https://mrlocalhistory.org/j-geils-was-from-bedminster/ History and Gossip from New Jersey Mon, 19 Jan 2026 19:04:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://mrlocalhistory.org/j-geils-was-from-bedminster/#comment-212218 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:23:30 +0000 http://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=11951#comment-212218 I was a friend of J’s when I was briefly dating his best friend. He was 16 at the time, and his best friend lived in Far Hills. Since we toured around in the boyfriend’s sports car before I had my own license, I was never sure where we were headed so I always assumed when we landed at J’s house that we were still in Far Hills. In those days J also did not yet have his license. His dad bought him a TR3 I think it was- still on blocks to save the tires until he could drive it. He was also into drums that sat in the garage. The BF dumped me, but when I landed in school in Boston where J was going to N.U., he would visit me in the dorm from time to time, and he also invited me to see him play at the Psychelic Supermarket in Boston (Kenmore Square) with the beginnings of his band. He kind of drifted away after that and the last I saw him he was crossing a street in Watertown. That must have been about 1967 or maybe ’68. I saw him in concert years later but never got to see him – I did send him a note. He was always a big sports car buff and eventually went to work in restorations later in life.

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