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

["Patrick Lines" <plines@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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