Remember how you'd set the needle down on the opening track of a new rock album and the very first tune would just blow you the funk away?
Tag: the J. Geils Band
The J. Geils Band’s 20 best songs, from wicked to freakin’ awesome
I only include studio recordings in my Top 20s, otherwise a bunch of tracks from the amazing Live: Full House album would have made the cut.
Newt’s Rock Hall inducts Motörhead, T. Rex, Free, the MC5, Humble Pie, and the J. Geils Band
By Steve Newton In yesterday's blog denouncing the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's continued refusal to induct Link Wray, I mentioned that today I planned to induct six acts into Newt's Rock Hall, to keep up with the Joneses (a.k.a. that other, crappier Hall in Cleveland). And since I don't like to disappoint people, … Continue reading Newt’s Rock Hall inducts Motörhead, T. Rex, Free, the MC5, Humble Pie, and the J. Geils Band
Ear of Newt’s Top 30 Rock Albums of 1970
Last year I decided to turn the clock back four decades and put together a list of my 30 fave albums of 1973, because, for one thing, that was the year when the greatest rock album of all time--the Who's Quadrophenia--was released. Then, a couple of weeks back, I kept up the "40 years ago" … Continue reading Ear of Newt’s Top 30 Rock Albums of 1970