Thank you Boo O’Conner for the writeup on the “With the Power of Soul” site It was an honor to play the show with legend Billy Cox!
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We are proud that we helped to raise $100,000 for the Fallen and Wounded Soldiers Fund! 97 percent of every dollar goes directly to the wounded veterans in the State of Michigan. It was a honor and fantastic time playing a set with Bass Legend Billy Cox from Jimi Hendrix’s[…]
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Slight Return® Upcoming Thursday July 14th Live Performance feat. Billy Cox from Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys and benefitting the Salute Our Warriors “Fallen and Wounded Soldiers Fund” Saturday July 16th- Video shoot at Harpos Music Theater Sunday July 24th- Private Event- Slight Return- “The Woodstock Set” at the M1[…]
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Salute Our Warriors Event July 14th- featuring Military Veteran and special guest- legendary bassist from Jimi Hendrix’s “Band of Gypsys”, and headliner from the Experience Hendrix Tour- Billy Cox! Billy will be performing live with Slight Return!! 97 percent of every dollar goes directly to help the families of the[…]
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Mark Kassa- Slight Return® est 1996-Executive Producer/Owner/Guitar/Vocals/Writer Voting Member of the Grammy Awards (Recording Academy- Chicago Chapter) “Weekend Homewreck” Slight Return feat. Christian Vegh- #10 on the DRT Global Rock Charts 2021 for 4 weeks, Top 20 for 2 months and remained in the charts for 5 months “Vicious Tides”[…]
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Slight Return- 8 consecutive months in the DRT Global Rock Charts! This week at #31 Warrior’s Soul- Slight Return feat. Andy Vargas. Grateful to be among bands like Ozzy Osbourne, Korn, Puddle of Mudd, Shinedown and Killswitch Engage #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #TomMcDonough #TedMason #MusicNoises #TheDCap #WelcometotheD #MusiciansInstitute #ChicagoChapter #RecordingAcademy #TeriCooper #TeamJohnHill[…]
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Great News! This week “Warrior Soul- Slight Return feat. Andy Vargas” was released by RL Recordings/Mi5/Universal Music Group- and we now have TWO SONGS IN THE TOP 30 OF THE GLOBAL ROCK CHARTS! Vicious Tides is #29 (18th consecutive week on the charts) Warrior Soul is #30!!! #RLrecordings #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #TomMcDonough #TedMason #BruceJackson #BlastFM #TeamJohnHill #slightreturnusa #slightreturnuk #DMAN #newmusic #rock#radio #armedforces #army #navy #airforce #marines #santana #DRTrockcharts #dennischambers #chicagochapter #recordingacademy #musiciansinstitue #omarbinno #andyvargas
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Slight Return Press Kit Video #RLrecordings #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #SlightReturnUSA #TomMcDonough #TedMason #brucejackson #blastfm #DMAN #teamjohnhill #markkassa #slightreturnUK #musicplayermagazine #thedcap #welcometothed #georgeclinton #parliament #funkadelic #dennischambers #andyvargas #souleros #vicioustides #DRT #charts #billycox #hendrix #daveypattison #petethompson #glennletsch #victorghannam #tonygreen #denniscoffey #motown #funkbrothers #jimdiamond #jackendino #chrishanzsek #grunge #nirvana #santana #robintrower #welcometothed #robertplant #whitestripes #williampope[…]
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Slight Return’s Vicious Tides feat. Andy Vargas is now #17 on the rock charts!! Behind Slipknot, Shinedown, Godsmack, Papa Roach, Volbeat, Sum 41, Five Finger Death Punch, The Black Keys and other big names! Currently higher than Rival Sons, Greta Van Fleet, Godsmack, Disturbed, Bush, Imagine Dragons, Halestorm, Breaking Benjamin, Panic[…]
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Had a great time at the Experience Hendrix Tour at the Fox Theater in Detroit, MI thanks to my friend Dustin Sears. Enjoyed talking to Chris Layton (Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble), Dweezil Zappa, Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne and Black Label Society), Eric Johnson, Mato Nanji (Indigenous), Johnny Lang, […]
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We’ve had some requests for the “Welcome to the D” album liner notes, art, etc. This album featured George Clinton, Billy Cox, Davey Pattison, Dennis Coffey and more. Executive Producers- Mark Kassa and Rich Mansor Producer- Mark Kassa Engineering/production – Jack Endino, Chris Hanzsek, Alan Sanderson, Jim Diamond Recorded at[…]
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Fun times! Billy Cox- from Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys- autographing my 1969 Shin-ei Univibe after we finished a recording session at his studio in Nashville (He’s wearing a hat and shirt from my “Welcome to the D” and “The D” apparel lines (welcometothed.com) Went there with my buddy Bill Von[…]
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The 2018 Slight Return Press Kit- w/George Clinton, Jack Endino, Billy Cox, Andy Vargas, Dennis Coffey, Davey Pattison, Tony Lindsay, Dennis Chambers, Pat Lewis, Jim Diamond. Slight Return is: Mark Kassa (guitar/vocals), Eddie Apple (bass), Ronnie Karmo (drums), Tony Mitchell (percussion/vocals)
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Check out our Photo page for the new added gallery from the Nashville recording sessions with legendary bassist Billy Cox- from Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys! Billy was featured on Slight Return’s medley cover of the Jimi Hendrix classics “Stone Free/3rd Stone From The Sun” from the “Welcome To The[…]
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Today on TBT Slight Return® would like to share one of our proudest moments- “Driving South” to Nashville to record a cover of Jimi Hendrix’s “Stone Free/3rd Stone From The Sun” with legendary bassist, band mate and best friend of Jimi- Billy Cox! Mark Kassa and Slight Return photographer/video director[…]
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Here is Slight Return’s 2016 press kit. Featuring some great video clips and hard hitting audio. Included is a sneak peek of the yet to be released collaboration with Andy Vargas (Santana) and Dennis Chambers (Drumming legend)
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The “Experience Hendrix” tour just left Detroit. Slight Return recorded a cover of Hendrix’s “Stone Free and 3rd Stone From The Sun” with Jimi’s bassist Billy Cox- “The Last Gypsy”- on the “Welcome to The D” release. (Bill Cox on bass and vocals). Available on Itunes, Google and Amazon.
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We would like to thank Doug Podell from WCSX for having Mark Kassa at the station for an interview about the new “Welcome To The D” album. Doug has been a radio DJ and driving force behind the Detroit music scene for years and recently received a Detroit Music Award[…]
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Take a look at the official promo video for “Welcome to the D”!
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Our cd “Welcome To The D” is now available on Itunes, Amazon Music, Google Play and 20 other digital sites! A special thanks to Rich Mansor ,Raunchola Productions , Bill Von Linsowe, Erol Oksuz, Philip J Cenedella, and all the great guests on the album including George Clinton, Davey Pattison,[…]
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