The band released two records on the Rounder Records label: (1994) Little Carolina Blues (1996) toured heavily until at least 2002, as both a solo act and as part of B.B. The band"s music was a fusion of Chicago blues and classic jazz. 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.
Geils Band dissolved 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. In the Rolling Stone Record Guide series, music critic Dave Marsh described Salwitz as possibly the best white musician to ever play blues harmonica.
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His performance of "Whammer Jammer" on the band"s live album Full House has been particularly noted. Geils Band"s sound during their hard-rocking 1970s heyday. Salwitz"s harmonica playing became a major and distinctive element in the J. In addition to the harmonica, Salwitz plays the trumpet (the first instrument he learned) and saxophone. 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.
Salwitz was born in New London, Connecticut. Richard "Magic Dick" Salwitz is an American musician, noted for playing the harmonica for the J. They have toured together as part of the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue, with artists such as Buddy Guy, Irma Thomas and Allen Toussaint. They formed an acoustic duo and perform and record music together regularly. "Immediately taken by his arranging, his composing and more particularly by his performance", Salwitz formed a friendship with Ng. In 2014, Salwitz began collaborating with guitar and vocal artist Shun Ng. Salwitz contributed his harmonica playing and some vocals to a live recording, "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. Toured heavily until at least 2002, as both a solo act and as part of B.B. The band released two records on the Rounder Records label: In the Rolling Stone Record Guide series, music critic Dave Marsh described Salwitz as possibly the best white musician to ever play blues harmonica.Īfter the J.
Tickets are $20 at the door, or $15 in advance at addition to the harmonica, Salwitz plays the trumpet (the first instrument he learned) and saxophone. Providing the drive will be stellar rhythm section Wes Starr on drums and bassist RW Grigsby, who have played with a who’s who of famed musicians, including Omar & the Howlers, Jimmy Vaughan, Asleep at The Wheel, Kim Wilson, James Cotton and others “With Mark Hummel, Ray Norcia and Magic Dick on harp and Anson and Mike on guitars, this will be a super show by a supergroup.” “We’re bringing in the best blues harp players in the land backed by the best blues band in the land,” noted MVBS chairman Bernie Clark. Handy Blues Music Awards, and who has also recorded or performed with Delbert McClinton, Boz Scaggs and Stevie Ray Vaughan, among others. If that weren’t enough (spoiler alert: it is), the support band will include Mike Keller, former guitarist with the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Anson Funderburgh, who, with his band the Rockets, has won 10 W.C. Joining them on this tour will be another harmonica legend, Sugar Ray Norcia, who started his career 30 years ago with Ronnie Earl and toured the world with Roomful of Blues, appearing on their Grammy-nominated Rounder Records release “Turn It On, Turn It Up.” Norcia also recorded the Grammy-nominated “Super Harps” with harmonica heavyweights Charlie Musselwhite, James Cotton and Billy Branch