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The J. Geils Band is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Valentinos, Buddy Guy, The Contours, James Cotton and Little Walter. Those roots explain a lot about how The J. Geils Band arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as John Mellencamp, Eddie Money, Steve Miller Band, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band and Loverboy, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Johnny Winter, The Byrds, Rod Stewart, U2 and Aerosmith, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around The J. Geils Band, reaching back through The Valentinos and forward to Johnny Winter. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The J. Geils Band was an American rock band formed in 1967, in Worcester, Massachusetts, under the leadership of guitarist John "J." Geils. The original band members included vocalist Peter Wolf, harmonica, trumpet, and saxophone player Richard "Magic Dick" Salwitz, drummer Stephen Bladd, vocalist/keyboardist Seth Justman, and bassist Danny Klein. Wolf and Justman served as principal songwriters. The band played R&B-influenced blues rock during the 1970s, and achieved commercial success before moving toward a more mainstream new wave sound in the early 1980s, which brought the band to its commercial peak.
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The J. Geils Band connections
The J. Geils Band grew out of The Valentinos, Buddy Guy, The Contours and James Cotton, shares an orbit with John Mellencamp, Eddie Money, Steve Miller Band and Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, went on to shape Johnny Winter, The Byrds, Rod Stewart and U2. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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