About Us

Slim Chance and the Can't Hardly Playboys is a winning combination of veteran musicians that have both jointly and separately extended themselves into a variety of Classic American music genres. Their performance repertoire includes a lively mix of Classic & Southern Rock, Blues, Rockabilly, Country, 90's Rock, and Top 40 songs.  They always deliver a good time, and are the perfect choice for your club, party, or upcoming special event.

Mark Kasprzak

Guitar / Vocals

Guitarist Mark Kasprzak is a versatile musician who's performed with various local bands from the early 1970's to the present. Mark sings lead and background vocals and in addition to guitar plays bass, banjo and keyboards. He toured extensively with The Colleagues show group from Dayton, Ohio and was a staff guitarist at Disney World Epcott Center, Orlando, FL. He is a graduate of the U.S. Navy School of Music, Little Creek ,VA and enjoyed four years touring with the U.S. Navy Band, Memphis, TN.  Recently Mark championed the start-up of a special interest group who's only goal is to "Legalize Shemp".

Marty Stevens

Bass / Vocals

Bassist for Slim Chance and the Can't hardly Playboys, Marty is a graduate of Buffalo State College where he concentrated his studies in Music education and Theory. He is an eclectic musician on bass, guitar and vocals with 40+ years playing a mixed genre of music ranging from blues & country to rock. His performance experience includes playing covers and originals with bands touring nationally, playing the WNY music scene with a variety of Buffalo groups, performing on local radio and cable TV shows, as well as working on local studio recording sessions.  Marty was also dubbed an authority on IPA's at a party earlier this year.

Rich Keigley

Drums / Vocals

Rich Keigley brings a wealth of drumming experience along with a unique vocal style to the band. He studied percussion in his early years with John Roland of the Buffalo Philharmonic and drums with Dan Tomlinson of the Lyle Lovett Band. Having spent the majority of his musical career in Phoenix, Rich has also helped to contribute to lending a Southwest flavor and influence to the Americana sound of the band. He has a diverse background consisting of performing, teaching, recording, holding drum clinics as well as having toured with various groups throughout the Southwest before returning to the Buffalo area. Rich's practical knowledge of rock, blues, country and jazz along with his enthusiasm and rock solid timing are evident every time he performs.  Ironically, Rich also finds tremendous delight in being habitually tardy.

John Liebeck

Guitar/Mandolin / Vocals

John Liebeck is the newest addition to the band. Being fortunate to come from a very musical family, He has been trained in all genres   

of music ranging from country and rock to blues and jazz. As john put it, “there was always a joy of playing and singing at every family holiday“. This musical background is clearly evident and comes through in John’s guitar style and with his strong instinctive vocals.

John’s varied performance background includes playing in various local rock, blues and country bands, plus a variety of projects with Buffalo’s own Phil Hudson from “The Road“. As he recently said, “I prefer to be versed in all that music has to offer“.