He is a songwriter and keyboard player who was born in Washington DC. He attended BostonUniversity and became the organist and final member of The J. Geils Band.
He became the songwriter of the group in collaboration with Peter Wolf, and their main success was in 1981 with the album Freeze Frame which included his self-written No.1 hit song “Centerfold”. His brother Paul directed several of The J. Geils Band videos.
He produced Debbie Harry’s 1986 solo album “Rockbird”.
His songs have appeared in movies that include Sleepover, Lucky Numbers and The Wedding Singer .
The J. Geils Band recordings
Centerfold (Seth Justman)
Flamethrower (Seth Justman)
Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Justman
- http://www.allmusic.com/artist/seth-justman-mn0000744464/biography
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Geils_Band
- http://imdb.com/name/nm1199479/
- www.jgeils.com/jgeilshistory.html
- https://www.discogs.com/artist/109133-Seth-Justman