Source: THE WORLD OF AF GRANT
J. Geils Band and Aerosmith Rock Fenway Park. I’ve seen both bands before, but it’s been about 25 years for J. Geils Band and 15 for Aerosmith, and this was my first concert at Fenway Park, so I knew that alone would make August 14, 2010 a special show.

J. Geils band was preceded by a full marching band entering the stage single file and playing “Centerfold”, then they left (which took quite some time) and the real band took the stage. They looked and sounded great, and seemed to be having a fantastic time – I don’t know why these guys don’t still tour. Peter Wolf was in great form – his voice, moves and stage raps don’t give away his age, though he does look a bit more freakish these days. Plus Magic Dick still has most of his hair – nobody rocks the white man afro or the harmonica like him! They were even joined by their longtime touring horns – The Up Town Horns.
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Source: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/
Bottom Line: The impossible dream for Boston rock comes true. It was a beautiful day in Boston for the twi-night doubleheader at Fenway Park as local heroes Aerosmith and the J. Geils Band teamed for a blockbuster evening that was long on hits and short on fouls. It might have been old-timers night, but both bands swung for the fences and featured some of the best playing Fenway has seen in years.

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 original J. Geils lineup broke up in 1985, but they have been reuniting and playing around New England recently. Aerosmith has been going strong for the past quarter-century, touring regularly, but lead singer Steven Tyler’s offstage antics have raised questions about the band’s future, as has speculation about his becoming a judge on Fox’s “American Idol.”
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Source: Boston Herald Reader Reviews
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Herald readers review Aerosmith and J. Geils Band. On a beautiful evening, so full of promise, wonder, and hope, Aerosmith came out and laid an egg, in front of 40,000 Fenway Faithful, letting J. Geils blow them off the stage in the process. For me, it was sheer heartbreak, and disappointment. A ten hour drive back to Lititz PA this morning, in complete silence with the girl of my dreams, as I could not manage to overcome my disappointment with this show.

Are you kidding me? No “Lightning Strikes?” No “Seasons of Wither?” no “No More-No More?” No “My Fist, Your Face?”

Instead, Boston Massachusetts got generic vanilla from the Bad Boys of Boston, and my 40 years of loyalty to this band came to a shocking close.
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Source: http://www.patriotledger.com/
Aerosmith, J. Geils touch ‘em all at Fenway. Fenway Park opened in 1912, and there have been some memorable shenanigans in the outfield in the last 98 years, but it’s safe to say no one from Tris Speaker to the confounding Manny Ramirez ever imagined a white grand piano atop the Green Monster. But that’s how Aerosmith topped off its ballpark show on Saturday, with Steven Tyler playing piano on a mostly-solo version of “Dream On” in an encore for 38,000 fans.
The summit meeting of Beantown’s best classic rockers saw both Aerosmith and the J.Geils Band deliver some of their top hits, turning much of the night into a delirious sing-along.

Despite fans’ pipe dreams and speculations, there was no onstage jam involving the two groups, but two distinctly Boston-flavored sets.
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Source: http://www.boston.com/

They easily could have coasted on their legacies, and it still would have been a night to remember simply for the spectacle of seeing two pillars of Boston rock on the same bill last night. If that weren’t enough, they played at one of the city’s most hallowed spaces: Fenway Park.

Instead, Aerosmith and the J. Geils Band wrote a new chapter of Boston’s rock history with performances that resurrected the verve and wattage of their halcyon days. If it was a nostalgia trip for the sold-out hometown crowd, it certainly didn’t feel like just another show for either band. More……