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Geils, J

LC control no.n 83166032
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Personal name headingGeils, J.
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Variant(s)Geils, Jay
Geils, John
Geils, Jerome
Geils, John Warren, Jr.
See alsoCorporate body: J. Geils Band
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Corporate body: New Guitar Summit (Musical group)
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Birth date1946-02-20
Death date2017-04-10~
Place of birthNew York (N.Y.)
Place of deathGroton (Mass.)
Field of activityRock music
Profession or occupationGuitarists Rock musicians
Found inJ. Geils Band. Showtime! [SR] c1982 (xx-ref.) container (J. Geils)
Jay Geils, Gerry Beaudoin and the Kings of Strings, p2006: container ("Jay Geils is the iconic founder of the eponymous rock & roll J. Geils Band.")
All music guide WWW site, Feb. 23, 2007 (J. Geils; b. John Geils, Jr., Feb. 20, 1946, New York City; guitarist)
Int. ww in pop. mus., 8th ed. (Geils, Jerome; b. Feb. 20, 1946, New York; guitarist)
New Rolling stone enc. of rock & roll (under J. Geils Band: Jerome Geils; b. Feb. 20, 1946, New York, NY; guitarist)
Contemporary musicians: v. 25 (under J. Geils Band: J. Geils; b. Jerome [Geils], Feb. 20, 1946, New York, NY; guitarist)
New York times WWW site, viewed Apr. 12, 2017 (in obituary published Apr. 11: J. Geils; John Warren Geils Jr.; found dead Monday [Apr. 10, 2017], Groton, Mass., aged 71; guitarist who lent his name to the J. Geils Band)
Shivers, ℗2008: container (New Guitar Summit; Jay Geils, Duke Robillard, Gerry Beaudoin)