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".
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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. 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.
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