![]() Don’t get me wrong, I really love Steven Tyler… always have… I’m just wanting you to know that it may not be as far a stretch as you think for you to kick butt at Steven’s level. He’s no Howard Levy (and neither am I for that matter). Steven is rocking the house with some fairly simple second position harmonica playing. 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's second disc, The Morning After, with a killer live take on their third lp and first stage recording Full House Live. Whammer Jammer - A Treibute to The J Geils Band at Daryls House in Pawling, NY on 19:00:00. Maybe that’s because it actually is easy. The studio version of 'Whammer Jammer' is on the J. Notice how, in the video below, Steven Tyler makes harmonica look easy. Sugar Blue (some of his work with the Rolling Stones has become classic Rock harmonica).What Movie makes the best use of Whammer. Here’s a short list of my 3 favorite players in the “Rock Harmonica Family” and the bands that made them famous: Geils Band, was featured in movies like Hancock and Problem Child 2. If you want to have a gas jamming along with the above video, grab your A Harmonica and play in 2nd position. ![]() You probably heard the expression “The Blues had a baby and they called it Rock ‘n Roll”… That’s why learning Blues harmonica licks can be an essential part of learning Rock harmonica. Rock and Roll is very closely related to Blues. ![]() The PHS has developed a reputation throughout New England as a little big band that can swing elegantly or boogie hard.Adam Gussow interviewed him back in 2008, and he revealed that the open sequence to this classic ROCK song was inspired by Sonny Boy’s ”Bye Bye Bird”. It finishes on the bluesy-gospel rave up Lookin’ for a Love (a cover of The Valentinos classic and a hit for the band). The PHS also has a large repertoire of original arrangements of classics by jazz and swing greats such as Duke Ellington, Louis Jordan, and Tito Puente, plus standards from the great American composers such as Cole Porter and Rodgers and Hart. Then the group kick through numbingly great rebel-rousers, such as Otis Rush’s Homework, the band’s own Whammer Jammer, and the hard-grooving sermon of John Lee Hooker’s Serves You Right to Suffer. John and Professor Longhair rounds out the flavor of the PHS. ![]() Adding a little spice of New Orleans gumbo piano ala Dr. The PHS features accomplished Boston area jazz musicians getting down and bluesy, with a strong dose of swing, reminiscent of Count Basie, and the late, great Ray Charles. Hostage crafted the PHS sound to be unique in a way that is more arranged and sophisticated than the typical jump blues sound, but not as refined as an 18 piece swing orchestra. Peter Hostage launched the nine piece swing/blues Situation in the summer of 2000, as a houseband at a now defunct downtown Boston nightclub, and has been swingin' dance parties, functions and concerts ever since. The ten original songs include the jump blues shuffle-swing of 'Back To Boston' and 'Everybody Was Hangin' Out,' the New Orleans flavored 'Raggedy Ann' and 'That Train,' and the Cole Porter-ish 'Small Talk.' Early Ray Charles was the influence behind 'Wrap Around Shades,' 'Blue-Eyed Blonde' and 'The Rest Of My Life.' The great Count Basie is the inspiration for the title track 'Swingin' The Blues' and 'The Blue Zone,' which is a slow blues in a big-band style. Pianist/vocalist and bandleader Peter Hostage wrote all of the songs and/or arrangements for the CD, which features some Boston's finest musicians 'Swingin' The Blues.' 'Swingin' The Blues,' the Peter Hostage Situation's first release, features ten original tunes and one classic, 'Whammer Jammer,' the J.Geils Band's blues harp rave-up arranged as a swing horn chart. The Peter Hostage Situation - 'Swingin' The Blues' The new CD from the Peter Hostage Situation is an original mixture of Blues, Jazz and Swing featuring six saxes and brass, boogie piano and a solid rockin' rhythm section of upright bass and drums. ![]()
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