We had a great time playing a show with Morris Day and the Time at the Sound Board Theater in Detroit, MI Special thanks to our friend Jeff Sakwa for the gig
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Had a great time hanging out with one of the absolute nicest guys in the music business- Sonny Sandoval- lead singer for the band P.O.D – Payable on Death. They put on another great concert at St Andrews Hall in Detroit, MI. There are early discussions about a possible[…]
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Good luck to all my friends with entries for the Grammy Awards. We’ve got an uphill battle but it is an honor to be in categories alongside Carlos Santana, Jeff Beck, Wolfgang Van Halen, Eric Johnson, and others. #SlightReturnUSA #santana #jeffbeck #vanhalen #ericjohnson #tommcdonough
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Saturday November 26th Slight Return will be opening for Morris Day and The Time at the Sound Board Theater for a private event thanks to our good friend Jeff Sakwa #morrisday #thetime #slightreturnusa #thed #welcometothed
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We’re back on the Grammy Awards first round ballot for the 6th consecutive year. This time we are in the categories of “Best Rock Song” and “Best Rock Album” “Best Rock Peformance” (Gustavo Alarco feat. Slight Return) and “Best Music Video” (Slight Return feat. Gustavo Alarco”. Our version of the[…]
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Sam Kassab held another first class event last night! It was great meeting Isam Bihnam- Provincial leader of Qaraqosh/Al-Hamdaniya in Iraq. Isam has helped bring back the Christian community to live safely after they were ravaged by ISIS. Qaraqosh is one of the oldest Christian towns in the world where[…]
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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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Me, Kevin Pope and William Pope had a great time working with George Lopez thanks to my friends Sean and Jordan Guthrie from Beyond the Barricade Kevin Pope, George Lopez, Mark Kassa, William Pope #georgelopez Sean Guthrie, Mark Kassa, Jordan Guthrie #beyondthebarricade George Lopez all access pass #wartheband
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We had a great time jamming at the Detroit Highwaymen Motorcycle Club on the East Side of Detroit. Pictured here with “Lefty” the club president and Jack Huffman in the Nightmare Before Christmas outfit. Jack also put on a great fire show Special thanks to Jack DeFranco for doing a[…]
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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 Named “USA Midwest Band of the Year” by UK Magazine “The Prestige Awards” #bandoftheyear #slightreturnusa #markkassa
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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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Had a great time visiting my friend, drummer Troy Luccketta from Tesla, at his studio in Nashville. Got a chance to hear the bands he’s been working with and producing. Troy is a cool guy that I first met when we opened for them at the Pine Knob Amphitheater in[…]
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Voodoo Child- Slight Return feat. Dennis Chambers on Drums…..and Bass?? This was a one take jam we did at the studio, then had some fun making the video. Video editing by Roy Oberg at Galaxie Videos #dennischambers #markkassa #slightreturnusa #detroit #welcometothed #tommcdonough #loudhousemedia #royoberg #galaxievideos #jimihendrix #voodoochild
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Turn The Page- Slight Return feat. Gustavo Alarco. A take on the Bob Seger classic. Turn the Page- by Bob Seger Musical arrangement by Mark Kassa. Producer- Mark Kassa, Vocals- Gustavo Alarco, Guitar-Mark Kassa, Bass- William Pope, Drums- Ronnie Karmo, Percussion – Tony Mitchell Video by Roy Oberg- Galaxie Videos. […]
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Coming soon- Slight Return will be announcing west coast live shows with Gustavo Alarco #slightreturnusa #gustavoalarco
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Fallen (English Version)- Slight Return feat. Gustavo Alarco. Detroit band Slight Return® teams up with Latin American artist Gustavo Alarco to release their first ballad- “Fallen”. This is the English version, there is also a Spanish version #fallen #gustavoalarco #slightreturnusa #weddings
Read More »We started off 2022 recording a new album with Latin Artist Gustavo Alarco- a fantastic vocalist/producer from Argentina living in San Diego, CA Here is a link to his site and a preview of things to come https://gustavoalarco.com/
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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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