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Both bands later played the last show at the Fillmore East. On August 17, 1971, at a show in the Boston Common, The Allman Brothers Band named The J. Magic Dick is still regarded as one of the best lead harmonica players in rock and roll. The band attracted special attention for its innovative use of the harmonica as a lead instrument. Later in the 1970s, the band signed with EMI America Records.

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They then began to get AM radio airplay as well with a series of several hit singles in the 1970s, the most successful of which were a cover version of The Valentinos' 'Looking for a Love' (1971), a cover version of The Showstoppers' 'Ain't Nothin' But a Houseparty' (1973), 'Give it to Me' (1973), and 'Must Of Got Lost' (1974). Geils Band first received FM radio airplay with the live single cover version of The Contours' 'First I Look at the Purse'. Their second live album, 1976's Blow Your Face Out, was recorded in Boston (at Boston Garden) and Detroit (at Cobo Arena). Two of their three live albums were recorded in Detroit at The Cinderella Ballroom and Pine Knob Music Theater (now DTE Energy Music Theater). The group signed to Atlantic Records in 1970.Īlthough living in Boston, the band had always considered Detroit their second home because of their enormous popularity there. The following year, former fan Seth Justman joined as an organist. Geils Blues Band, later dropping the word 'Blues' from the band name. In 1967, the band switched focus, starting to play electric guitar and bass and recruiting drummer Stephen Jo Bladd and fast-talking ex- disc jockey singer Peter Wolf, born Peter Blankenfeld, (originally from the Bronx ) and later, both from Boston.

The band formed under the name 'Snoopy and the Sopwith Camels', while Geils was attending Worcester Polytechnic Institute for a couple of semesters. Funk) and harmonica player Richard Salwitz ( stage name Magic Dick).

The band started as an acoustic blues trio in the mid 1960s, with vocalist and guitarist John Geils, bassist Danny Klein (Dr.