![]() ![]() Clocking in at just under 40 minutes, it packs a relentless punch that leaves the listener drunk with pleasure from the powerful momentum the band brought to the stage and left them wanting more." ( All About Jazz) "Minute for Minute, "Live" Full House is one of the densest rock live albums ever produced. "Live" Full House is a short, punchy shot of rock & roll genius by one of the great bands of the '70s and one of the best live albums ever recorded." ( AllMusic) Geils himself on guitar when you have a magnetic frontman like Peter Wolf or the unstoppable force that is harp player Magic Dick (check Whammer Jammer for proof of his greatness), but his soloing on this track serves notice that he could tear off a ferocious solo with the best of them. The album may have failed to crack the Billboard Top 50, but it was a huge critical success with a potent presence on underground radio, and it remains one of the finest live documents of its era. Geils Band – wailing harp, churning organ solos, pungent blues licks and the irrepressible Wolf – into the best part of 10 glorious minutes. Perhaps the best of the bunch was a monumental version of John Lee Hooker’s Serves You Right To Suffer, a song that folded everything vital about the J. The result was the kinetic Full House, which featured strutting takes of First I Look At The Purse, Looking For A Love and Otis Rush’s Homework, alongside two-fisted originals Whammer Jammer and Hard Drivin’ Man. In April ’72 the band headed for Detroit, a favoured stronghold, and pitched up for two nights at The Cinderella Ballroom. Why don’t you just do a live record? Just capture what you’re doin’ on stage.’” “He came to see us play,” said singer Peter Wolf, "and said: ‘You’re a great live band, but I listened to your albums and I’m just not getting it. The release’s six tracks also include reworked versions of Jimi Hendrix’s “Fire” and James Brown’s “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” (for which there is a video on YouTube).Enter manager Dee Anthony, then overseeing rock heavyweights Humble Pie, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Joe Cocker. It was in the key, just really different,” he said. I was feeling this odd combination of fear and astonishment. “What he was playing was nothing that I was expecting. Salwitz came to appreciate the space Ng left in his interpretation. The goal is knowing something so well that you know what to change and … keep the soul of what ‘Whammer Jammer’ is,” said Ng. Geils Band instrumental, and harmonica showcase number, “Whammer Jammer.” During their initial meeting, Ng, who spent much of his youth in Singapore, coaxed Salwitz into trying out “Whammer Jammer” in an impromptu jam session. The 2016 Magic Dick and Shun Ng EP, “About Time,” features an acoustic remake of the 1971 J. Shun is like an old soul in the body of a very young man,” Salwitz said in a joint phone interview with Ng. “This meeting … it was a lot like two old friends yakkin’ away at each other. They met four years ago, and discovered that besides music, they had mutual scientific interests in cosmology, physics and chemistry. I just knew I wanted to work with him,” Salwitz said, adding that Ng’s voice has the soulful characteristics of Michael Jackson and James Brown. “I had no idea what he was like as a person. ![]() ![]() Impressed with Ng’s YouTube videos and his album, “Funky Thumb Stuff,” Salwitz realized that the Boston area musician was managed by a friend of his. They were born about 45 years apart, yet blues harp master Richard “Magic Dick” Salwitz and singer/guitarist Shun Ng (pronounced shoon-ing) seem to be musical soul mates. ![]()
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