“While J. Geils played, the whole room was sweaty,
in a flurry, some drugged out, some drunk, some straight. And when it ended,
you're looking around, and literally, there's spent syringes on the floor, shoes,
and everybody's just, like: ‘What do we do now?’ When they finally said ‘good
night,’ you were spent.
“It's the best live performance by a band I've ever
seen.”—Comedian Tim Allen, reminiscing about catching the J. Geils Band at
Detroit’s Cinderella Ballroom when he was a Central Michigan University student
in 1972, quoted in Chris Kornelis, “Playlist: Last Student Standing,” The Wall
Street Journal, February 8, 2014
(Publicity
photo of the J. Geils Band in March 1973, from Premiere Talent Associates.)
