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J. Geils Band: Exclusive Interview with Peter Wolf

Jeff Tamarkin, Goldmine, 1 October 1983

1967 HAS GONE down in history as the Summer of Love, not as the year for great white R&B bands forming. But it was during that year that a bunch of musicians who shared a love for blues and soul first met and decided to pay tribute together to their heroes – everyone from Muddy Waters and Little Walter to Elvis Presley to Thelonious Monk.

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