The cover of Peter Wolf’s upcoming book, “Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses.”
J. Geils Band frontman Peter Wolf will publish a book, “Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses,” on March 11. And according to his website peterwolf.com, his book tour will include a date at BergenPAC in Englewood, March 13. No other information for those wishing to attend is currently available, but I will add it here, when an announcement is made.
The book tour’s other dates will include The Harvard Bookstore in Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 11; The Strand in New York, March 12; and The Free Library of Philadelphia, March 21, in addition to venues in Washington, D.C., and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with “More dates to follow,” according to peterwolf.com.
The book will be published by The Hachette Book Group, which describes it, in promotional material, as “a treasure trove of vignettes from a legendary musical figure whose career spans more than six decades and is still going strong. …
“Stories of his loving and sometimes eccentric parents complement scenes depicting a very young Bob Dylan as he arrived on the Greenwich Village folk scene. Reflections on Wolf’s studies in Boston — where he shared an apartment with David Lynch — are braided with accounts of first love, an untraditional literary education, and early musical influences such as Muddy Waters.
“After Wolf joined the J. Geils Band as their front man and his musical fame grew, he rubbed shoulders with other notables who left significant impressions on him, including members of the Rolling Stones, Sly Stone, Tennessee Williams, Alfred Hitchcock, and Van Morrison. Wolf’s marriage to Faye Dunaway is presented in a clear yet balanced and nuanced light.”
BergenPAC recently held a similar event in conjunction with the publication of Cher’s book, “Cher: The Memoir, Part 1.”
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