American musician
Seth Justman
Born (1951-01-27 ) January 27, 1951 (age 73) Washington, D.C. , U.S.Genres Occupation(s) Musician Songwriter Instruments Years active 1968–present Formerly of The J. Geils Band
Musical artist
Seth Justman (born January 27, 1951) is an American keyboardist, singer and songwriter. He played keyboards in all albums and tours for of the J. Geils Band , in addition to writing or co-writing most of their songs and also singing lead after Peter Wolf 's departure from the band.
Biography
Justman was born in Washington, D.C. , grew up in Atlantic City , and is Jewish .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
He co-wrote many of the band's songs with singer Peter Wolf , and took sole songwriting credits for the band's biggest international hit , "Centerfold " (number 1 for six weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 ).
Seth is the brother of Paul Justman, director of the 2002 movie , Standing in the Shadows of Motown .[ 4] Paul and Seth shared songwriting credits for most of the songs on the band's final album, You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd . Justman also became the band's main vocalist following Wolf's departure until the band's first break-up in 1985.
In 1986, Justman produced and partly co-wrote Rockbird , the second solo album by Debbie Harry .[ 5]
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