Hot Fun In The Summertime

So here we are, half way through the summer already - and man, it's been busy! The Cantab has been packed with new faces (and old), we've been killing them at the weddings (there has not been a dancefloor large enough...), the new CD is almost finished (and sounding great!), and the weather in Boston has been beautiful!

It's a nice time to sit back, work on our tans and pop a cold one, but we're also busy planning all the exciting stuff coming up in a couple of months - the release of the new CD, the 3-Year Anniversary Circus at the Cantab (Sep. 11) , The Halloween Masquerade Ball (Oct 31), and a few other fantastic unmentionables.

So stay tuned, and in the meantime, please, enjoy some Hot Fun In The Summertime. And drop us line sometime, if you had a good time! We love ya!

See you all at Johnny D's!

A rare Boston-area weekend performance!
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Johnny D's
17 Holland St. Davis Sq Somerville

The band is really pumped for this show, our first at this great Boston-area mainstay since..oh...2003 I think. "We've come a long way, baby!"
Please call Johnny D's for dinner reservations. The Slacks play two different sets (thats about 40 tunes!), but the price of admission gets you into both. 9:30 and 11:30.
Bring your Boogie Shoes!

Powerhouse soul CD from the Slacks!

You've all probably heard that we'd recently whisked ourselves away to Powerhouse Studios in central Massachusetts to lay tracks for our much-anticipated, and as-yet-unnamed, CD. Well, with the help of a wise technical wizard named Chris Lannon as our engineer, we've put down some slammin' grooves for this project. We anticiapte a final product of twelve tunes, including four Slacks originals. We still have some more work to do, but trust me, it's going to be some of the best soul sounds you'll hear in Boston! Ol' pal Alec "Big Al" Spiegelman has lent his talents on baritone sax and horn arrangements and I put my just-recently-purchased flugelhorn to the test on a few tunes as well. So hang in there, babies - the final product will be available to all in just a short time. Meanwhile, we'll keep honing our skills on the Cantab stage every Thursday night as always, so come on down and dance a while! You'll be glad you did.

The Slacks play Fenway Park

The band played a very memorable gig last Saturday at one of Boston's most hallowed grounds - the jewel of America's favorite pastime - and the home of the World Champion Boston Red Sox - historic Fenway Park. Last Saturday The Red Sox were on the road in Baltimore, so Fenway opened it's gates to host the annual benefit ball of the Junior League of Boston. For those of you who don't know, the Junior League is a charitable organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving communities. We certainly have an affinity for women, and charitable women are even cooler!

We got the gig like we get so many gigs - people fall in love with the band at the Cantab and, when they need to plan their own party, they think of us. The night was a great success and the Junior League raised a lot of money through their auctions and raffles. The women running the show were very helpful and (may I say?) dressed to kill and looking fine. We've played plenty of clubs, lots of wedding, been on the set of a Hollywood movie, but nothing compares to the Junior League of Boston when it came down to a knock-out crowd.

It was great just relaxing in the open-air box seats when we took our breaks, listening to Johnny Blue Horn weave his tales of Red Sox lore and recounting stories of visiting the park as a youth.

And we even saw the 2004 and 2007 World Series trophies! Go Sox! Go Junior League!

Howdy!

My name is Jeremy Valadez, and I'd like to thank each and everyone of y'all for the greatest of welcomes a Texan could've wished for. I will be your new auditory saxmaster for the duration of your ride with the Chickenslacks.
I hope I can fill the shoes of Mr. Alec "Chairman of the Board" Spiegelman. He is a good friend. And, I don't think that you've seen the last of him.
I am totally psyched out that I've been given this chance to play with the 'Slacks! These guys are awesome! I've enjoyed every downbeat and upstroke, and every Up for the Downstroke, so far. And, I plan on makin' you 'shake e'ry thang you've got'.
So, next time you see me, make sure to stop me and introduce yourself. I look forward to meeting and playing for "all y'all" (that means 'everyone' where I come from).
Catch y'all on the dance floor!

Another Film?

This Thursday there'll be a film crew at our gig shooting a mini-rockumentary about Thursday nights at the Cantab with The Chicken Slacks. We saw them in there last week filming some test shots, and we just heard that today they were in the Cantab having long discussions about lighting, using terms like "subtle diffusion" and "saturated contrast". Sounds like they know what they're doing! In any case, bring your best dance moves, gel that hair just right, and come down and party with us, because you might just see yourself on the big screen one day!

T-Shirt Giveaway

Congratulations to our T-Shirt winners Dawn from Boston, Jeremy from Las Vegas, Lee and Maria from Worcester, and Grace from Rhode Island. Their brand new designer Chicken Slacks comfy Tees, in their favorite respective colors and proper sizes, are now being delivered First Class by a happy United Stated Postal Service mail carrier as we speak! Wear it every day with pride!
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