I'll always be a fan of the J. Geils Band after seeing them on the night that Elvis Presley died. They were backing up Peter Frampton at the Montreal Forum, and they found just the right tone - respectful but fun-loving - for the occasion. I remember thinking that he would've enjoyed the show. Peter Wolf, the fast-talking, former-DJ hipster who's fronted the group for over forty years dedicated one of their slow ones (sorry, I'm not sure which) to Elvis, saying that without him, "none of us would be here tonight", which was quite simply right. Wolf, always a great entertainer, gave a particularly wild performance that night. I remember him doing crazy frog-type leaps around the stage while singing "Must've Got Lost". As the man himself might have said, "That cat is gone." The album I've been re-listening to lately is their second, The Morning After from 1971, which is a pure r&b blast. But for a sense of what the aforementioned show was like, I'd recommend their memorably-titled double live album, Blow Your Face Out (1976). Here's a link to the studio version of their cover of the Supremes' "Where Did Our Love Go?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9KdTeqGrzg . It's terrific, but try to hear the live one if you can. That's where they're at their best (as was Elvis).