Wolfe & lead guitarist J. “I Musta Got Lost” will have you holding on tight to that special person which you made a connection with.
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The rocking reggae beat of “Give it to Me” will have you rolling your arms & bopping your head & then just when you thought it was safe… the hard rocking “(Ain’t Nothing but a) Houseparty “is right there to Blow your face out! You can’t forget a couple of oldies to keep things rolling, that the band covers: The Do-*** “I Do”, “Looking for a Love”, & the cool version of the Supremes “Where Did Our Love Go?”. The instrumental house rocker featuring Magic Dick blowing some of the meanest harp “Whammer Jammer” will have you howling at the moon. Songs such as the rocking “Detroit Breakdown” & “Southside Shuffle” will have your arms flailing & your feet shuffling. The album is filled with songs that’ll keep you moving & grooving. When I turned 18 in 1980 my sister (who was 13 years older than me) would invite me to her toga parties at her apartment & that same J Geils album was always cranked up at her parties.
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That Best of ,which came out in the late 70’s, is one hell of a Party album. Geils Band (actually originally done by the Showstoppers) & went out & bought their Best of record. “Dancing on the Ceiling & Dancing on the Floor…” followed by a chorus of “It Ain’t Nothing but a Party, Ain’t Nothing but a Party…Ain’t Nothing but a House Party” rang out through my speakers during a radio commercial for Callahan’s Bar & Nite Club every weekend on QFM-97.9 in the late 70’s, Not only did I want to go to this wild party bar (Unfortunately I had to wait a year until I turned 18) but I also wanted to know who did that jamming tune on the commercial.