![]() I’m also playing trumpet again – my instrument from age 8 to 18 – and getting pretty good except for running out of lip! I have also played some “special guest” gigs with James Montgomery and Jeff Pitchell and have coming up the special guest thing with Joe Louis Walker for a B.B. JG: I do a show occasionally called The Jay Geils Jazz and Blues Review with a few tunes sung by Cassandra McKinley – she’s a terrific singer – and sometimes with Fred Lipsius (Blood, Sweat & Tears), a great sax and piano player. Geils broke through with “Centerfold”īCB: What are your main musical pursuits at this point? (“Angel is the centerfold”) It was her favorite record. And both originals by Seth and Peter: “Centerfold” and “Freeze-Frame.” I actually have an autographed-to-me Playboy centerfold by a girl named Angel. I don’t care what any recording artist says they all want a #1 gold single and we have two. I founded the band as a Chicago-style blues band and it evolved into a bluesy rock band. As of five days ago, I’m closer to 70 than 69-years-old. I was tired of playing our brand of high-energy rock ‘n’ roll. JG: The suit is resolved and finalized to the benefit of both parties, in my opinion.īCB: Have you come to a point where you wish them well in their endeavors or is there a bitterness that lingers? Geils: It’s fine with me it helps sell CDs and generate royalties.īCB: I know there was a lawsuit going on. Geils Band continuing on, playing gigs without you? With guitarist Geils out of the band for three years, we thought we’d check in on him to see how he looked back on it all.īest Classic Bands: What are your thoughts on the J. ![]() A large part of that had to do with a now-resolved lawsuit over ownership rights to the J. There was, for a few years, a fair amount of acrimony on both sides of the divide – Geils and the Geils Band.
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