

^ Stars of David: Rock'n'roll's Jewish Stories.^ "Jews in the News: Andrew Garfield, Jessica Chaffin and Leonard Cohen." Tampa Jewish Community Centers & Federation.^ Magic Dick playing with the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue in Kansas City, 2009 on YouTube.All Music Guide Required Listening: Classic Rock. ^ Woodstra, Chris Bush, John Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2007).^ "How to Play "Whammer Jammer" by Magic Dick on harmonica".
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^ Review of Live Full House at AllMusic." 'Magic Dick' Salwitz: Still Whammin' and Jammin' at 70". "Making a connection: Harmonica wizard of J. Geils Harp Legend 'Magic Dick' On Why He Never Lost His Magic". ^ a b c Killeen, Wendy (March 22, 2016).Magic Dick is based in the Boston, Massachusetts area. 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 Shun, who was born in Chicago, raised in Singapore, and based in Boston.

In 2014, Salwitz began collaborating with guitarist and vocalist Shun Ng. He toured as part of the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue on different blues cruises and again on land-based shows during 2007 through 2008. 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. They played only 1 show in 2004 on New Year's Eve which was their final show. They toured heavily through 2002, and played a handful of shows in 2003 as both a solo act and as part of B.B. The band released two records on the Rounder Records label: Bluestime (1994) and Little Car Blues (1996). The band's music was a fusion of Chicago blues and classic jazz. Steve Ramsey left the band in 2000 and was replaced by Gordon Grottenthaller on drums until the band's final show on New Year's Eve 2004 at the Bullrun in Shirley, MA. 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 and formed the band Bluestime, with Steve Ramsey on drums, Jerry Miller on guitar, and Roy McCloud on bass. In 1992, Salwitz reunited with his old friend and bandmate J. Beauregard was the director of the Cambridge Harmonica Orchestra, of which Salwitz was also a member.

Geils Band dissolved in 1985, Salwitz spent time working on a harmonica design of his own, the "Magic Harmonica", for which he received a patent with co-inventor Pierre Beauregard. In The Rolling Stone Record Guide (1979), music critic Dave Marsh described Salwitz as possibly "the best white musician to ever play blues harmonica." He was often referred to as "Magic Dick and his Lickin' Stick". 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. 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. In addition to the harmonica, Salwitz plays the trumpet (the first instrument he learned) and saxophone. Richard Salwitz (born May 13, 1945), known as Magic Dick, is an American musician, noted for playing the harmonica for the J.
