![]() ![]() Jay asked Danny, who did not play an instrument, whether he wanted to play bass or drums. It was there that he met John Geils (“Jay”) and Richard Salwitz, aka “Magic Dick.” With the folk era starting to boom, they formed a jug band. ![]() Klein attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts in 1964, studying Chemical Engineering. But at that time, in the ’60s, it started to cross over…also there were shows out of the Bronx…goin’ on at night…they’d play some really funky stuff and blues…so that’s basically how I got it. “ New York AM radio, a whole lot of R&B, Otis and the Supremes, the Motown thing, the Memphis thing, and the New York thing, and all that, a lot of R&B in those days, a lot of black stuff…I guess before that like in the ’50s you’d never hear that, the original artists doing the music, you’d hear Patti Page covers, you know that kind of thing. Geils Band.īorn in New York City, and raised in New Jersey, the Kleins were not a musical family – in fact, there was not a record player in the household until his sister purchased one!ĭanny’s musical education came from listening to AM radio where he soaked up Motown and Memphis Soul, and a lot of rhythm and blues and Blues coming from New York. Revered as the “Ace of Bass” – Danny Klein’s passion for rhythm & blues, jazz, pop, soul, Motown, and British Invasion formed the foundation for America’s greatest bar band – the mighty J. “Because this is the Wooba Gooba sayin’ to ya love comes once and when it comes you better grab it fast ‘cuz sometimes the love you grab ain’t gonna last…”
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