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, and raised in

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, United States. Slais has worked with:

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, Allan Blazek, Dave Grover, Reni Slais, Bill Lamb, Ross Hayashida, Terry Hanck, Bob Claire, Chuck Brooke,

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, Greg Adams, Mike Keck,

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, Debbie Cathey,

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, Richard Betts, Maurice Cridlin, and Carlo Driggs.

Selected discography

* Elvin Bishop – ''Struttin' My Stuff'' (1975) : Synthesizer, keyboards, vocals (bckgr). *Elvin Bishop – ''Hometown Boy Makes Good!'' (1976) : Synthesizer, piano, keyboards, saxophone (alto and tenor), clavinet, electric saxophone, string ensemble. * Mickey Thomas – ''As Long as You Love Me'' (1976) : Bass, saxophone, clavinet. *Elvin Bishop – ''Raisin' Hell'' (1977) : Organ, synthesizer, keyboards, saxophone (alto and tenor), clavinet. *Elvin Bishop – ''Best of Elvin Bishop'' (1979) : Keyboards. *

– ''Go Cat Go'' (1991) : Saxophone. *Elvin Bishop – ''Sure Feels Good: The Best of Elvin'' (1992) : Synthesizer, vocals (bckgr). *Elvin Bishop – ''20th Century Masters - The...'' (2002) : Organ, synthesizer, piano, saxophone (alto and tenor), vocals (bckgr), clavinet. *

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– ''Follow the Sun'' (2009) – featuring "Circus Beach" co-written by Slais. *Craig Chaquico – ''Fire Red Moon'' (2012) : Keyboards, vocals (bckgr).

References

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