來自麻塞諸塞州Worcester 的搖滾樂團the J. Geils Band的領隊與吉他手John Geils，四月11日不幸去世(71歲)。
1967年由John Geils組成的J. Geils Band主唱是Peter Wolf，"Magic" Dick
Salwitz擔任口琴手，Seth Justman是鍵琴手，Danny
(Dr. Funk) Klein是貝斯手，鼓手是Stephen Jo Bladd。
The J. Geils Band起初走rhythm-and blues｢節奏與藍調｣的樂風，知名的歌有"Looking
For A Love" (#39-1972), "Give It To Me" (#30-1973) 及"Must Of Got Lost" (#12-1975)，同一時間他們還擔任了the Byrds、the
Allman Brothers Band這二個大牌合唱團演唱會的開場演唱，獲得了熱烈的迴響。
1980年代興起的new-wave風音樂，主宰了流行歌壇，the J. Geils Band也搭上了這班車，他們的"Centerfold"於1982年得到了排行榜冠軍，接著推出的"Freeze-Frame"則得到第4名，而回頭以R&B樂風推出的"I
Do"則於1983年得到24名。
好景不常在，J. Geils Band的主唱Peter Wolf也於1983年離團而去從事個人的歌唱事業，沒到二年J. Geils Band就解散了。
公元二千年後部分團員們重聚並復出演唱過幾次，但John Geils因他的隊友用團名巡迴演唱但沒有他在內，他還憤而提告過。
John
Geils大部分時間與Dick Salwitz在一起繼續玩音樂，取了一個團名叫 Bluestime，出過二張專輯。
The
J. Geils Band曾二度提名進搖滾樂名人堂，但都沒有成功進去。
The
J. Geils Band暢銷曲不少，在歷年暢銷歌星與合唱團排行榜獲得第335名，他們成績最好的歌就是1981年11月7日推出，後來獲得六週排行榜軍的"Centerfold"。
Centerfold
The
J. Geils Band
Does
she walk? Does she talk?
Does
she come complete?
My
homeroom homeroom angel
Always
pulled me from my seat
She
was pure like snowflakes
No
one could ever stain
The
memory of my angel
Could
never cause me pain
Years
go by I'm lookin' through a girly magazine
And
there's my homeroom angel on the pages in-between
CHORUS
My
blood runs cold
My
memory has just been sold
My
angel is the centerfold
Angel
is the centerfold
(Repeat)
Slipped
me notes under the desk
While
I was thinkin' about her dress
I
was shy I turned away
Before
she caught my eye
I
was shakin' in my shoes
Whenever
she flashed those baby-blues
Something
had a hold on me
When
angel passed close by
Those
soft and fuzzy sweaters
Too
magical to touch
Too
see her in that negligee
Is
really just too much
Chorus
It's
okay I understand
This
ain't no never-never land
I
hope that when this issue's gone
I'll
see you when your clothes are on
Take
you car, Yes we will
We'll
take your car and drive it
We'll
take it to a motel room
And
take 'em off in private
A
part of me has just been ripped
The
pages from my mind are stripped
Oh
no, I can't deny it
Oh
yea, I guess I gotta buy it!
CHORUS
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