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"Everybody is participating in a way that makes it possible to smoothly get together." Everybody has accepted that there's something to accomplish here," says Wolf. "I'm glad we're able to come together unified, without allowing any of the problems to surface. And it would be a sin, in my opinion, if we didn't get to Detroit and kick it up."įor the members of the band - which also includes guitarist Geils and harmonica player Magic Dick - reuniting meant putting aside creative tensions that had led to the group's 1983 demise in the first place. "Coming to Detroit is just this idea of - look, every time can be the last time. "It's not like coming to Detroit is one small part of a bigger picture," says Wolf. He insists the group won't undertake a full-scale tour in this or any other year. "So when the phone calls came about playing Detroit," says Wolf, "it was a natural."īut this is just for the Motor City, a one-shot deal for the band's second hometown, says the perpetually slinky 63-year-old. The group's house-party gumbo was as hot and spicy as ever in a set that included such familiar classics as "Give It to Me," "Musta Got Lost" and "Whammer Jammer." Rave reviews followed from hometown fans and critics, who said the Geils band hadn't lost a step. When the group was asked to play for charity at February's opening of Boston's House of Blues club, Wolf and crew finally bit. In the ensuing decade, even as the band resisted promoters' pleas for bookings, a couple of impromptu gigs sprang up, including a performance at bassist Danny Klein's 60th birthday party in 2006. The Geils Band was officially headed into history.Įxcept. When the funk-rockers played the Palace of Auburn Hills on New Year's Eve '99 - capping a reunion year that had included a string of confetti-strewn shows at Pine Knob - band members sincerely thought that was it. What this is about is continuing that love affair."Īs with any good romance, there's a splash of serendipity behind these latest Detroit dates. It's a love affair that started from day one.
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"There was just something about it that fell into place. "When we hit Detroit, there was just an instantaneous affection," says Wolf.
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When vocalist Peter Wolf and company first set out across the country in 1969 - in a station wagon crammed with gear and greasy rockers - they had no way to know they were about to kick off a unique four-decade relationship. The Boston group's reunion at the Fillmore Detroit this weekend isn't being billed as a 40th anniversary affair.