On “Hard-Drivin’ Man” Wolf gets them into the act, compelling them to yell back his “Ooh yeahs,” as Seth Justman pounds out the piano and Geils does a bit of chicken pickin’. It’s hard to imagine a better way to tip one’s hat than to take those songs to the stage and do what Wolf and the boys do to them. Rush’s “Homework,” in fact, gets a thorough workout, complete with a stinging guitar solo from J. The band’s shows at the time werel high-volume, high-energy, fully rockin’ tributes to the likes of the Contours, Otis Rush, James Brown and other forebears. It all kicks off with a big-time banger in the Countours’ “First I Look at the Purse,” as the band establishes their R&B bonafides from the get-go. The record is occasion-agnostic - put it on at a barbecue, a house party, or a first date, and feel the feel-good vibes coming off the vinyl.
#OLD SCHOOL J GEILS BAND WHAMMER JAMMER FULL#
Recorded in Detroit, the band’s second home, FULL HOUSE is the quintessential party on a platter, something you put on when you want to feel good and pass that feeling on to others, as well. This was perhaps the best live band on the planet at the time, and FULL HOUSE captured Geils and Co.
Thing is, these were not alien beings - not an extraterrestrial among them, unless Boston went into orbit when the rest of us weren’t looking.
Geils Band front man Peter Wolf’s scat-jive intro to “Whammer Jammer” on 1972’s FULL HOUSE is to hear a transmission from another, much funkier planet - a skiggity-strange liggity-language that kiggity-kicks off another, longer miggity-missive from one Richard Salwitz (Magic Dick to you and me), blown through a blues harp with exceptional power and acuity, with a powerhouse band thumping behind him.
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