Well I get requests for Whammer all the time, I did it out live for many years. I even did it in the studio as the audio part for the promotional video for the San Diego Chicken mascot. I guess the chicken freelances and sends the video out as a demo to get some off season mascot work. I saw J.Geils many times and always loved to hear MD do it. One gig he was a little tipsy and totally screwed it up I mean totally, dropped the mic (big feedback squeal) lost his place etc, major train wreck. So bad that they just stopped and Peter Wolf said "We usually let Magic have a shot before the show, but I guess he got hold of the whole bottle" The band went on to play the other tunes great and Magic was fine. But hey it happens to the best of them!
I have replaced Whammer in our show with Rod P's Little Bitty Pretty one/Rockin' Robin harp instumental and so far has had the same effect. All I have to do is end with that 10 blow bend ! Also saw the original Fab Tbirds line up in the late 70's and they did Whammer and Caledonia and every other barroom fave , they just tore it up like no other band.
