Slight Return will be performing at the brand new Sweetwater Entertainment Complex in Waterford, MI on Saturday March 3rd. Congratulations to Bill Nannoshi and Kevin Kassa on their new venue and the great job they did with the renovations! (thanks to Bill Von Linsowe for this cool poster) #nicepeople #greatvenue[…]
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Congratulations to our friend-producer Jack Endino-The Godfather of Grunge- from Seattle, WA for winning a Grammy Award!! Long overdue! One of the best producers and best people you will ever work meet! We were lucky enough to have Jack mix our last two albums “Vicious Tides” and “Welcome To[…]
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On a positive note, Steve Conway used to play “Welcome to the D” for Pistons games at the Palace when Bill Davidson owned the team. Good people. They’d call me with Pistons tickets in exchange. I’d say it was win-win.
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Trademarks/Intellectual Properties- are they useless? What would you think if you owned multiple trademarks on the slogan “Welcome To The D” and then saw them on thousands of banners on a major city’s streets/posters/tv campaign/press release during the World Series, USA Volleyball tournament, Quick Lane Bowl, TV news appearance, Have[…]
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The Fox Sports broadcast of Mark Kassa playing the Star Spangled Banner for the Toledo Walleye Hockey Game at The Huntington Arena in Toledo, OH
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Mark has had people ask how to get a Hendrix sound without dropping a lot of money so he put together this short tutorial called “Hendrix on a budget”- a cost effective way of getting some Hendrix tones. We hope you like it
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Mark and Marilyn Kassa at the Grammy Awards 2018 Chicago Chapter Gala at the Atelier Manarchy. Good luck to all the nominees!
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Thanks to Phil Varone for featuring Slight Return on Las Vegas based Unphiltered Radio. Phil is also a SiriusXM radio personality and former drummer for Skid Row and Saigon Kick. Phil put us in the regular rotation. Here are the two Slight Return songs he played on the show (he[…]
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TBT- Mark Kassa playing The Star Spangled Banner at Jimmy John’s Stadium on the 4th of July (thanks to Matt Sikorski for shooting this video). It was a great honor for Mark as they had 50 people holding a giant American flag in the outfield, two people parachute onto the[…]
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Take your event to the next level by booking Slight Return wsg artists Andy Vargas (lead vocalist for Santana), legendary drummer Dennis Chambers (Santana, Parliament/Funkadelic, Steely Dan, Jackson 5) and Grammy Award winning vocalist Tony Lindsay (Santana). You will get the music of Slight Return along with a tribute to[…]
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It was an honor to have the legendary bassist Tony “T Money” Green step onstage with Slight Return at the Royal Oak Music Theater in MI. Tony played bass on the Slight Return song “Shake Your Detroit Right” from the “Welcome To The D” album which also features Rock &[…]
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Check out our Photo page for the new added gallery from the Nashville recording sessions with legendary bassist Billy Cox- from Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys! Billy was featured on Slight Return’s medley cover of the Jimi Hendrix classics “Stone Free/3rd Stone From The Sun” from the “Welcome To The[…]
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“Slight Return’s “Funky People” Video – Featuring the legendary GEORGE CLINTON” #GrammyForTheD
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Photos from the Slight Return video shoot with George Clinton are courtesy Kathy Hyde Ruzan. Click here to view the gallery.
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We will be shooting 2 videos with the legendary George Clinton on Nov 6th for the two songs “Shake Your Detroit Right” and “Funky People” that we recorded with him on our “Welcome To The D” cd! “Shake Your Detroit Right” also features R&B Hall of Famer Pat Lewis and Edward Tony Green who[…]
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Slight Return getting recognized on the west coast! Steven Roby, is a music journalist, photographer and author who has written three books on Jimi Hendrix, taught a college class on Jimi at Berkley and appeared in Rolling Stone, Billboard and Guitar World. He is also a journalist for the San[…]
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SNEAK PREVIEW MONDAY!! Our track called “Horse Left The Stable” featuring Davey Pattison–one of the greatest rock singers of all time and one of the nicest guys on the planet!! This Slight Return cd will be available within 14 days. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/193817316″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] (Music, Lyrics, Guitar: Mark[…]
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This past Monday was a historic day for Slight Return. Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Funk Legend George Clinton of Parliament Funkadelic recorded two songs with us for our upcoming release at the legendary United Sound Studios in Detroit where Miles Davis, John Lee Hooker, Marvin Gaye, The Red[…]
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Slight Return + George Clinton = …..Stay Tuned For Details….
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Slight Return is proud to announce that legendary Bassist for Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys – Billy Cox has played bass and vocals on Slight Return’s cover of the Jimi Hendrix classics “Stone Free/Third Stone From The Sun”! We feel extremely privileged to have him on this recording! Billy played[…]
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