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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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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This week our song “Vicious Tides” has gone up to #47 on the charts thanks to the great work of our team! Tom McDonough, Ted Mason, Bruce W Jackson, UniversalMusicGroup and our friends that have been sharing the music! Fingers crossed we can break into the top 40 #rlrecordings #mi5[…]
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Slight Return’s Vicious Tides feat. Andy Vargas has broken the Top 100 it’s first week on FM radio! #universalmusicgroup #mi5 #RLrecordings #slightreturnusa #vicioustides #souleros #andyvargas #dennischambers #tonygreen #jackendino #chrishanzsek #omarbinno #tedmason #tommcdonough #santana #jimihendrix #shin-ei
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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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I’m no photographer by any means, but I took these pictures of Stevie Ray Vaughan at the Royal Oak Music Theater in 1986. No digital cameras then, 24 roll film and hoped one came out okay. Most were blurry or my finger in the way lol! I met Stevie Ray[…]
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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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Tomorrow on the The D Cap talk show, Tom McDonough and I will be interviewing iconic multi-platinum producer Jim Gaines. Jim has over a dozen Grammy Awards and Platinum Albums he has recorded and produced including – Stevie Ray Vaughan- In Step, Santana- multiple albums including Supernatural, Steve Miller- Fly[…]
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Had a great time talking to Chris Layton (former drummer for Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble) backstage at the Experience Hendrix Tour at the Fox Theater in Detroit, MI. Chris told some good Stevie Ray Vaughan stories, especially the one about the show I attended in 1986 when[…]
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