Here’s the top entry in our ‘ I wanna play like that’ hit list.
J geils whammer jammer full#
Originally recorded on the J.Geils Band studio album The Morning After in 1971, Whammer Jammer reappeared a year later on the classic live album Full House. It is a power harping beast of the highest order. Geils himself on guitar when you have a magnetic frontman like Peter Wolf or the unstoppable force that is harp player Magic Dick (check Whammer Jammer for proof of his greatness), but his soloing on this track serves notice that he could tear off a ferocious solo with the best of them. Like the lunar landing, or the fall of the Berlin Wall, every power harp fan can remember when and where they were first Whammered! So, it’s time to reminisce a little, do some research and then, with the help of modern technology, deconstruct the song for you. Key of A major ten hole diatonics harps at the ready. My Whammer Jammer tale begins many years ago, when I learned what I assumed was a unique harp instrumental called Swing Job by Nine Below Zero.
Innocently, I believed I’d established myself at the pinnacle of power harping. However, a friend brought me tumbling back to reality and landing firmly on my arse. Bluntly (being an Ozzie), he made it clear I was playing a Whammer Jammer derivative, and he duly produced his Full House LP to prove the point.ĭropping the vinyl on the turntable and grinning, he guided the stylus to track four. As the musical mayhem unfolded, my jaw dropped and I stared into space bewitched. I had no idea the Centerfold band played weapon grade R&B. Worse still, I’d never heard of their harp man Magic Dick (aka Juke Joint Jimmy), the man with the sexy name and the crazy mane, who blew the back off his harps like a deranged pyrotechnician. I was even unaware of the influence the J.Geils Band had on my favourite UK outfit, Nine Below Zero. With a set list that included Homework, Pack Fair and Square and Whammer Jammer, the connection should have been blindingly apparent. Geils Band is the first Best Of album by American rock band The J.
I was partying with J. Geils Band Essentials, and Double Js Ultimate Party Playlist Apple Music playlists. Whammer Jammer: 2:34: So Sharp: 3:09: The Usual Place: 2:44: Gotta Have Your Love: 4:32: Looking For A Love: 3:45: Gonna Find Me A New Love: 3:23: Cry One More Time: 3:21: Floyds Hotel. It was an harmonica epiphany.įollowing the forensics, Magic Dick credits Sonny Boy Williamson II’s Bye Bye Bird as his inspiration for the opening to Whammer Jammer. Geils Band, 232,222 Shazams, featuring on The J.
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He also quotes the jazz horn greats (John Coltrane in particular) as being of great influence on his own playing. Find the complete list of movies and tv shows Whammer Jammer is heard in. Geils Band in which he explains, in detail, how he composed his great blues harmonica instrumental, Whammer Jammer, and how he actually plays it. BEST 'Whammer Jammer' Magic Dick on Harmonica Jenipher Sutherland 449 subscribers Subscribe 643K views 15 years ago Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue at Knuckleheads in Kansas City on February 8. Geils Band The Morning After 1971 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States a. Further analysis reveals influences from James Cotton ( Rocket 88) and Little Walter ( Back Track), to Big Walter Horton ( Hard Hearted Woman). Provided to YouTube by Atlantic Records Whammer Jammer The J.
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