The Slackers Announce Greg Lee Penned “My Last Star” Single

My Last Star began as a dream that Greg Lee of Hepcat had the week before his death in March of 2024, The Slackers have completed this song, and now the world can hear this truly one of a kind collaboration. In Greg‘s dream, an old neighbor picked him up in a classic car, turned on the stereo, and played a Slackers song that, at the time, did not exist on our plane of reality. It sounds like the stuff of myth, but the song was so crystal clear in the dream that when he awoke around 2 or 3 in the morning, he immediately wrote down the lyrics he had heard, still humming the tune. My Last Star can be pre-ordered as a 12″ UV Printed Vinyl Single via Pirates Press Records, that includes instrumental and dub versions of the song, ahead of it’s general release on the 25th April.

“I was floored when I received Greg’s vocal demo with the lyrics and I vowed to finish the song and make the dream a reality. I took the vocal demo to The Slackers, Vic [Ruggiero] harmonized it, and we wrote music around the words. With this song we came full circle. Greg had given us a gift and we needed to give it back to his family, friends, and musical community. We are the medium for his message.” (saxophonist Dave Hillyard)