The J. Geils Band came to prominence first in the early 1970s with its R&B-influenced blues rock sound and then again in the 1980s when it shifted its focus toward a more new wave approach. The band ...

I found out a few days back that John Geils Jr. had died. He was guitarist and namesake of the J.Geils Blues Band, Boston’s unruly pack of mostly Jewish and all-white lovers of R&B, soul and blues.

First of all, the J. Geils Band belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. That was never more evident than last night, when Peter Wolf and his crew dazzled a capacity crowd at the Blue Hills Bank ...

INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP – It felt more like football weather than summer concert season on Friday night, Sept. 11, at the DTE Energy Music Theatre. But J. Geils Band frontman Peter Wolf promised that, ...