and we were told that it was going to be huge. When he released one of his solo albums, I was working at a big record store in downtown Boston. So this being said, when he does something, he expect as much attention as possible on a local level. Ordered six drinks, and on his tab he wrote “Peter Wolf” and signed it without leaving money).
He‘s the kind of guy that walks into his regular haunts and expects to be noticed and applauded regardless of where he goes (as an aside, there’s a story that he went into Bukowski’s Tavern one time. Peter is a bit of a townie in Massachusetts and is pretty buddy-buddy with a lot of the local institutions. What follows is an account I can neither confirm nor deny, but it’s a fantastically detailed story-make of it what you will. Geils, it was Peter Wolf-who had a bit of a diva reputation in his day. Remember The J.Geils Band? “Freeze Frame”? “Love Stinks”? “Musta Got Lost”? “Whammer-Jammer”? Or my personal favorite, “Centerfold”? The lead singer of The J. The best one though, via a friend of a friend (natch) on Facebook was a very thorough, very believable first person account by a former record store employee-and this one… well, I think that I am I’m inclined to believe. The exact same story has been said about so many celebrities, it’s just funnier because Jewel, okay? (If you read this was something demanded by, say, Elton John or Julia Roberts, then it’s not funny at all is it?)īound by my love of dumb celebrity gossip, I felt obligated to share what is most certainly a completely fabricated story-I even offered the caveat, of course, that it’s probably not true because I’m a nice person-and this in turn encouraged others to come forward with their favorite celebrity rumors and stories. Picture it- Jewel-one of the original Lilith Fair performers-with her wholesome sweetness, her acoustic guitar and her trademark yodeling, leaves her hometown in rural Alaska, surviving for a while in extreme poverty-at one point even living in a van-only to become the sort of mega-diva that demands people not look her in the eye. This is-to my mind-the perfect piece of gossip because it 1.) centers around an obscure celebrity, 2.) is totally unverifiable, and 3.) highlights an unexpected eccentricity that is probably not true, but is nonetheless hilarious to imagine. I was recently blessed with the greatest piece of pop music gossip I had ever heard, who heard it from a friend of a friend (isn’t that always the source)? My friend heard from his friend’s friend that the folk singer turned pop singer Jewel (remember Jewel?) once played a show at a large college venue wherein staff were informed never to look her in the eye.
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