The J. Geils Band is the self-titled debut studio album by American rock band The J. Geils Band. The album was released on November 16, 1970, by Atlantic Records. Critical reception The band had once been known as the J. Geils Blues Band, but its debut album revealed the stylistic range it had long developed. In an effusive contemporary review, a journalist for rock magazine Creem praised the diversity and wrote: "It could be called blues, it could be called R&B, it could be called rock and roll; I prefer to call it good energetic music and leave it at that. They spent their formative years absorbing the best of all these musics and the sound they have distilled is truly their own." Track listing Juke Joint Jimmy is a pseudonym used by The J. Geils Band for group compositions. Personnel The J. Geils Band Peter Wolf – lead vocals J. Geils – guitar Magic Dick – harmonica Seth Justman – piano, organ Danny Klein – bass Stephen Jo Bladd – drums, backing vocals Technical Dave Crawford, Brad Shapiro – producers Jay Messina, Geoffrey Haslam – engineers Stephen Paley – photography Lloyd Ziff – design Fred Lewis - special assistance Charts References 1970 debut albums The J. Geils Band albums Atlantic Records albums Albums produced by Brad Shapiro