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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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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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 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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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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Have a great 4th of July! A while back I was invited to play the Star Spangled Banner at Huntington Arena in Ohio. It was a privilege. Here is the clip from Fox Sports #fourthofjuly #independenceday #ohio #jimihendrix #rlrecordings #mi5 #tommcdonough #tedmason #universalmusicgroup #toledo #walleye #markkassa #slightreturn #hockey #ice
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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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Vicious Tides- feat. Andy Vargas- lead vocalist for the Santana band, legendary drummer Dennis Chambers, bass guru Tony Green and guitarist Mark Kassa hitting FM Radio Soon thanks to RL Recordings, Mi5 Recordings and Universal Music Group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FIW6IGozQA
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Bongo Boy Records- who has worked with Iggy Pop, The Yardbirds, Joe Bonamassa, The Smithereens, The Dead Daisies, Steven Van Zandt, and more has selected the Slight Return song “69 Days Till Freedom” to be featured on their compilation release of “The 61st FYC Album” which features “the best of”[…]
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Had a great time last night watching one of my guitar heroes- Tom Morello at El Club in Detroit. Solo show that rocked! Lots of hilarious stories and a great example of a person that failed numerous times, stayed true to his music and ultimately succeeded. Got to speak to[…]
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