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From: BluesGe~ol.com
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 19:03:39 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Whammer Jammer (was: Re: Xerox machines)

Tim Moyer wrote:

>At 06:26 PM 1/16/98, Pat Missin wrote:
>>I think that "Whammer Jammer" is pretty much a set piece,
>>one that Magic Dick played pretty much the same each time he did it.
>
>...I agree with Pat, this tune is
>a "set" piece. It is so precise, such a construction that to remove a
>single part of it would make it less complete. Which is not to say that it
>cannot be played successfully in other styles -- slower, faster (is that
>possible?), more bluesy, more bluegrassy, whatever. But start moving the
>notes around, and it's not Whammer Jammer anymore. It's not >a variation of
an improvisation.

I sometimes play a combination of "Whammer Jammer" and Cotton's "The
Creeper." I'll play all of Whammer Jammer except the last three verses, then
hit the break lick from The Creeper and work the tune for a while, then end
with the last three verses of Whammer Jammer.

- -dave