Jeff Slate: Biography
Ever since he was a wee lad, Jeff Slate has been about the riffs. His obsession kicked off with his band the Mindless Thinkers, on to The Badge and can’t stop/won’t stop with his solo work, which has included work with Pete Townshend, Roger McGuinn, Sheryl Crow, Jeff Tweedy, Margo Price and others. His most recent album, The Last Day of Summer, included guest turns from a who's who of rock royalty and was called "an album of classy, Greenwich Village scented folk and soul" by Mojo.
Slate has quite possibly written the book on Roy Orbison, a memoir with guitar slinger Earl Slick, more liner notes than a normal human could possibly consume - including projects for the Beatles, the Stones, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and more - and is a guest "rock 'n' roll expert" for Sirius XM. He's even interviewed Bob Dylan.
And though he’s been a counselor at the famed Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp, please don’t ask him about your mid band. The man has standards.