![]() ![]() It wasn’t overnight, but we built a good following.Īt one point, Tom Petty offered you “Don’t Do Me Like That.” Word spread and we became pretty popular. How did that band come together?Ī: Some of The Hallucinations were going back to painting, so Jay and I started jamming and it slowly came together. Our first date was The Catacombs. When we realized he was the guy calling and I was the DJ, we became friends. He would send postcards, call up requesting John Lee Hooker. I had an all-night radio show on WBCN, and Van was a fan. I remember taking Van Morrison down there when he was living in Cambridge, because there were just so many great musicians.Īt the Boston Tea Party, this young guy came up and asked where can you get gigs. There was music everywhere, street hustlers, and, let’s say, ladies of leisure. You’d sit at the bar and listen to great bands. Andy Warhol showed his early films, and we’d be part of the evening’s entertainment. I think I played a part in driving David crazy.Īt the Moon Dial, which became the Boston Tea Party. I was smoking three packs of French cigarettes a day, drinking, playing music ’til 4 in the morning. Somehow I bumped into David, who was looking for a roommate.ĭavid was a very sweet guy. I stayed at the YMCA I slept on the Charles River. And your roommate was filmmaker David Lynch. ![]() Our first dates were with the Velvet Underground and Sun Ra. I left after the second year to dedicate my energies to my first band, The Hallucinations. Peter Wolf: I dropped off a bunch of paintings a for an application. Some responses have been edited for length and clarity.ī: I love this college-hopping story. So then how did you get a scholarship to the Museum School? Wolf had me laughing throughout our hour-long interview, whether he was impersonating Howlin’ Wolf, or recalling Bob Dylan’s odd book recommendations. Geils Band frontman talked to ahead of his Midnight Travelers show at The Cabot in Beverly Oct. ![]()
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