Re: [Harp-L] J. Geils

["Rick & Dana Siekmann" <dsiekmann@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.
----- Original Message ----- 
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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