Classic rock song stuck in my head (no vocal..instrumental/harmonica only)

[johnlv6]

I have no idea who it's by. The song plays on classic rock stations. There are no vocals...just harmonica/instrumental. I would describe it as very long...it seems to keep going like the energizer bunny. Anyone have a guess what it might be? Thanks.

I really have no idea..i'm not trying to be a PITA by providing as little detail as possible.

[johnnyc]

Hmmm...I was thinking Jessica by the Allman Brothers. It's 7 minutes long. But harmonica??

[Dirt]

Hmmm...I was thinking Jessica by the Allman Brothers. It's 7 minutes long. But harmonica??


That's it

[Dirt]

Georgia boy don't know the Allman Brothers Band?


:rolleyes:

[johnlv6]

Nope...that's not it. Thanks for the guess.

[BIGSLVRXJ]

I have no idea who it's by. The song plays on classic rock stations. There are no vocals...just harmonica/instrumental. I would describe it as very long...it seems to keep going like the energizer bunny. Anyone have a guess what it might be? Thanks.

I really have no idea..i'm not trying to be a PITA by providing as little detail as possible.
Sounds almost like Jethro Tull, only he's flute not harmonica.

[johnlv6]

Georgia boy don't know the Allman Brothers Band?


:rolleyes:

I've heard that before...the one i'm thinking about is has a bass guitar in the background.

[Dirt]

No vocals???

[LBEXJ]

Jessica by the Allman Brothers does not have a harmonica in it ... it's a guitar/piano instrumental. The Allman Brothers did not use harmonica very much.

Les

[johnlv6]

No vocals???

Nope..no vocals (at least the version i heard on the radio).

[johnlv6]

There's a bass guitar in the background with a steady BumBum Bum (single notes...first two closer together, the third has a longer duration).

[Oizarod115]

call the radio station next time they play it

most of our GA station are 770-741-(frequency) ex. 770-741-0997 for 99.7
-Tim

[UNCC_99XJ]

Or if you're near a computer go online and look at their website. Just about every radio station has a list on their homepage that shows the last 10 or so songs played.

[johnlv6]

Thanks for the idea...i'm on the 96 Rock website at the moment.

[streetpirate]

Im hooked on Dio singing Neon Knights right now.

[Rob Mayercik]

I have no idea who it's by. The song plays on classic rock stations. There are no vocals...just harmonica/instrumental. I would describe it as very long...it seems to keep going like the energizer bunny. Anyone have a guess what it might be? Thanks.

I really have no idea..i'm not trying to be a PITA by providing as little detail as possible.

Piano Man by Billy Joel? Intro is piano and harmonica...

[mrrbby]

E.L.O. has a long instrumental. The classic rock station here plays it twice a day. Can't think of the title though.

[johnlv6]

Piano Man by Billy Joel? Intro is piano and harmonica...

Nope..i've got that one.

E.L.O. has a long instrumental. The classic rock station here plays it twice a day. Can't think of the title though.

I'm looking that one up. I'm driving up to Virginia in an hour or so...just looking for some new tunes. Thanks.

[LBEXJ]

What kind of music is it besides "Classic Rock". That is a generic term.

Huey Lewis and the News uses a harmonica alot ... could it be that band?

Les

[anodyne33]

Why do I keep thinking of War everytime I'm in this thread? Other than the fact that I just did sound for Lee Oscar that is. I can't picture what they did that's totally instrumental though.

[Fish'nCarz]

Neil Young?

[planefixer]

E.L.O. has a long instrumental. The classic rock station here plays it twice a day. Can't think of the title though.

Fire on High.


As far as harmonicas go all I can think of is stuff by Blues Traveler.

[Ghost]

First thing that came to mind was Frankenstein by Edgar Winters Group. But that is synthasizer and not harmonica. hmm need more clues if this is not it.

[Menzenski]

Bob Dylan and/or Grateful Dead?

Dylan did a lot with harmonicas, though I can't think of an instrumental-only track he did.

[Fish'nCarz]

I wuz thinkin' of Young's "Heart of Gold" as a looonnng instrumental but so is Super Tramp's "Long Way Home." Heck, there are so few lyrics you coulda just missed 'em!

And please, when did Blues Traveller get promoted from candy-assed pop to classic rock?!?!???

[Ghost]

I have no idea who it's by. The song plays on classic rock stations. There are no vocals...just harmonica/instrumental. I would describe it as very long...it seems to keep going like the energizer bunny. Anyone have a guess what it might be? Thanks.

I really have no idea..i'm not trying to be a PITA by providing as little detail as possible.
You ever figure out which song it was?

[johnlv6]

No luck. I tried all the groups mentioned in this thread (in addition to some others). I appreciate you guys trying. John

[johnlv6]

This is the station that plays the song (heard it again this weekend). Do any of these songs ring a bell?

http://www.96rock.com/main.html

[anodyne33]

My next guess is Green Onions by Booker T. and the MGs, but you'd have to be mistaking Hammond for harmonica.

[yardape]

My next guess is Green Onions by Booker T. and the MGs, but you'd have to be mistaking Hammond for harmonica.

That was my first guess but couldn't think of the "Booker T." part. It was also done by Roy Buchanan. Are you sure there was no harmonica in there?

[anodyne33]

That was my first guess but couldn't think of the "Booker T." part. It was also done by Roy Buchanan. Are you sure there was no harmonica in there?

Not in the original, I'll have to see if I have Roy's version, I only have one or two CDs from him.

[yardape]

Ya' know this question has really been bothering me because now I know exactly the song he's talking about. They use to play it on the radio alot and may have been used in a radio or TV commercial or two. An instrumental like that is always hard to identify because of the lack of lyrics gives it no identity. I think it might have been done by "Roomful of Blues" or some band with similar "second tier" popularity. The harmonica just wailed for the entire song with only a few breaks which were like downbeats. I'm clueless.

[yardape]

OK,... I did a little research. I don't know th song but the musician I'm thinking of is Magic Dick of the J. Giels band. What he does for a living is play blues harp: both with that band as well as a guest artist elsewhere.

[anodyne33]

OK,... I did a little research. I don't know th song but the musician I'm thinking of is Magic Dick of the J. Giels band. What he does for a living is play blues harp: both with that band as well as a guest artist elsewhere.

Hey! He was just at the bar I work at for the same show as Lee Oscar. He's one chill MFer

[yardape]

OK,... I found it. This is what I do when I'm at home in dire pain with the shingles. Wouldn't wish it on anybody. Tylenol is my friend. The song is called Whammer Jammer by Magic Dick and the J. Giels Band. Its recieved lots of airplay on the radio. If you go to Tower records you can hear a piece of it if you go to the link below you'll find the album: "Inspiration: 22 Great Harmonica Performances." Its there but the segment that you can preview doesn't really give you enough to hear the music take off. If that's not the one than I have no clue which harp performance you're talking about. I'm hoping that his is the link below to the album

http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=2756467&title=Inspiration%3a+22+Great+Harmonica+Performanc es&artist=Various+Artists

[johnlv6]

OK,... I found it. This is what I do when I'm at home in dire pain with the shingles. Wouldn't wish it on anybody. Tylenol is my friend. The song is called Whammer Jammer by Magic Dick and the J. Giels Band. Its recieved lots of airplay on the radio. If you go to Tower records you can hear a piece of it if you go to the link below you'll find the album: "Inspiration: 22 Great Harmonica Performances." Its there but the segment that you can preview doesn't really give you enough to hear the music take off. If that's not the one than I have no clue which harp performance you're talking about. I'm hoping that his is the link below to the album

http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=2756467&title=Inspiration%3a+22+Great+Harmonica+Performanc es&artist=Various+Artists

I had shingles a couple years ago, i know how painful that is. It isn't Whammer Jammer...i've already tried that one. I'm going to have to dig through that whole list and see if it might be one of the other songs on the album. Thanks for taking the time to look that up.

John

[Glenn B]

Whammer Jammer is a J. Geils Band song. It was released by them. Sure, Magic Dick *may* have also done it on the side, but it is a J. Geils Band song.

I think I will listen to it now.... just for memories. :)

OK,... I found it. This is what I do when I'm at home in dire pain with the shingles. Wouldn't wish it on anybody. Tylenol is my friend. The song is called Whammer Jammer by Magic Dick and the J. Giels Band. Its recieved lots of airplay on the radio. If you go to Tower records you can hear a piece of it if you go to the link below you'll find the album: "Inspiration: 22 Great Harmonica Performances." Its there but the segment that you can preview doesn't really give you enough to hear the music take off. If that's not the one than I have no clue which harp performance you're talking about. I'm hoping that his is the link below to the album

http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=2756467&title=Inspiration%3a+22+Great+Harmonica+Performanc es&artist=Various+Artists

[Glenn B]

I had shingles a couple years ago, i know how painful that is. It isn't Whammer Jammer...i've already tried that one. I'm going to have to dig through that whole list and see if it might be one of the other songs on the album. Thanks for taking the time to look that up.

John

If you can come up with the artist, I may be able to help. I am working with the company that does that radio stations music. I have access to an amazing library... in fact that is what I am working on. But withouth the artists name, I am a bit lost. :)

[johnlv6]

If you can come up with the artist, I may be able to help. I am working with the company that does that radio stations music. I have access to an amazing library... in fact that is what I am working on. But withouth the artists name, I am a bit lost. :)

That's the thing that gets me...the station announces the artists name before the song plays. I never manage to catch the beginning of the song. I emailed the station a couple weeks ago...i never got a reply back. I sure they were like "what the fawk is this guy talking about?" Thanks...i'll let you know if i can find the artists name.

[Glenn B]

That's the thing that gets me...the station announces the artists name before the song plays. I never manage to catch the beginning of the song. I emailed the station a couple weeks ago...i never got a reply back. I sure they were like "what the fawk is this guy talking about?" Thanks...i'll let you know if i can find the artists name.

Let me know as much as you can... time (and time zone), and other crap, I may be able to look it up that way. Also need the stations call letters to look up their play list if they are in the system.

[Glenn B]

RAMSEY, PAT (http://www.naxja.org/forum/ArtistSongHistory.asp?Artist=PAT+RAMSEY) also did a version of that song. I do not have access to listen to it though.

[Ghost]

Hey could it be one of the new aerosmith songs on there honkin on bobo album?

http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,2847237,00.html

[johnlv6]

Let me know as much as you can... time (and time zone), and other crap, I may be able to look it up that way. Also need the stations call letters to look up their play list if they are in the system.

96Rock is WKLS FM Atlanta, GA (eastern time zone). I last heard the song Saturday between 2pm and 4pm.

[johnlv6]

Hey could it be one of the new aerosmith songs on there honkin on bobo album?

http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,2847237,00.html

It wasn't any of those. There were no vocals...that's the thing that stood out to me. That and the song seemed like it was never going to end...just kept going and going. It's not new either...it's playing on a classic rock station.

[Glenn B]

96Rock is WKLS FM Atlanta, GA (eastern time zone). I last heard the song Saturday between 2pm and 4pm.

The only thing I am seeing on that stations playlist on that date that may fit is Frankenstein, as mentioned above. I will keep looking, time permited.

[johnlv6]

Cool..thank you.

[Glenn B]

Cool..thank you.

Wow, that station even plays Devil went down to Georgia. LOL

[Ghost]

It wasn't any of those. There were no vocals...that's the thing that stood out to me. That and the song seemed like it was never going to end...just kept going and going. It's not new either...it's playing on a classic rock station.
Classic rock does not mean only old songs. Especially that station. They play Nervana, and that will never be classic rock IMHO!

[yardape]

Whammer Jammer is a J. Geils Band song. It was released by them. Sure, Magic Dick *may* have also done it on the side, but it is a J. Geils Band song.

I think I will listen to it now.... just for memories. :)


Ummm, if you're going to nitpick, as far as I am aware, Magic Dick is/was a member of the J. Giels Band and was the one who originated Whammer Jammer and performed it. I'm happy to be corrected if I'm worng but the literature suggests otherwise.

[Glenn B]

Ummm, if we're going to nitpick, as far as I am aware, at least at the time the song came out Magic Dick was a member of J. Giels and was the one that created the song and performed it. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

True, he was a Member etc... However, it was released as the J. Geils Band. So I guess it depends how ya wanna look at it. ;)

[johnlv6]

Found it :D. Peter Frampton-Do you feel like I do? "talking guitar version."

There are only lyrics for the first five minutes or so of the song. Tonight was the first time i'd caught the opening lyrics (Atlanta 106.3) . The song is 13 minutes long...i guess i wasn't shitting when I said it just keeps going :D. Thanks guys.

[Kittrell]

Found it :D. Peter Frampton-Do you feel like I do? "talking guitar version."

There are only lyrics for the first five minutes or so of the song. Tonight was the first time i'd caught the opening lyrics (Atlanta 106.3) . The song is 13 minutes long...i guess i wasn't shitting when I said it just keeps going :D. Thanks guys.

So there WERE lyrics, and for 5 minutes, well you suck.................:twak:

[yardape]

And NO harp which was supposed to be the whole point!!!! :bawl:

[anodyne33]

I call shennanigans!!!! johnlv6 must be flogged!!!!

[Ghost]

I call shennanigans!!!! johnlv6 must be flogged!!!!
I second this motion! :D

[johnlv6]

So there WERE lyrics, and for 5 minutes, well you suck.................:twak:

I never caught any of the lyrics on the radio until last night. So there weren't any lyrics that i heard ;)

And NO harp which was supposed to be the whole point!!!! :bawl:

I said harmonica...not harp. Whatever the fawk the thing is he plays..it sounds like a harmonica in my fawked up head.

I call shennanigans!!!! johnlv6 must be flogged!!!!

X3. :D. I apologize for my lack of music knowledge.

[Ghost]

I said harmonica...not harp. Whatever the fawk the thing is he plays..it sounds like a harmonica in my fawked up head.

FYI Blues people call the harmonica a harp... that "thing" is called a talk box.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talkbox

[johnlv6]

Sweet...i learned something today. Thanks.

[Ghost]

Sweet...i learned something today. Thanks.
U R quite welcome!

[goodburbon]

HARMONICA!?!?!?!

When was your last hearing test?

[johnlv6]

Yesterday.