Re: [Harp-L] Re: Whammer Jammer Magic Dick Transcription.



Here's an interesting side story that is probably only interesting to me.The first version of " Whammer Jammer " that I heard was by Mark Wenner and the Nighthawks on an album called " The Nighthawks Live at the Pysche Delly" from 1976.
----- Original Message ----- From: <Philharpn@xxxxxxx>
To: <MilwHarmonica@xxxxxxx>; <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: Whammer Jammer Magic Dick Transcription.



There is no musical score for "Whammer Jammer" that I know of -- and I just searched the web at the usual sheet music sites. I have searched for it in the past without any luck and never found any sheet music for it.

So your best bet is to do it yourself -- convert it from the tab.    See
Coast2Coast web address below.


And then when get done converting the tab to notation; look up Adam Gussow
web site. What doesn't make sense to you in the tab may be cleared up by Adam's
lessons. He breaks down the tune and also had a long interview with Magic
Dick.



at Coast2Coast


http://coast2coastmusic.com/diatonic/whammerjammer.shtml

It's called:
Harmonica tablature for
"Whammer Jammer"
as performed by

The J. Geils Band
written by Juke Joint Jimmy

The tablature was created by Rick Barker.


Disclaimer: I almost published it in American Harmonica Newsmagazine several
years ago after getting permission from Rick Barker to use his tab -- but
decided against it because of copyright considerations (who owns it/published it
and did we REALLY have permission from them).


I printed it on a Mac G5 and so I got all the border index/phone numbers and
other ad blurbs: the "Whammer Jammer" tab section of the page amounted to
postcard size on a letter size sheet.

Phil Lloyd
Contributing Editor emeritus
American Harmonica Newsmagazine





In a message dated 7/31/08 3:23:11 PM, MilwHarmonica@xxxxxxx writes:


Hello, Jim Alciere.

Do you have the traditional music notation Magic Dick transcription for
Whammer Jammer? I have the tab version, but I'm a traditional note reader.

The tab is too confusing for me, and it would take a long time for me to
accurately notate the Magic Dick version (the J.Geils' Band arrangement)
from
the recording.

If you do have the traditional music notation arrangement, could you send
an
e-mail or snail mail copy? I've been looking for that arrangement in
traditional notation for years.

If you don't have traditional notation for Whammer Jammer, do you know
where
I could find it?

Thanks for "reeding" this.

John Broecker




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