The musician was found dead in his Groton, Massachusetts home on Tuesday, according to ABC affiliate WCVB in Boston.
Geils was found dead Tuesday at his home in MA. They do not suspect foul play. The band's biggest single, "Centerfold", spent six weeks at No. 1, and "Freeze-Frame" peaked at No. 4.
Geils formed the band during his time at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he studied mechanical engineering. Those songs were included on the band's hit album Freeze Frame, which sat at the top of the album chart in 1983 for four weeks. Geils had a knack for finding talent and filled his band with luminaries Peter Wolf, Seth Justman, Danny Klein, Magic Dick Salwitz and Stephen Jo Bladd. "R.I.P. Jay Geils' PW".
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In 1999, they reunited for the odd reunion show, but without Geils, who sued the rest of the band for using the group's name and for touring under it without him. Mr. Geils was 71. Geils left the band in 2012. The three moved to almost Boston, and with the addition of keyboardist Seth Justman, drummer Stephen Jo Bladd and singer Peter Wolf they became The J. Geils Band, landing their first record deal in 1970.
"Being part of the J. Geils Band was a lot of fun".
The band would only release one more album after their 1981 success, with their 14th and final album "You're Gettin" Even While I'm Gettin' Odd' being released in 1984. He returned to his jazz roots during the 2000s with three solo records, it said.
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