MAGIC DICK

                     

    RICHARD SALWITZ , " MAGIC DICK " un músico multiinstrumentista , trompeta, saxo, y armónica , despues de encontrarse con John "J" GEILS y Danny KLEIN fundaron THE J.GEILS BAND en 1968 , Un hombre innovador en sus inicios jugaba tambien con su estética luciendo un pelo a lo afro impresionante , gafas de sol e indumentaria al efecto. Desconocidos para muchos os presentamos un par de videos identificativos de su manera de hacer . 

                            

Richard "Magic Dick" Salwitz (born May 13, 1945) is an American musician, and the harmonica player for The J. Geils Band. In addition to the harmonica, Salwitz plays the trumpet (the first instrument he learned) and saxophone.

Born in New London, Connecticut, he attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he met John "J" Geils and Danny Klein and became a founding member of The J. Geils Band in 1968.

In The J. Geils Band

Salwitz's harmonica playing became a major and distinctive element in the J. Geils Band's sound during their hard-rocking 1970s heyday. His performance of "Whammer Jammer" on the J. Geils Band's live album Full House has been particularly noted. In The Rolling Stone Record Guide series music critic Dave Marsh has described Salwitz as possibly the best white musician to ever play blues harmonica.

After the 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.

Bluestime

In 1992, Salwitz re-united with his old friend and band mate J. Geils and formed the band Bluestime. Bluestime featured Steve Ramsey on drums, Jerry Miller on guitar, and Roy McCloud on bass. McCloud was later replaced by Michael "Mudcat" Ward, who played with the band for several years before leaving to pursue other interests. Ward was subsequently replaced by bassist John Turner. The band was a fusion of Chicago blues and classic jazz.

The band released two records on the Rounder Records label:

Bluestime (1994)

Little Car Blues (1996)

Bluestime toured heavily up to at least 2002, as both a solo act and as part of B.B. King's Bluesfest.

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. He toured as part of the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue on different Blues Cruises, and again on land-based shows during 2007-2008.

                    

From New London, Connecticut, this is the original "Whammer Jammer" & one of the founding members of the J. Geils Band, this is harmonica ace & harp innovator Magic Dick. Here Dick's delivering smokin' harp & vocals on "Temperature" whilst participating in one of Mark Hummel's Harmonica Blowouts at The Yale in Vancouver with Mark Hummel's Blues Survivors including Rusty Zinn on guitar. Want to find out more about the amazing Magic Dick, then please visit www.magicdick.com. Please support "Live" Blues. Get your local Blues venue or Blues Society to book this great artist & when he comes to town get your friends to buy tickets & pick up a CD or two from him.