The release’s six tracks also include reworked versions of Jimi Hendrix’s “Fire” and James Brown’s “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” (for which there is a video on YouTube). It was in the key, just really different,” he said. I was feeling this odd combination of fear and astonishment. “What he was playing was nothing that I was expecting. Salwitz came to appreciate the space Ng left in his interpretation. The goal is knowing something so well that you know what to change and … keep the soul of what ‘Whammer Jammer’ is,” said Ng. Geils Band instrumental, and harmonica showcase number, “Whammer Jammer.” During their initial meeting, Ng, who spent much of his youth in Singapore, coaxed Salwitz into trying out “Whammer Jammer” in an impromptu jam session. The 2016 Magic Dick and Shun Ng EP, “About Time,” features an acoustic remake of the 1971 J. Shun is like an old soul in the body of a very young man,” Salwitz said in a joint phone interview with Ng. ![]() “This meeting … it was a lot like two old friends yakkin’ away at each other. They met four years ago, and discovered that besides music, they had mutual scientific interests in cosmology, physics and chemistry. ![]() I just knew I wanted to work with him,” Salwitz said, adding that Ng’s voice has the soulful characteristics of Michael Jackson and James Brown. ![]() “I had no idea what he was like as a person. Impressed with Ng’s YouTube videos and his album, “Funky Thumb Stuff,” Salwitz realized that the Boston area musician was managed by a friend of his. They were born about 45 years apart, yet blues harp master Richard “Magic Dick” Salwitz and singer/guitarist Shun Ng (pronounced shoon-ing) seem to be musical soul mates.
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