A harp (2nd pos. key of E)
http://coast2coastmusic.com/diatonic/whammerjammer.shtml
"Rick & Dana Siekmann" <dsiekmann@xxxxxxxxxxx> 3/10/2006 11:57 AM
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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