


Bailey has put the harmonica world on notice: there’s a new kid on the block. Geils Bands harmonica showpiece, Whammer Jammer, with the house band. King’s Blues Club in Memphis, The Rum Boogie Cafe, The Orpheum Theater in Memphis, the Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival, The Mid-South Fair, and the Jefferson Awards in Washington D.C, and has been featured in Living Blues Magazine and interviewed by Linda Wertheimer on NPR’s Weekend Edition.Īdapting the post modern harp-boxing style made famous by Son of Dave-blues riffs intertwined with beat-box rhythms-his recently released debut album, Memphis Grooves, rose to #1 on both the U.S. Star Search competition in Memphis, then won the finals by performing the J. Since that breakout performance, Brandon-who’s still in his teens-has played with some of the best harmonica players and bands in the country including Adam Gussow of Satan and Adam, Jason Ricci and New Blood, Billy Gibson, Charlie Wood, and Blind Mississippi Morris. Geils Band’s harmonica showpiece Whammer Jammer. Joel Latulippe - Whammer Jammer Blue Ocean Music Hall Cliffyuno. 2 In addition to the harmonica, Salwitz plays the trumpet (the first instrument he learned) 3 and. musician, noted for playing the harmonica for the J. Rising through the ranks of young players, in 2008 he triumphed over several hundred contestants to win the Orpheum Star Search in his home town of Memphis, Tennessee, bringing down the house with a performance of J. All Categories Entertainment Music People & Blogs j. Richard Salwitz 1 (born May 13, 1945), known as Magic Dick, is an U.S. Bailey discovered that playing harmonica is in his DNA. It's a short ( two minutes, twenty-one seconds) but lively cover of a Juke Joint Jimmy tune which allows Richard Salwitz, a.k.a.
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Geils Band's second disc, The Morning After, with a killer live take on their third lp and first stage recording Full House Live. When his grandmother told him that his great-grandfather used to play train songs on the blues harp, Brandon O. The studio version of 'Whammer Jammer' is on the J.
