This is exactly what singer Peter Wolf immediately goes for, supported by the highly energetic thrust of the group, which features particularly outstanding piano and organ work from Seth Justman. The recording begins with one of the highlights from the Bloodshot album from the previous year, "Southside Shuffle." This highly danceable opener serves as the perfect vehicle to get the audience riled up.
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(Highlights from the early show are also available at Wolfgang's.) Presenting a pair of choice cuts from their new album at the time, in addition to a pair each from the Bloodshot and Full House albums, this recording is sure to delight new and old fans alike, capturing the band onstage at a peak moment in their career. Geils Band once again take Cobo Hall by storm. Here we present excerpts from the late show of November 3, 1974, as the J. Geils Band for their syndicated radio show, they wisely chose to record two additional Cobo Hall performances that occurred in November of 1974, when the group was headlining a tour that included powerhouse rockers, Mountain, as the opening act. When the King Biscuit Flower Hour pursued the J. Indeed, the group recognized this as well, as the album that broke them internationally, the aforementioned Full House, was recorded at Cobo Hall and both of the band's subsequent live albums, Blow Your Face Out, released in 19's Showtime, also prominently featured performances captured live at this Detroit venue. Detroit's most popular venue, Cobo Hall, had become like a second home to the band and the wild chemistry that always occurred there made it an ideal location to capture the band on stage. For the first time, the band's studio efforts were becoming as popular as their 1972 live album, Full House, which captured the band on stage in all its high-energy glory.Īlthough based in Boston, nowhere was the group more popular than in Detroit, where the onstage charisma of front man, Peter Wolf, and the band's dynamic mix of blues, rock and R&B would whip audiences into a veritable frenzy. Geils Band were at the top of their game, having toured extensively for nearly a decade and riding high on their most successful studio albums to date, Bloodshot and Ladies Invited, both released in 1973 and the follow-up, Nightmares.and Other Tales from the Vinyl Jungle, released the following year.
Geils - guitar Peter Wolf - vocals Magic Dick - harmonica Seth Justman - keyboard, vocals Danny Klein - bass Stephen Jo Bladd - percussion, drums, vocalsīy the mid 1970s, The J.
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