The Greatest Guitar Players in Rock & Roll History: My Top 10 List By Mark KassaPublished: July 13, 2025 One of the most enduring debates in rock & roll is: Who are the greatest guitar players of all time? While Jimi Hendrix often claims the top spot in polls, the[…]
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Thank you Fox 2 Detroit and Charlie Langton for the interview and feature on his show this past Sunday! We talked about the Grammy Awards, Taylor Swift, Mylie Cyrus, Billy Eilish, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Miles and more! Here is the link to the interview https://www.fox2detroit.com/video/1412987 #grammyawards #buddymiles #jimihendrix #taylorswift[…]
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Saturday July 22nd, we have some incredible musicians joining Slight Return® on stage for a “Woodstock” set private event at the M1 Concourse- 11x Grammy Award Winner Tony Lindsay (Lead singer for Santana 25 years) and percussionist Juma Sultan who played with Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock! It is an honor[…]
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A great time playing at the Emagine Theater for the Folktellers Universe Studios in Detroit, MI. Slight Return performed live in the EMAX while the Folktellers Hero’s Journey animation played on screen. Photos by Kathy Ruzan #folktellers #stephensadler #josefbastian #johncarlos #slightreturnusa #markkassa #williampope #ronniekarmo #christianvegh #tonymitchell #emaginetheater #emax #jimihendrix #santana[…]
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Slight Return is proud to be recording with 11x Grammy Award Winning Vocalist Tony Lindsay #tonylindsay #santana #slightreturn #welcometothed #thed #markkassa #grammy
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Slight Return’s “Vicious Tides” featured on the Bongo Boy Records 62nd FYC Album for Worldwide Distribution From Bongo Boy Records “Music Excitement at Bongo Boy Records as we are getting closer to the BIG DAY in LA (Grammy Awards® show) one of their accepted artists on the 1st voting ballot (FYC for[…]
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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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Want more information about the career of Slight Return? Check out our new Press Kit- Full Length Version Slight Return USA – Press Kit- Full Version – Mi5 Recordings/Universal Music Group- Slight Return’s Vicious Tides and Warrior’s Soul reach #13 on the DRT Global Rock Charts and combine for 7[…]
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Slight Return’s “Warrior’s Soul” feat. Andy Vargas moves up to #13 on the DRT Global Rock Charts this week right behind The Black Keys! #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #TomMcDonough #TedMason #BruceJackson #BlastFM #RecordingAcademy #ChicagoChapter #MusiciansInstitute #TeamJohnHill #santana #andyvargas #souleros #DRTCharts #rock #newmusic #DMAN #slightreturnusa #slightreturnuk #welcometothed #dennischambers #mikeschneider #btbventures #jimmykimmel #jimmyfallon #conanobrien
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Had a great time working alongside my great friends Sean and Jordan Guthrie for the George Lopez show at the Fox Theater in Detroit, MI. Sean and Jordan are Bodyguards to the Stars and their clients include artists like Carlos Santana. #GeorgeLopez #MarkKassa #SeanGuthrie #JordanGuthrie #BTBVentures #FoxTheater #Detroit #WelcometotheD #TheD[…]
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Slight Return- “Warrior’s Soul” feat. Andy Vargas still in the top 20! #17 this week on the DRT Global Rock Charts! Right in the middle of some great bands including The Black Keys, Shinedown, Puddle of Mudd, and Alter Bridge! #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #TomMcDonough #TedMason #BruceJackson #BlastFM #RecordingAcademy #ChicagoChapter #MusiciansInstitute #TeamJohnHill #santana #andyvargas #souleros #shinedown #theblackkeys #puddleofmudd #alterbridge #aribourne #DRTcharts #rock #newmusic[…]
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Warrior’s Soul- Slight Return feat. Andy Vargas is at #16 this week on the Global DRT Rock Charts! Thankful to be in company of great bands like The Black Keys, Shinedown, Puddle of Mud, etc #RLrecordings #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #TomMcDonough #TedMason #BruceJackson #BlastFM #TeamJohnHill #MusiciansInstitute #RecordingAcademy #ChicagoChapter #WelcometotheD #AndyVargas #Santana #DennisChambers[…]
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Vicious Tides #vicioustides is on the first round Grammy Ballot #FYC in 4 categories 1)Rock Song, 2)Rock Performance, 3)Song of the Year, and 4)Music Video. We know it’s extremely difficult to get a Grammy Nomination but we’ve got our fingers crossed #vicioustides #RLrecordings #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #TomMcDonough #TedMason #BruceJackson #BlastFM #TeamJohnHill #slightreturnusa #slightreturnuk #DMAN #newmusic #rock #radio #santana #DRTrockcharts #dennischambers #chicagochapter #recordingacademy #musiciansinstitue #omarbinno #andyvargas https://youtu.be/5FIW6IGozQA
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Thanks to the Chaldean News for the featured article on Mark Kassa #RLrecordings #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #TomMcDonough #TedMason #BruceJackson #BlastFM #TeamJohnHill #slightreturnusa #slightreturnuk #DMAN #newmusic #rock #radio #santana #DRTrockcharts #dennischambers #chicagochapter #recordingacademy #musiciansinstitue #omarbinno #andyvargas #chaldean #news #music #vicioustides #warriorsoul
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Warrior Soul jumps to #15 on the Global Rock Charts and Vicious Tides holds at #29 (19 consecutive weeks in the top 30 peaking at #13)! #RLrecordings #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #TomMcDonough #TedMason #BruceJackson #BlastFM #TeamJohnHill #slightreturnusa #slightreturnuk #DMAN #newmusic #rock #radio #santana #DRTrockcharts #dennischambers #chicagochapter #recordingacademy #musiciansinstitue #omarbinno #andyvargas
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Great times playing at the Henry Ford Museum performing at the Star Trek Happy Hour- celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Woodstock and the episode of Star Trek when they meet hippies in space. #RLrecordings #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #TomMcdonough #TedMason #MarkKassa #WilliamPope #RonnieKarmo #TonyMitchell #slightreturnusa #slightreturnuk #BruceJackson #BlastFM #teamjohnhill #woodstock #hendrix #santana[…]
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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 will be performing on Thursday August 15th at the “Star Trek Happy Hour” event at the iconic Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI. Doors are at 5PM, Slight Return hits the stage at 7PM with an hour long show featuring the music of Jimi Hendrix, Santana and more![…]
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Slight Return had a great performance on Hyped up Live Sessions hosted by Tony “T Money” Green. Show intro by Snoop Dogg! Here is the link in case you missed it! #rlrecordings #mi5recordings #universalmusicgroup #tommcdonough #tedmason #slightreturnusa #blastfm #brucejackson #dman Hyped Up Live Sessions Episode 17 HYPED UP LIVE SESSIONS[…]
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Vicious Tides in top#15 Rock Charts Worldwide for 8 straight weeks according to Cashbox Music Charts! Peaking at #13 According to Cashbox Rock Charts- Vicious Tides has been in the top 15 played Rock songs worldwide since it’s debut the week of 5/18/2019! We’re very fortunate to have gotten more[…]
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