Before our scheduled interview, Peter Wolf leaves me a voicemail. Could we talk sooner? “This situation came up. I gotta get to the dentist.” Dentist, be gentle with Woofa Goofa’s toofa. Man’s got a ...

The moment of truth has finally come: Former J. Geils Band frontman Peter Wolf’s long-awaited memoir is on bookshelves now. Credit: Courtesy of Tim Palmer That bad boy from Boston, the funkiest man in ...

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As the motor-mouthed, elastic-bodied frontman of the J. Geils Band (and later solo career), Peter Wolf was a ball of energy. And as a former DJ, the “Woofa with the Goofa” often told stories to ...

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