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Salwitz was born in New London, Connecticut. He attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute, in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he met John 'J.' Geils and Danny Klein and became a founding member of the J. Salwitz's harmonica playing became a major and distinctive element in the J. Geils Band's sound during their hard-rocking 1970s heyday.

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His performance of 'Whammer Jammer' on the band's live album Full House has been particularly noted. In The Rolling Stone Record Guide (1979), music critic Dave Marsh described Salwitz as possibly 'the best white musician to ever play blues harmonica.' He was often referred to as 'Magic Dick and his Lickin' Stick'. Geils Band 1979 Bloodshot 1973 Love Stinks. Geils Band dissolved in 1985, Salwitz spent time working on a harmonica design of his own, the 'Magic Harmonica', for which he received a patent with co-inventor Pierre Beauregard. Geils Band (Remastered) 2006 Full House (Live) 1972 Live: Blow Your Face Out 1976 Best of the J. Missing lyrics Whammer Jammer Know lyrics Whammer Jammer by J.Geils Band Dont keep it to yourself Submit Now. Beauregard was the director of the Cambridge Harmonica Orchestra, of which Salwitz was also a member.

In 1992, Salwitz reunited with his old friend and bandmate J. Geils and formed the band Bluestime, with Steve Ramsey on drums, Jerry Miller on guitar, and Roy McCloud on bass. McCloud was later replaced by Michael 'Mudcat' Ward, who played with the band for several years before leaving to pursue other interests.

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Ward was subsequently replaced by bassist John Turner. Find the complete list of movies and tv shows Whammer Jammer is heard in. Steve Ramsey left the band in 2000 and was replaced by Gordon Grottenthaller on drums until the band's final show on New Year's Eve 2004 at the Bullrun in Shirley, MA. The band's music was a fusion of Chicago blues and classic jazz.

The band released two records on the Rounder Records label: Bluestime (1994) and Little Car Blues (1996). They toured heavily through 2002, and played a handful of shows in 2003 as both a solo act and as part of B.B.

Its a short ( two minutes, twenty-one seconds) but lively cover of a Juke Joint Jimmy tune which allows Richard Salwitz, a.k.a. Geils Bands second disc, The Morning After, with a killer live take on their third lp and first stage recording Full House Live. They played only 1 show in 2004 on New Year's Eve which was their final show. The studio version of 'Whammer Jammer' is on the J.

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