RE: [Harp-L] J. Geils

["Eric Neumann" <eneumann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A.

Diatonic in A. Just be kind to your 9/10 blow bends. Although Magic Dick
is primarily a TB'er, there is a "tucketa" part in that Whammer Jammer
tune, that is necessarily a pucker player's part. So, get ready, get
set...

Let's hear the "Freebird of the harmonica world".. Whammer Jammer.


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From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Rick & Dana Siekmann
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 10:58 AM
To: fjm; h-l
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] J. Geils


While we're on the Whammer Jammer subject...does anyone happen to know 
off-hand what key harp Magic Dick is using?  (I know, probably everybody

does except me.)

Though the song right now is way over my head, I'm getting ready to make
a 
run at anyway in an effort to spread my wings a little bit.

Thanks.
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From: "fjm" <mktspot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "h-l" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] J. Geils


>
> Richard Hunter writes:
>
>> From conversations with Pierre Beauregard, a Boston player who spent 
>> a lot of time with Magic Dick in the 70s and 80s, I'm pretty sure 
>> that Magic Dick did a lot of tongue blocking.  Which technique he 
>> used at any given point in any recording is something I don't know.
>
> And I've always heard Whammer Jammer talked about as being tongue 
> blocked
> but now I'm not so sure.  You certainly could play it all using
pucker. 
> There aren't any splits or octaves or corner switches in it. The
reason I 
> wonder is this particular recording was very influential for a
generation 
> of harmonica players.  If it's tongue blocked then it's amongst the
most 
> disciplined examples I've ever heard.  None of the characteristic 
> techniques are employed.  Very precise.  I have never spent any time 
> listening to the first J. Geils recording, I guess I'll have to hunt
it 
> down and give it a listen.  fjm
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