Thank you Uncle Ted for all of your kind words and support of Mark Kassa and Slight Return®! It is a tremendous honor to be recognized and complimented by an icon in music and one of the greatest guitar players in history!! Here are some highlight quotes from the video.[…]
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I recently entered Mark Kassa and Slight Return® into the Google AI box and this was returned – “Detroit based rock band Mark Kassa and Slight Return® has garnered over 37 million total streams and achieved recognition with accolades such as 2025/2026 UK Prestige Awards for “Guitar Player” ad “Producer[…]
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Mark Kassa has been named “Guitar Player” and “Producer of the Year” by the UK’s Prestige Awards for his work with his band Slight Return® and his project called “MC Revolution” that he founded with his friend, renowned bassist and arranger Christian Fabian. This is the 30th Anniversary of Mark[…]
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I’ll Scratch Your Back You’ll Scratch mine – a true story of when Mark Kassa had to appeal all the way to supreme court of the United States to protect his trademark. He found out that he was not only fighting the infringers but their judges
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The D® Shop: Official Detroit Merch by Mark Kassa of Slight Return®
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The D® Shop: Official Detroit Merch by Mark Kassa of Slight Return
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Coming Soon! Slight Return’s New Album “The D”®-“Music, Muscle, Mayhem” #TheD® #slightreturnusa #markkassa #williampope #ronniekarmo #tonymitchell #christianvegh
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Mark Kassa has been named “Guitar Player of the Year” for the Midwest USA by the UK’s Prestige Awards Publication and is invited to Dubai for their event and will be featured on the cover of their annual publication!
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George Clinton and Mark Kassa Jamming On Stage #georgeclinton #parliament #funkadelic #markkassa #slightreturn #welcometothed #thed #detroit #rockandrollhalloffame #funkhalloffame #tommcdonough
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If other bands can have a birthday song, so can we! Happy Birthday from Slight Return! #happybirthday #slightreturnusa
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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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Mark Kassa’s “Filthy Rich” Guitar Solo Live! #markkassa #slightreturnusa #welcometothed #2022bandoftheyear
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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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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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Mark Kassa is featured on the cover of the Prestige Awards UK Magazine for the 2022/2023 year. The annual publication has named Slight Return® the 2022/2023 Midwest USA Band of the Year. Slight Return is, once again, on the first round Grammy Awards Ballot in multiple categories- for Best Music[…]
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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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Slight Return Named “USA Midwest Band of the Year” by UK Magazine “The Prestige Awards” #bandoftheyear #slightreturnusa #markkassa
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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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