Here's Episode 234, with all four band members on deck. We're preparing to hit the road this week, so that's the main topic of conversation. Also discussed: Turbo's new endorsement deal with SJC Cu...
2023-08-07 23:29:33 +0000 UTC View PostHere's an early, uncut release of Episode 232, recorded, exported and uploaded from the van while en route from Weston, MO, to Little Rock, AR.
Thanks to Laurie "Merch Maiden" Valenzi for doi...
2023-07-23 20:26:20 +0000 UTC View PostHere is a very spontaneous vancast segment recorded on the road home from a recording session in Austin last Wednesday. The first 2 minutes or so has no video, because Mr. Genius here failed to pre...
2023-07-10 21:10:34 +0000 UTC View Post
This episode was recorded this past Saturday en route to Home Sweet Farm Biegarten in Brenham and again on the way back home.
The finished edit will be cut down for time to make room for an i...
2023-07-03 23:04:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a live three-piece performance of Rocky Road with an unusual extended intro from Patrick with improvised lyrics and banter directed at the audience.
The other great thing about t...
2023-06-17 22:16:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is an uncut version of Episode 226, recorded en route to Galveston and on the way back home. We talk about the Molly's Pub tour we started this weekend, share some stories from the early days ...
2023-06-13 06:15:14 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a clip that Patrick and Turbo recorded en route to Haak Winery on Sunday, May 28, while Chad was "sleeping". I was intending to include this in last week's episode, but I didn't wind up hav...
2023-06-10 20:51:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is a spirited discussion recorded shortly after leaving our gig in Brenham a couple weekends ago, again filmed by Patrick's daughter Tara. We recap the gig, raving about HSF Biergarten and the...
2023-05-30 03:42:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's an early, unedited release of Episode 223. This one was filmed en route to our gig at HSF Biergarten in Brenham, TX, one of our favorite places to play. Patrick's daughter Tara joins us agai...
2023-05-23 00:15:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is the vancast segment for Episode 222, recorded en route to College Station on Friday, May 12. This one features special guest Tara Devlin (Patrick's daughter), who also handles most of the c...
2023-05-16 01:22:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's our uncut interview with Dennis at Doc's Irish Tours, who gives us an update on our upcoming Ireland tour Oct 25–Nov 2 2023-05-12 18:18:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Episode 221 was recorded remotely with the whole gang early Wednesday afternoon. We had some connectivity problems that caused Paddy to disappear from our screens at one point, although since our c...
2023-05-04 13:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Episode 220 was recorded on the way home from the Grapevine Lake Celtic Heritage Festival, where we played three sets with our old friend, accordionist Mark Kenneth.
2023-05-01 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is a rehearsal clip of "Spancil Hill" recorded at Patrick's Huntsvegas recording studio as we were working on refining the arrangement. As often happens in rehearsal, Patrick was being a bit m...
2023-04-28 12:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Episode 219 was recorded EARLY in the morning this past Saturday as we drove up to the Grapevine Lake Celtic Heritage Festival & Highland Games, where we played with our old friend, accordionis...
2023-04-24 19:23:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is some footage from our first Ireland tour in March 2010: a performance of "Big Strong Man" at the King's Head in Galway, shot by our good friend Jon Young.
This was the classic 2009-20...
2023-04-22 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is a clip of "Nancy Whiskey" from a recent three-piece rehearsal in Patrick's recording studio with Turbo on drums.
We've been retooling our arrangement of this traditional folk so...
2023-04-20 01:39:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is an early release of SlapperCast 218, a rough extended edit. We had some connectivity issues this time, and for entertainment's sake I left part of that in here for you to enjoy… most like...
2023-04-17 20:35:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is an early version of "Sweet 16", the last of a dozen or so takes recorded on July 15, 2020. This is a rough mix that Paul Beebe gave us that night, paired with video that Chad was shooting o...
2023-04-15 13:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostYou may have noticed that we've discontinued the opening and closing theme of SlapperCast. Those bits were culled from a longer piece that, until today, no one besides us had heard in its entirety....
2023-04-05 15:15:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is an early release of episode 214, recorded on Thursday, March 16, as we were driving to our gig in Longview. This is a short one since we had such a busy week, but we plan to recap Paddy's D...
2023-03-20 23:45:06 +0000 UTC View Post
This is very silly moment from our show in Little Rock where Patrick is roasting the Scottish… completely in jest, of course… but we decided to err on the side of caution and snipped most of th...
2023-03-07 18:56:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is our new interview with our old friend, O'Bannon's Taphouse and Blackwater Draw Brewing owner CHRIS STEELE! This is the second time Chris has been on the show, and this week we talk about hi...
2023-02-25 07:45:18 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's episode was recorded on the way to College Station for a show at O'Bannon's Taphouse for the Great Guinness Toast, an annual tradition we've kept up with O'Bannon's for ages.
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Here is an early release of SlapperCast 209, mostly unedited except for a few cuts in the middle. This episode features Chad and Kevin, "the Rhythm Sexy" as Patrick puts it, talking about their ear...
2023-02-13 20:41:14 +0000 UTC View Post
SlapperCast Episode 208 was recorded last week up at Patrick's lake house (often affectionately referre...
2023-02-07 02:05:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's video of Episode 206, filmed around the last date of our tour in Bisbee, Arizona, home of our friend comedian Doug Stanhope.
The rough edit includes footage of us arriving in BIs...
2023-01-23 22:41:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's our interview with our old friend Bob Ruggiero, music journalist and author, who's been writing for the Houston Press for over 27 years. He was the first journalist to write about Blaggards ...
2023-01-09 23:50:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's an unedited segment from Episode 203, with Patrick and Chad recapping our recent Pogues tribute show at the Continental Club with accordionist David Mendoza, looking back on a momentous 2022...
2023-01-02 07:15:43 +0000 UTC View Post
sFor the first time, we have all four Blaggards on an episode that wasn't filmed in the van! This week we look back on 2022 and talk about our goals for 2023. Also: Turbo surprises Patrick with a s...
2022-12-23 04:23:50 +0000 UTC View Post