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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".

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. In addition to the harmonica, Salwitz plays the trumpet (the first instrument he learned) and saxophone.

Richard Salwitz (born May 13, 1945), known as Magic Dick, is an American musician, noted for playing the harmonica for the J.
