In searching for the name of the album for twigby's thread, I found out that there is no Wikipedia article about the J. Giles Band.
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Skanko said, (80 days ago)
how can they not have an article about the originator of "The Southside Shuffle"?
Skanko said, (80 days ago)
for some reason i ALWAYS get J. Giles and Billy Squier confused. I'm probably the only person, mainly because I'm probably the only person born after 1980 that even knows who both of them are.
Jay Def said, (80 days ago)
@sparky - But I remember listening to them on my gigantic walkman in the early 80's!
mikkoman said, (80 days ago)
Uh, try spelling "John Geils" correctly:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_J._Geils_Band
Awesome group! Monkey Island is a great album.
Jay Def said, (80 days ago)
@mikkoman - Ah, damn. I was trying to spell it in Google, and everything was leading me to J. Giles. Thanks.
Jay Def said, (80 days ago)
I was going to delete this now that I've been corrected, but I think I'll leave it up as a testiment to how lame I am.
Also, feel free to discuss J. Geils in here. :)
linty said, (80 days ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_J._Geils_Band
i know someone already posted it, but it'll make me feel better if i post it too.
soulcamp said, (80 days ago)
Jay Geils is actually a decent blues guitarist. In the early 90's, he teamed with harpist Magic Dick and recorded a couple of albums under the name "Bluestime".
sodoff jonathan said, (80 days ago)
I am so sad that I saw this thread too late to be the first to point out that the harmonica player's name was MAGIC DICK.
sodoff jonathan said, (80 days ago)
If there is ever another NYC consu/GTI-karaoke nite, I hereby promise to sing "Centerfold."
Jay Def said, (79 days ago)
@sodoff - Centerfold is a great song. I think my favorite is Freeze Frame, though.
Xenu said, (79 days ago)
I'm wondering if I would be stoned to death if I asked, "Who's J. Geils Band?"
Because I think they had a song called Centerfold, but I'm not sure.
soulcamp said, (79 days ago)
@Xenu: Nah, most of the people here aren't really old enough to remember them. And us old fogies are used to that by now. But you get bonus points for your guess - Centerfold was their biggest hit.
Now, how many of you can name a Juice Newton song?
soulcamp said, (79 days ago)
@Jay: I want to hear some Juice Newton in your next house mix. Think you can serve me up some Juice boogie?
It's not like they were the biggest group, but I'd think someone would have written an article about them.