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𝐒𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧® 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫! 𝐒𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝟔 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟓 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬- “𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦”, “𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠”, “𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞”, “𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 “𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨”. 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨[…]
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FYC- For Your Grammy Consideration- Best Rock Performance and Best Music Video – “Them Changes”- Slight Return® Tribute to Buddy Miles #fyc #grammys #bestrockperformance #buddymiles #slightreturnusa #grammys2024 #themchanges #mp3
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This past Thursday Mark Kassa represented the Nashville Chapter of the Recording Academy (Grammy Awards) for Advocacy. He was joined by Lawrence Hancock and Howard Hertz from the Chicago Chapter. The meeting went well with Senator Brenda Lawrence’s assistant Armend Topplari and was about proposals that effect music creators. Mark[…]
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Mark Kassa is featured on the cover of the Prestige Awards UK Magazine for the 2022/2023 year. The annual publication has named Slight Return® the 2022/2023 Midwest USA Band of the Year. Slight Return is, once again, on the first round Grammy Awards Ballot in multiple categories- for Best Music[…]
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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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Had a great time at the Nashville Chapter Recording Academy Block Party! Chapter President Alycia Warwick was very welcoming to my wife and I and the people here are very friendly and helpful. The food was great and we were treated to a performance by the Zac Brown Band! Glad[…]
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Mark and Marilyn Kassa at the 2017 Grammy Awards at The Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. #grammys #slightreturnusa #welcometothed #recordingacademy #chicagochapter #nashvillechapter
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Enjoyed the Grammy Awards and the stay in Hollywood, CA. The first part of the awards ceremony at the Microsoft Theater was excellent, as well as the after party. #grammyawards #redcarpet #hollywood #recordingacademy #nashvillechapter #markkassa
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A great photo by Kathy Hyde Ruzan of Dennis Chambers on the Slight Return® drum kit (from our recent gig) #dennischambers #slightreturnusa
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Mark Kassa of Slight Return performed the Star Spangled Banner at the Huntington Center- Toledo Walleye Hockey Arena in Toledo, Ohio on Dec 27th. 8,000 fans at the game. Here’s the video (captured by Matt Sikorski).
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A great photo sent to us from Mick McDonald of National Rock Review. He took this photo of Slight Return® this past summer at the Kalamazoo State Theater in MI when we opened for guitar legend Robin Trower. It was our 7th time opening for Robin. Every show has been[…]
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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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Tickets and final ballots have arrived for the Grammy Awards. Time to get a last listen and cast my votes (Mark Kassa). Good luck to all the nominees! Looking forward to attending the ceremony on Feb 12th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles along with the after party.[…]
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Great event put on last night by the Recording Academy (Grammy Awards) at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago. Jason Isbell is a fantastic writer/musician who performs with his own band and is a former member of the Drive By Truckers.
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Andy Vargas showing off his Vicious Tides CD after a recent Santana show in Las Vegas. We will be shooting some videos for the album in January.
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Slight Return- Mark Kassa endorsement demo #1 of the Vibe-Bro Univibe by Shin-ei (custom built in red) (Bridge of Sighs-Robin Trower) more information at shin-ei.com (demo is for informational/educational purposes only)
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The 59th Grammy Awards Ballot has arrived!
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