August 1977. ‘Free’ Pop Top Magazine (The Record Buyer’s Guide). Published by Little Face Inc. 909 Beacon St. Boston MA.

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J. Geils and Jeff have cut a CD featuring ‘Cruisin’ for Love’ and ‘I Can’t do My Homework Anymore’ to be released in the spring.

Visit examiner.com for a full review of Jay Geils with Jeff Pitchell & Texas Flood @ The Bull Run Restaurant on January 22nd.

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Talk about cool introductions. After the Coach House lights dimmed, an instrumental recording of “There’s No Business Like Show Business” was cued up. The band took the stage and kicked into a brief jazz version of the Irving Berlin tune.
Then Peter Wolf slowly emerged in trademark all-black attire and porkpie hat — holding down that always wild mane of hair — to start the haunting, mandolin-accented “Growin’ Pain,” from his 2002 album Sleepless.

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Rolling Stone Magazine: September 16th, 2010.

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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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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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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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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……

Many thanks to Eric Holland for sharing this video review of Peter Wolf performing at the Highline Ballroom last night.

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“Peter Wolf without the J. Geils Band? That works just fine, and has for years. Last night at a packed Wilbur Theatre, the Wolfa Goofa Mama Toofa charged through wicked and wonderful Geils cuts and select solo tunes.”

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Are you beginning to get a sense of where this album is coming from?

Peter Wolf Explores Roots of Rock

Rock is a by-product of diverse musical styles, varied geographic influences, and a melting pot of ethnic origins. More than anything, as a relatively young art form, rock is driven by artists’ influences. Read an interview with any rocker and if the topic surfaces, your average performer can reel off five major influences in less than ten seconds. Most performing rockers are as much fans of other artists as are their fans who buy their music and merchandise. It’s the nature of the beast.
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By Dave DeCastris:
“Peter Wolf’s “Midnight Souvenirs” could be another middle aged, typical, white songwriter anthem of a record but its not.”
Peter Wolf’s “Midnight Souvenirs” is a new decade, Americana, songwriting gem. This is not a joke. Many records arrived in the mail this past month that deserve some attention or brief mention first off. Great releases by The Morning Benders as well as Jakob Dylan’s, T-Bone Burnett produced, project, plus two advances I’m probably not supposed to mention yet by Rockford, IL’s own, The Pimps, and Chicago’s heir to the throne, Cameron McGill and What Army. The latter’s gonna be real hard not to talk about later this year.
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I didn’t know much about Peter Wolf prior to getting Midnight Souvenirs (PW Recording, Ltd/Verve) other than what I’m supposed to know. Peter is the former songwriter and front man for the late 70’s early 80’s rockers the J. Geils Band whose two big hits, “Centerfold” and “Freeze Frame”, are so entrenched in the FM cannon that I actually heard them on the radio while writing this review. The band’s style was rooted in blues-roots music fused with pop-rock sensibilities marked by Peter’s distinct, direct vocals. Following a familiar pattern in music history, the band broke up and Peter continued to record as a critically acclaimed solo artist. His 7th release, Midnight Souvenirs, continues Peter’s prolific career as an important songwriter, musician, and artist. Call it roots-rock, boogie, Americana, blues, whatever-you-will but Peter makes it clear that before there was Wilco, Ryan Adams, Paul Westerberg, or any other roots-music cult heroes – there was Peter.
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By Don McLeese:
As the hyperkinetic, rabble-rousing frontman of Boston’s J. Geils Band, Peter Wolf seemed like the sort of rocker who might burn out quickly rather than grow old gracefully. Yet the former deejay has always held a reverence for music (and musicians) older than him. And his solo career has found those roots deepening, with Wolf developing a command of subtlety, nuance and intimacy–a musical maturity beyond the one-dimensional caricature of “Centerfold” and “Love Stinks.”
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