SlapperCast Episode 79: Can’t Get Rid of the Tramp Stamp

Former drummer and Forever Blaggard Mike McAloon rejoins us for a whole episode!

Save our Stages

  • How life has changed for Mike since he left the band
  • Mike’s assessment of Eric’s drumming in Blaggards
  • Eric’s assessment of Mike’s drumming in Blaggards
  • The generational differences between Mike and Eric’s approach to drumming and musicianship in general
  • Great 1990s drummers
  • How Mike first became a drummer
  • What Mike misses about being in Blaggards
  • Favrorite gig we’ve ever played as Blaggards
  • How the bar industry and live music have been suffering during the pandemic
  • How Mike’s dad was instrumental in getting Mike into Blaggards
  • Chris Longwood has agreed to master the new Blaggards album

 

SlapperCast Episode 78: Rabbit Hole Central

This week on #SlapperCast:

  • Eric’s memories of 1978
  • Blaggards on Sessions LIVE on Thursday, August 13 at 5 PM Central
  • Drive-in concerts?
  • Blaggards FACE MASKS will soon be available
  • When Eric got “cut off” with the Derailers at Applebee’s in Santa Fe, NM
  • How people’s opinions tend to fly out of control on social media
  • More new BLAGGARDS songs brewing the studio
  • Liberty DeVitto’s biography (former Billy Joel drummer)
  • Our dream interview subjects (alive or dead)
  • The importance of interviewing family members as a historical document
  • Realistic interview subjects
  • The art of conducting a good interview