shop and participate in the company. Personal life and death In 1982, Geils moved to Groton, Massachusetts. The town honored him by proclaiming J. Geils Day on December 1, 2009. In September 2016, Geils was arrested and charged with drunk driving after allegedly rear-ending a car in Concord, Massachusetts. On April 11, 2017, Groton Police conducted a well-being check on Geils and found him unresponsive at his home. He was pronounced dead from natural causes at age 71. Discography As Jay Geils Bluestime - with Magic Dick (Rounder, 1994) Little Car Blues - with Magic Dick (Rounder, 1996) Jay Geils Plays Jazz! (Stony Plain, 2005) Jay Geils, Gerry Beaudoin and the Kings of Strings featuring Aaron Weinstein (Arbors, 2006) Toe Tappin' Jazz (North Star, 2009) As New Guitar Summit New Guitar Summit - with Duke Robillard (Stony Plain, 2004) Live at the Stoneham Theatre (Stony Plain, 2004) Jazzthing II - with Randy Bachman (Koch, 2007) Shivers (Stony Plain, 2008) References 1946 births 2017 deaths American jazz guitarists American male guitarists American rock guitarists Lead guitarists American rock singers Atlantic Records artists Bernards High School alumni Blues rock musicians EMI Records artists Harmonica blues musicians People from Far Hills, New Jersey Rounder Records artists The J. Geils Band members Worcester Polytechnic Institute alumni 20th-century American guitarists Guitarists from Massachusetts 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians American people of German descent