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He toured as part of the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue on different Blues Cruises, and again on land-based shows during 2007-2009. In 2007, Magic Dick contributed his harmonica playing and some vocals as part of a live recording called "Command Performance" by the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue featuring The Tommy Castro Band, Deanna Bogart, Ronnie Baker Brooks, and others. It is believed the band is currently (2009) on hiatus. The band was a fusion of Chicago blues and classic jazz.īluestime toured heavily up to at least 2002, as both a solo act and as part of B.B. Ward was subsequently replaced by bassist John Turner. McCloud was later replaced by Michael "Mudcat" Ward, who played with the band for several years before leaving to pursue other interests. Bluestime featured Steve Ramsey on drums, Jerry Miller on guitar, and Roy McCloud on bass. In 1992, Salwitz re-united with his old friend and band mate J. Geils Band parted ways in 1985, Salwitz spent time working on a harmonica design of his own, which he labelled the "Magic Harmonica", a co-invention with Pierre Beauregard. On the track "You're the Only One" on the band's 1977 album Monkey Island, Magic Dick is found "impersonating Stevie Wonder at his most romantic" by one reviewer.Īfter the J. Geils Band 1974 album Nightmares.and Other Tales from the Vinyl Jungle. A founding member of the J Geils Band, when it was a simple acoustic trio in the mid-1960s, with. Magic Dick's work on the six-minute jam "Detroit Breakdown" is a highlight of the J. Magic Dick has a long history in rock & roll. To this day, aspiring harmonica players the world over attempt to emulate that musically challenging performance which several harmonicists have cited as the inspiration that started their interest in the instrument.
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Geils Band's live album Full House as proof of his remarkable harmonica skill. The J Geils Band has been nominated for the 4th time to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Geils Band partners up with award-winning guitar and vocal sensation, Shun Ng for their debut release, 'About Time'. Magic Dick, the legendary harmonica player for The J. Critics have described his performance of "Whammer Jammer" on the J. Check out Magic Dick & Shun Ngs new arrangement of the classic 'Whammer Jammer'. Geils Band's sound during their hard-rocking 1970s heyday. Salwitz's harmonica playing became a major and distinctive element in the J. He attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he met John "J" Geils and Danny Klein and became a founding member of the The J. In addition to the harmonica, Salwitz plays the trumpet (the first instrument he learned) and saxophone. Richard "Magic Dick" Salwitz (born in New London, Connecticut) is best known as the harmonica player for The J.