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Topic: J. Geils Guitar/Amp Collection - Online Auction |
Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Allan Haley
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British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 17 Nov 2017 7:04 am |
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| Mr Geils really liked trumpets. |
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Nic Neufeld
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Kansas City, Missouri
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Posted 17 Nov 2017 10:26 am
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| I like that Gibson lapsteel, would make a great restoration project (maybe a Lollar pickup?) but I have a feeling it's going to end up a lot higher than I'm willing to go. |
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David Weisenthal
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Arizona, USA
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Posted 17 Nov 2017 11:29 am
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Fascinating Doug, thanks for posting info. Definitely bittersweet...one of the first concerts I saw at MSG..freeze frame tour in 82?. I think thats the one that finally made them some big bucks. I still have the shirt I think.
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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Posted 17 Nov 2017 1:11 pm
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Peter Wolf and Seth Justman wrote this song that Gram Parsons recorded on his first album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZFJFyZUUc8
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Fender Kingman, Sierra Crown D-10, Evans Amplifier, Soup Cube. |
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 17 Nov 2017 1:58 pm
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Very sad indeed. J had some pretty great high-end guitars back when - you know, late 60s to early 70s right around when the first two records came out. He'd show up at bar gigs or the Tea Party with a 58 Flying V or some other ridiculously cool guitar back then. I wonder if the good stuff has already been spoken for or if that is going to happen later.
That's Duke Levine playing the sunburst Les Paul in the video - I know he was about to go on tour with them last I saw him in Boston, which was probably around that time.
J Geils Blues Band is right. They kicked ass and took names back then. I cut my teeth hanging around watching that band. |
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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Posted 19 Nov 2017 3:16 pm
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Thanks for checking, Doug. I did some checking and didn't see anything either.
I heard "Duke And The Drivers" in Fitchburg when J Geils was big.
Wasn't a fan of the J. Geils band, though I did like the harp player, Magic Dick.
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Excel 3/4 Pedal With An 8 String Hawaiian Neck, Sierra Tapper (10 string with a raised fretboard to fret with fingers), Single neck Fessenden 3/5
"The Tapper" : https://christophertempleton.bandcamp.com/album/the-tapper
Soundcloud Playlist: https://soundcloud.com/bluespruce8: |
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 19 Nov 2017 5:53 pm
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No connection. I used to see Duke and the Drivers back when they first started (I was working at MIT at the time) at the Western Front, right over the Western Ave. bridge from the Harvard Business School. Duke Levine was 12 when the Drivers started in 1973.
If you're judging the J. Geils Band on their output from the mid-70s onward, you're missing them at their prime, which was when they were lean and mean in the late 60s and very early 70s.
Duke Levine is (IMHO) one of the preeminent Tele players on the planet, I kid you not. My opinion of course, but I've seen a bunch of the very best. If you're in Boston, I strongly suggest you check him out, his schedule is on his website - http://dukelevine.com/shows/ - he's very friendly, loves steel guitar, and often works with guitar/steel player Kevin Barry. |
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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Posted 19 Nov 2017 6:57 pm
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Dave- Thanks for the info. I remember the Western Front. They had a lot of Reggae shows there. You must have seen a bunch of films at the Orson Wells Theatre. Across the street there was a pawn shop and that's where I got my Regal six string lap with it's amp that matched the case. Also Jack's & The Plough & Stars.
I never saw J Geils live, but I'm sure their live shows were great.
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Excel 3/4 Pedal With An 8 String Hawaiian Neck, Sierra Tapper (10 string with a raised fretboard to fret with fingers), Single neck Fessenden 3/5
"The Tapper" : https://christophertempleton.bandcamp.com/album/the-tapper
Soundcloud Playlist: https://soundcloud.com/bluespruce8: |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Posted 19 Nov 2017 7:57 pm
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Yeah, James Montgomery and James Cotton! On the country side of town, John Lincoln Wright and the Sourmash Boys, wheatstraw, Johnny D's, John Penny and the Blue Star Lounge.
James Montgomery - "Train": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTNB_H7vl5o
Doug, do you remember the Cobble Mountain Band, from western Mass, with Pete Adams on steel?
I found this with Pete: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kHq5Tmr9ck on a Tom Rush song
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Excel 3/4 Pedal With An 8 String Hawaiian Neck, Sierra Tapper (10 string with a raised fretboard to fret with fingers), Single neck Fessenden 3/5
"The Tapper" : https://christophertempleton.bandcamp.com/album/the-tapper
Soundcloud Playlist: https://soundcloud.com/bluespruce8: |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Posted 23 Nov 2017 6:02 pm
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Doug- I had a feeling you and Pete are buds. Rick Plant (Pappenheimer), my elementary school pal, is Walter Palmer's cousin (CMB lead singer).
Rick played guitar for Allison Moorer and plays on "A Soft Place To Fall".
He also played bass for Tanya Tucker, Over The Rhine, Buddy Miller, Pure Prairie League and now lives in Australia.
We used to do a song that I think came from their record that had the line: "Shutters and bars cover the windows on the house we used to live", or something like that.
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Excel 3/4 Pedal With An 8 String Hawaiian Neck, Sierra Tapper (10 string with a raised fretboard to fret with fingers), Single neck Fessenden 3/5
"The Tapper" : https://christophertempleton.bandcamp.com/album/the-tapper
Soundcloud Playlist: https://soundcloud.com/bluespruce8: |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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John Macy
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Rockport TX/Denver CO
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Posted 25 Nov 2017 6:26 pm
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When I was in the John Lincoln Wright band in the early '70's (I was one of the founding members), J and Peter Wolf were big fans of ours, to the point they had us open a show for them at the Boston Garden. J was a most humble and great guy, and I loved how underststed his playing was. Peter is a true lover and most knowledgeable country music fan, too.
And Dave is spot on about Duke Levine--one of my favorite players--check out his Country Soul Guitar record--always in rotation at my house...
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John Macy
Rockport, TX
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