SlapperCast

A weekly podcast by Blaggards

About the show

SlapperCast is a weekly podcast by Blaggards, a band based out of Houston, TX. Hosted by Patrick Devlin (lead singer & guitarist) and Chad Richard Smalley (bassist). Past guests include drummer Vinny Appice and comedian Doug Stanhope.

Full video versions of each episode are published on the SlapperCast YouTube channel. All episodes are mixed and edited by Chad.

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Episodes

  • Episode 165: "All Songs Are For Sale" with LUBA DVORAK

    April 12th, 2022  |  37 mins 21 secs

    Meet the massively talented and industrious LUBA DVORAK: musician, songwriter, sound engineer, and man about town.

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    Episode 164: MARK RIDDELL — Houston's Hardest Working Bass Player

    April 5th, 2022  |  57 mins 2 secs

    This week we're joined by Houston's hardest working bass player Mark Riddell, who recently completed his first solo album Corporeal Pilot.

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    Episode 163: Don Hemorrhoid

    March 29th, 2022  |  17 mins 34 secs

    This week we kill a few more songs we're sick of hearing and speculate what we'd do if Blaggards were to suddenly stop gigging.

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    Episode 162: Black Belt in Maserati

    March 22nd, 2022  |  30 mins 50 secs

    This week we slay a few more songs, recap our Paddy's Week shows, and heap praise upon fiddler Heide Riggs, the Basil Trio, and some of our coolest and most dedicated fans.

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    Episode 161: Howdy Heide

    March 15th, 2022  |  25 mins 29 secs

    Fiddler Heide Riggs is back for Paddy's Week in Dallas & Houston, more songs to erase from history, awkward fan encounters

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    Episode 160: The Lubeless Show

    March 8th, 2022  |  43 mins 8 secs

    Why is popular songwriting getting worse?

  • Episode 159: Twist Some Knobs

    March 1st, 2022  |  45 mins 25 secs

    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

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    Episode 158: High Home Silver

    February 22nd, 2022  |  1 hr 6 mins

    More songs, repertoires, musicians, careers & decades we wish we could erase from history.

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    Episode 157: Marauding the Midwest

    February 15th, 2022  |  45 mins 7 secs

    This week we recap this month's tour through the Midwest. Discussed: absinthe, Thin Lizzy, traveling rocks, and weed.

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    SlapperCast Supplemental

    February 8th, 2022  |  6 mins 28 secs

    A quick road update recorded en route to Omaha from Weston, Missouri.

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    Episode 156: The Key of Kick

    February 1st, 2022  |  38 mins 14 secs

    This week we recap our recent recording session at Edgewater Studios in Sugarland, TX.

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    Episode 155: Lord Luthier Liam Leach

    January 25th, 2022  |  51 mins 7 secs

    This week on SlapperCast we're thrilled to introduce you to our friend Liam Leach, brilliant luthier and the creator of our two newest instruments.