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<p><b>John Warren Geils Jr.</b>, besser bekannt als <b>J. Geils</b>, (* <a href="20._Februar" title="20. Februar">20. Februar</a> <a href="1946" title="1946">1946</a> in <a href="New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="New_York_(Bundesstaat)" title="New York (Bundesstaat)">New York</a>; † <a href="11._April" title="11. April">11. April</a> <a href="2017" title="2017">2017</a> in <a href="Groton_(Massachusetts)" title="Groton (Massachusetts)">Groton</a>, <a href="Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) war ein <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">US-amerikanischer</a> <a href="Musiker" title="Musiker">Musiker</a>. Er wurde als <a href="Gitarrist" title="Gitarrist">Gitarrist</a> und Gründer der <a href="The_J._Geils_Band" class="mw-redirect" title="The J. Geils Band">J. Geils Band</a> bekannt.
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<p>Der in New York geborene Geils wuchs in <a href="Morris_Plains" title="Morris Plains">Morris Plains</a> auf.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>1967 gründete J. Geils das Bluestrio J. Geils Band, das in der Originalbesetzung aus ihm selbst (<a href="Gesang" title="Gesang">Gesang</a>, <a href="Gitarre" title="Gitarre">Gitarre</a>), Danny Klein (Dr. Funk) (<a href="E-Bass" title="E-Bass">Bass</a>) und <a href="Magic_Dick" title="Magic Dick">Magic Dick</a> (Richard Salwitz) (<a href="Mundharmonika" title="Mundharmonika">Mundharmonika</a>) bestand. Ein paar Jahre später kamen <a href="Peter_Wolf_(Musiker)" title="Peter Wolf (Musiker)">Peter Wolf</a> (Gesang), Seth Justman (<a href="Keyboard" title="Keyboard">Keyboard</a>) und Stephen Jo Bladd (<a href="Schlagzeug" title="Schlagzeug">Schlagzeug</a>) dazu und sie entwickelten sich zu einer Rockband. 1985 löste sich die Band auf.
</p><p>1992 bildete er mit Magic Dick das Duo Bluestime und veröffentlichte die Alben <i>Bluestime</i> und <i>Little Car Blues</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1999 ließ er sich nach 28 Jahren von seiner Frau scheiden.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1999 gab es eine Wiedervereinigung der Band für eine gemeinsame Tour, 2006 die offizielle Wiedervereinigung und einige gemeinsame Auftritte.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2012 trennte er sich endgültig von der Band.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/j-geils-mn0000732317/biography">J. Geils</a> auf <a href="Allmusic" class="mw-redirect" title="Allmusic">allmusic.com</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Chris Boyette,Emanuella Grinberg: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/11/entertainment/j-geils-dead/index.html"><i>Guitarist J. Geils found dead in his Massachusetts home.</i></a> 12. April 2017,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 9. Juni 2023</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AJ.+Geils&rft.title=Guitarist+J.+Geils+found+dead+in+his+Massachusetts+home&rft.description=Guitarist+J.+Geils+found+dead+in+his+Massachusetts+home&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2017%2F04%2F11%2Fentertainment%2Fj-geils-dead%2Findex.html&rft.creator=Chris+Boyette%2CEmanuella+Grinberg&rft.date=2017-04-12&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.reuters.com/"><i>Reuters | Breaking International News & Views.</i></a> 9. Juni 2023,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 9. Juni 2023</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AJ.+Geils&rft.title=Reuters+%7C+Breaking+International+News+%26+Views&rft.description=Reuters+%7C+Breaking+International+News+%26+Views&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2F&rft.date=2023-06-09&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-Guardian-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Guardian_3-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Guardian_3-1">b</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Guardian_3-2">c</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Adam Sweeting: <cite style="font-style:italic">J Geils obituary</cite>. In: <cite style="font-style:italic">The Guardian</cite>. 12. April 2017, <a href="Internationale_Standardnummer_f%C3%BCr_fortlaufende_Sammelwerke" title="Internationale Standardnummer für fortlaufende Sammelwerke">ISSN</a> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://zdb-katalog.de/list.xhtml?t=iss%3D%220261-3077%22&key=cql">0261-3077</a></span> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/apr/12/j-geils-obituary">theguardian.com</a> [abgerufen am 9. Juni 2023]).<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rfr_id=info:sid/de.wikipedia.org:J.+Geils&rft.atitle=J+Geils+obituary&rft.au=Adam+Sweeting&rft.date=2017-04-12&rft.genre=journal&rft.issn=0261-3077&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian" style="display:none"> </span></span>
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