Magic Dick United States
Biography
Richard "Magic Dick" Salwitz (born May 13, 1945 in New London, Connecticut) is best known as the harmonica player for The J. Geils Band. In addition to the harmonica, Salwitz plays the trumpet (the first instrument he learned) and saxophone. He attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he met John "J" Geils and Danny Klein and became a founding member of the The J. Geils Band in 1968. Salwitz's harmonica playing became a major and distinctive element in the J.
