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This week on SlapperCast, Turbo checks in with a final pre-op update before his knee replacement surgery, and we talk about what it’s been like keeping Blaggards moving with our rotating cast of excellent guest drummers.

We talk about the unexpected musical benefits of hearing different players reinterpret familiar parts, give our dear friend the brilliant KEITH YORK some well-earned love after his recent shows with us, and revisit the idea of expanding our long-promised new live album into something much more than originally planned.

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SlapperCast Episode 381: "Pride of Deer Month"

In this episode, Paddy and Chad recap a busy week of Blaggards shows, including T-Bone Tom’s in Kemah, HSF Biergarten in Brenham, and the latest “Blagfeather” show at The Big Top.

We talk about the joyful weirdness of playing with different drummers while Turbo prepares for knee replacement surgery, including the return of longtime Blaggard drummer Mike McAloon, Keith York’s thunderous and emotional return to the Brenham stage, Justice Swantner of Lonefeather, and our upcoming shows with another former Blaggard, James “Jimbo” Edwards.

There’s also some big-picture talk about the future of live music, finding new places and new ways to play, the return of our Pirate Festival at HSF, upcoming Ireland dates, and a newly-announced Blaggards/Lonefeather show at Rehab Bar on the Bayou on July 18.

Also: Chad’s birthday, Patrick’s childhood European vacations, deer whistles, Thin Lizzy, Steve Earle, the sacred weirdness of Wednesday night gigs, and our heartfelt plea to PUT YOUR PHONE DOWN and actually experience the show while it’s happening.

Come see a show! We promise not to stare at our phones... if you don’t. ;)

At the end of the episode, enjoy the FULL performance of Paddy singing Thin Lizzy's "Killer on the Loose" with Lonefeather last Wednesday at the Big Top!

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SlapperCast Episode 380: "Tumultuous Leprechaun"

This past weekend marked the beginning of the Big Turbo Hiatus, and we kicked it off by playing two really fun shows with our old friend KEITH YORK up in Granbury and Richardson at two of the finest new Irish pubs in Texas, The Pub McDonough and Gillespie's Irish Tavern.

Coming up this week, we have three shows with a different drummer each night. JUSTUS SWANTNER of Lonefeather on Wednesday, MIKE MCALOON on Thursday, and KEITH YORK again on Saturday.

And then at some point in the near future, we'll be joined by JAMES EDWARDS, whom y'all got to meet last week.

Lots of question marks hanging over Blaggards for the next few months, but it's going to be a fun ride.

COME SEE A SHOW!

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SlapperCast Episode 379: "Captain Sidebar"

This week you get to meet our dear friend James "Jimbo" Edwards, one of the drummers who will be filling in for Turbo while he's recovering from knee replacement surgery.

James actually used to be a full-time member of the band... back in 2007, he was the second drummer to play with us following Brian Vogel, about two years before we met Mike McAloon. James also has a long history playing with Moses Guest, a legendary Houston band we were honored to share the bill with at GUEST FEST II last week (Chad also built and manages mosesguest.com).

We had our first rehearsal with Jimbo yesterday, and took a break to record this episode, reminiscing about the early days of Jimbo's original tenure with Blaggards, his history with music leading up to that, plus a few other silly things.

At the end is a bit of our rehearsal with James, cut with a montage of photos from the old days with James, playing at Fitzgerald's and the Continental Club.

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SlapperCast Episode 378: "The Ghosts of the Music Stands"

This week we talk about Turbo’s upcoming surgery, his subsequent indeterminately long break from playing with the band, and the weird feeling of playing with fill-in drummers.

We do some shop talk (mostly about live sound engineers), and then, as we often do, we start talking about food.

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SlapperCast Episode 377: "Sevenworth"

This one was recorded in several bits: two segments recorded immediately after our show at the Cascade Celtic Festival in Leavenworth, Washington (which includes us bickering about whether or not Safeway was open), and the main episode segment recorded the next morning as we drove to Portland, Oregon.

We talk about the amazing time we had at the festival, the wonderful reception we got, and also a bit about music gear we've coveted, and the favorite gear we've ever owned.

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SlapperCast Episode 376: "Red Astaire"

We recorded this one last week during a day off on tour in Oregon, near Bend.

Topics discussed:

00:00:00 — Tour updates

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SlapperCast Episode 375: "Kountze Heavy"

SlapperCast Episode 375 was recorded shortly after leaving Whispering Grove Faire out in Kountze, Texas, near Beaumont. Fantastic night playing for some of our favorite people on the planet!

Whispering Grove Faire is a wonderful new renaissance faire experience that is growing fast, built by some of the coolest people you'll ever meet. Go pay them a visit! You won't regret it.

https://whisperinggrovefaire.com/

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SlapperCast Episode 374: O-LIMP-ia

This one was recorded on a break during rehearsal out at the Huntsvegas Woodshed. We talk about good venues, bad venue deals, pay-to-play nonsense, what makes a band worth seeing, and what "tribute" band would we want to be in?

https://www.cascadecelticfestival.com/

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SlapperCast Episode 373: "BlagFeather"

This one was recorded at Houston's wonderful NIRVANA Indian Restaurant (14543 Memorial Drive) with our friends Gerry Diaz and Mike McManus from the excellent local Houston band Lonefeather.

We talk about songwriting, influences, upcoming shows, our long personal histories with Houston's music scene, and the pervasive feeling that these two bands were somehow always meant to cross paths.

Come see us play with LONEFEATHER at Re:HAB Bar on the Bayou, Sunday May 17th! That will also be Turbo's last show before his knee replacement surgery. BE THERE!

00:00:00 — Intro

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