This week on SlapperCast: Our longtime friend and Houston music scene legend Allen Hill joins us for a wonderfully wide-ranging discussion of live music, recording, songwriting, the Houston music scene, bass guitar, his experiences playing with Archie Bell and Chuck Berry… and Allen’s brand new solo record “All Over the Map”!

• Allen Hill Entertainment
• All Over the Map with Allen Hill
• Allen Hill music video: Two Gigs and a One Way Ticket to Amsterdam
• How to Make a Living Playing Music — Danny Barnes
• Remembering Chuck Berry, Rock’s Unruly Founding Father — Chris Gray, Houston Press
• Beyond Oldies: Allen Hill Goes All Over The Map in Debut Solo Album — Gladys Fuentes, Houston Press
• Houston’s Allen Hill makes a soulful travelogue — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle

This week on SlapperCast, Patrick and Chad rhapsodize at length about the amazing Mark Knopfler concert they saw this past Friday in Sugar Land, TX.

• Mark Knopfler
• Mark Knopfler on his guitar picking technique
• Speedway at Nazareth — Mark Knopfler, Sailing to Philadelphia
• Mark Knopfler stops time in Sugar Land — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle
• Shelly Yakus talks about recording Mark Knopfler’s guitar for “Romeo and Juliet”— Warren Huart: Produce Like A Pro