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This week on #SlapperCast: the weather-related peril of outdoor gigs, new sound gear, more songs to erase, and why is popular songwriting getting worse? Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/jVrbYdBXT9I Show dates Blaggards.com Facebook Bandsintown Follow us on social media YouTube Facebook Twitter Instagram Become a Patron Join Blaggards on Patreon for bonus podcast content, live tracks...

This week on SlapperCast: our upcoming Paddy's Week shows, more songs we'd like to erase, Bruce Dickinson's Spoken Word tour, and Paddy's review of GHOST live in concert. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3FZFLnjNCsk Blaggards on PickleJar: https://pkle.live/blaggards Paddy's Day T-shirts: https://blaggards.com/product-category/paddysday/ BLAGMATIC Workshirts: https://blaggards.com/store/blagmati...

More songs, repertoires, musicians, careers & decades we wish we could erase from history. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WPZakl3YFh8 Blaggards on PickleJar: https://pkle.live/blaggards Paddy's Day T-shirts: https://blaggards.com/product-category/paddysday/ BLAGMATIC Workshirts: https://blaggards.com/store/blagmatic-workshirt/ Show dates Blaggards.com Facebook Bandsintown Follow us on soci...

This week on #SlapperCast, we recap our tour through Wichita KS, Weston MO, Omaha NE, Saint Charles IL, Normal IL, Lawrence KS, and Little Rock AR. Also discussed: absinthe, Thin Lizzy, traveling rocks, and weed. Join us on PickleJar: https://pkle.live/blaggards Show dates Blaggards.com Facebook Bandsintown Follow us on social media YouTube Facebook Twitter Instagram Become a Patron Join Blaggards...

We're touring so there's no time for a full episode this week... but here's a quick update from the road recorded en route to Omaha from Weston, Missouri. Siena Francis House: https://sienafrancis.org/ Blaggards Brew Coffee: https://blaggards.com/product-category/coffee/ Blaggards on PickleJar: https://pkle.live/blaggards BLAGMATIC Workshirts: https://blaggards.com/store/blagmatic-workshirt/ BLAGM...

This week we recap our recent recording session at Edgewater Studios with recording and mixing engineer John Shelton. Also, praise for our friend, Houston-area bassist Mark Riddell, who has a new album coming out VERY soon (also recorded at Edgewater)... and some thoughts about New Orleans. A 21-minute documentary of this session is on our Patreon, a sort of "fly on the wall" perspective of our wo...

This week on SlapperCast we’re thrilled to introduce you to our good friend, the brilliant luthier and guitar tech Liam Leach, creator of the newest guitar and bass you’ve seen us playing recently. Both were built as part of his training at the prestigious Galloup School Of Guitar Building And Repair. Chad has been using Liam’s “Bravocado” bass exclusively since Liam gave it to him in early Octobe...

We're joined this week by the brilliant Heide Riggs, who played fiddle with us at OK ScotsFest last year, and will joining us again for two weeks this March. Heide also talks about her book "Fiddler's Full Circle", available on her website (see link below). Heide's website https://www.heidehilleriggs.com Heide's book "Fidder's Full Circle" https://www.heidehilleriggs.com/new-products TICKETS for o...

This week: a road update from Beaumont, plus more Naughty List stories with Tim "Elvirus" Aballo of the Outsiders PBR... this time focusing on bands and booking agents. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_I-Wa8BGmeQ "Brains" — The Outsiders PBR: https://youtu.be/AoNLkCjs_7o "What Did I Eat Last Night?" — The Outsiders PBR: https://youtu.be/nLr5NKjp_Bw Join our mailing list https://bla...

In this episode, we share a few stories about places we've played that, shall we say, did not make the best decisions with regards to running a music venue. Vitriol and profanity included, while the actual names of the venues have been artfully censored to protect the not-so-innocent. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9dNWhdP_x8Q Show dates Blaggards.com Facebook Bandsintown Follow u...

Paddy and Chad discuss last-minute Christmas shopping, New Year's Resolutions (weight loss & songwriting), coffee, and the amp-modeling gear we've been using on stage for guitar and bass. Show dates Blaggards.com Facebook Bandsintown Follow us on social media YouTube Facebook Twitter Instagram Become a Patron Join Blaggards on Patreon for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and ot...

ROCK THE SHELTER, childhood memories of record stores & computers, and other random stuff. Show dates Blaggards.com Facebook Bandsintown Follow us on social media YouTube Facebook Twitter Instagram Become a Patron Join Blaggards on Patreon for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives. Rate us Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes Questions? If you have questions fo...

As they prepare to pack and ship limited edition vinyl orders, Patrick and Chad tell the TRUE story behind two of the more enigmatic numbers on BLAGMATIC: "Wagon Wheel" and "Sweet 16". ALSO: some background info on how "PLFM" was written. Show notes BLAGMATIC Limited Edition Vinyl https://blaggards.com/store/blagmatic-limited-edition-vinyl/ ALBUM REVIEW: BLAGMATIC by Jack Gonzo — Scoundrel's Inn h...

This week on #SlapperCast, Mark Kavanaugh returns with his friend Flint Bhaltair to talk about their company, Catch My Carbon, which aims to offset carbon emissions by reforesting Ireland with native Irish trees. Help Re-Forest Ireland and Offset Your CO2 ($5/tree): https://blaggards.com/store/reforest-ireland/ Catch My Carbon: https://www.catchmycarbon.ie/ Become a Patron Join Blaggards on Patreo...

This week we're joined by Chris Knauf, Chief Development Officer of Siena Francis House, a homeless shelter in Omaha, Nebraska, and the beneficiary of our Blaggards Brew Coffee sales. Siena Francis House https://sienafrancis.org Blaggards Brew Coffee https://blaggards.com/product-category/coffee/ Become a Patron Join Blaggards on Patreon for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and oth...

Recorded in the van shortly after leaving our Thursday night gig in Beaumont, ECH recounts his experiences at PASIC 2021. Show dates Blaggards.com Facebook Bandsintown Follow us on social media YouTube Facebook Twitter Instagram Become a Patron Join Blaggards on Patreon for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives. Rate us Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes Question...

This week on SlapperCast, Paddy and Chad talk about this weekend's reunion show with drummer Mike McAloon and fiddler Chris Buckley. Facebook group Official Blaggards Facebook Group Become a Patron Join Blaggards on Patreon for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives. Rate us Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes Show dates Blaggards.com Facebook Bandsintown Follow us...

An update from the van: Eric talks about preparing for Percussive Arts Society International Convention 2021. Show dates Blaggards.com Facebook Bandsintown Follow us on social media YouTube Facebook Twitter Instagram Become a Patron Join Blaggards on Patreon for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives. Rate us Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes Questions? If you ha...

This week on SlapperCast: Trunk or treating, musicians & humor, and Christmas music we don't hate. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mRYhb2am6V0 Show dates Blaggards.com Facebook Bandsintown Follow us on social media YouTube Facebook Twitter Instagram Become a Patron Join Blaggards on Patreon for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives. Rate us Rate...

This week on #SlapperCast, as we leave a rowdy gig in the Texas Rennaissance Faire campgrounds, we continue our discussion of music biopics. What would it take to make a good one, what makes them bad, and a few ideas we have for good ones. (CORRECTION from Chad: "Bowie was kicking a cocaine addiction during his Berlin Trilogy period, not heroin. My bad.") Watch this episode on YouTube: https://you...

The story behind BLAGMATIC's "hidden" track, the audiobook of Bruce Springsteen's autobiography, why music biopics are often bad, and what makes them good when they're good. NOTE: Stevie Van Vandt does indeed read the audiobook of his memoir, and it pretty much sounds exactly as ECH envisioned it (see link below). ALBUM REVIEW: BLAGGARDS – Blagmatic (2021) — London Celtic Punks https://londoncelti...

Recorded on the road to Weston, MO, AND on the road home from Hesston, KS, with longtime Blaggards fiddler Chris Buckley. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/rEHZGQhk17I Blaggards Brew SINNERMAN Coffee: https://blaggards.com/store/blaggards-brew-sinnerman-coffee/ Show dates Blaggards.com Facebook Bandsintown Follow us on social media YouTube Facebook Twitter Instagram Become a Patron J...

This week on #SlapperCast: a few words about David Lee Roth's recently announced retirement, AND a couple of BIG surprises we were presented with this past Saturday night in Round Rock. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/x-9_PYaE54w David Lee Roth Announces Retirement: ‘I’m Throwing in the Shoes’ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-lee-roth-retirement-announcement-1235...

This week on #SlapperCast: At the end of our day off in Philly, we have a slightly drunken discussion about how bands tend to mishandle alcohol at gigs, and how it makes everyone else's job in this industry unnecessarily difficult. With special guest: Patrick's sister Sinéad Devlin. Show dates Blaggards.com Facebook Bandsintown Follow us on social media YouTube Facebook Twitter Instagram Become a...

A report from the road en route from Oklahoma to Illinois. Show dates Blaggards.com Facebook Bandsintown Follow us on social media YouTube Facebook Twitter Instagram Become a Patron Join Blaggards on Patreon for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives. Rate us Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes Questions? If you have questions for a future Q&A episode, leave a...