slap Offices CLOSED – Happy Birthday Charlie Parker
The slap offices are closed on Wednesday, August 29 for our annual celebration of Charlie Parker’s birthday. We love Charlie “Yardbird” Parker’s intuitive genius,...
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A BAD DAY AND A GOOD DAY – Pussy Riot
This is a very bad day for rock and roll. The members of the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot have just been sentenced by a Moscow court to two years in jail....
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Jim Marshall Inventor of Marshall Amplifiers Dies at Age 88
Jim Marshall, the English inventor of the famed Marshall amplifier used often by major guitar rock artists, also known as the “Father of Loud”, died...
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The Death of Michael Davis the Bassist from MC5 – Kick Out The Jams Forever
One of the main influences of the slap Company and member of the MC5 Michael Davis died last night of liver failure. He was 68 years old and with his wife in Chico...
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Stan Slap’s Memphis Blues Trip Part 2 of 2 Civil Rights & Pastor Al Green
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CIVIL RIGHTS/STAX/SUN We started the second day with a visit to the National Civil Rights Museum, located on the site of the Lorraine Motel where...
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Stan Slap’s Memphis Blues Trip Part 1 of 2 Food & Music
Ever since we met, Diane and I have been talking about taking a blues trip, starting in New Orleans and following the blues development trail to Mississippi then onto...
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Finding Howard Tate by Stan Slap
Update: Howard passed away 2 weeks after this blog was posted. It was an honor for us to remember him while he was on this earth with us. Written October 9th, 2002 The...
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Back on the Smack Tour – Stan Slap talks Music
I’m so sick of musicians and their wretched excesses. Wretched healthy excesses, I mean. The more any great artist improves their personal condition, the more their...
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