In his memoir “Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses,” Wolf details his life story. Born in the Bronx in New York City, Wolf was dyslexic and a self-described ...

The J. Geils Band singer’s memoir recounts his years performing with musical royalty and partying with the world.

But he also rubbed shoulders (and bent elbows) with a horde of A-listers, many of them remembered, usually fondly, in “Waiting on the Moon,” Mr. Wolf’s breezy, boozy and sometimes ...