The Catacombs
1120 Boylston St. Photo taken February 2009.
From The New England Music Scrapbook Web-Site
J. Geils also had frequent engagements at another short-lived Boston club, the Catacombs at 1120 Boylston Street. “When we moved over to the Tea Party from the Catacombs,” said drummer Steven Jo Bladd, “we became the opening band for a lot of groups for a lot of years because of our association with Don [Law?] and Ray Riepen. . . . ” J. Geils opened for acts such as Jeff Beck, Led Zeppelin, Rod Stewart, and the Who. The Steven Jo Bladd quote comes from a September 18, 1977, Boston Globe article by Ernie Santosuosso. The veteran Boston journalist made this interesting and fitting observation: “Ironically, the widened popularity of those groups generated by appearances at the Tea Party and the two Fillmores eventually priced them out of reach of the rock clubs, leading to the clubs’ closings and the emergence of the colossus-sized concert hall.”
More info PDF: New_England_Music_Scrapbook
The J.Geils Blues Band
The J.Geils Blues Band played at the Catacombs in January 1968 for 5 night between 23rd and 27th.
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