One informed (and anonymous) source said "his 45 rpm was his first and only album. Songwriter Juke Joint Jimmy is a legendary figure with the Geils crew, having also written "Cruisin' For A Love" and "It Ain't What You Do (It's How You Do It"). Geils Band (and more recently of Bluestime), was nice enough to spend some time chatting on the phone and answering my many pesky questions about his classic blues harp instrumental, 'Whammer Jammer.' I've posted an excerpt of that conversation on YouTube under the title 'Magic Dick explains 'Whammer Jammer. Playing against Seth Justman's honky tonk piano, Peter and Jay stay back so that Dickie can do his thing. Where a Stevie Wonder will make the harp a sweet sounding instrument helping him rejoice sentiments like "I Was Made To Love Her", Magic Dick does the opposite, burning sounds into the consciousness as deftly as any great lead guitarist. Covered by harp player Mike Stevens on a 1992 release, this was the song that really put Magic Dick on the map as the quintessential rock & roll harmonica man. 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. GEILS BAND - Whammer Jammer therockandrolltv 54.8K subscribers Subscribe 186 Share 19K views 9 years ago Winterland Ballroom, 1977, San. Geils Band's second disc, The Morning After, with a killer live take on their third lp and first stage recording Full House Live. GEILS BAND - Whammer Jammer - YouTube 0:00 / 2:43 J. The studio version of "Whammer Jammer" is on the J. Odlicno ocuvano × (pronounced multiply) is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter, Ed Sheeran.
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