Slim Cessna (8,603 views)

[Rodney Blazershorts]

Real Name: Mark Cessna
Voice Type: The Bloody Tenor Truth
Vocal Range: D2 - G5
Associated Acts: Slim Cessna's Auto Club (1993-present), Denver Broncos UK (2013-present), Blood Flower (1986-1987), The Blackstone Valley Sinners (2001-2003), Sons of T (1985)

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{Facts}He is six-foot-four and weights two-twenty on the scale, he has a redhead's temper, they say he's straight from hell

Significant High Notes:
G5: "Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day", "Lethal Injection" 1998 version
F5 "Do the Salami", "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie"
E5: "Ain't My Problem Baby", "Blindman", "Cold Cold Eyes", "Do the Salami", "Dry", "Emmanuel" Facebook stream 3.29.2020, "Lethal Injection" 2002 version, "Stripes Medley" Mercury Cafe 1994
E♭5: "Champagne Like a Lady", "Cranston" Jesus Let Me Down, "Jesus Christ" various live performances
D5: "Cranston" Live @ Levitt 2018, "Jesus Christ", "Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)")
C♯5 "Angel" 2002 version, "Goddamn Blue Yodel #7", "He, Roger Williams" 2012 + live versions, "Lethal Injection" 1998 version, "Mary's Boy Child", "Still the One" Facebook stream 3.29.2020, "Untitled"
C5: "Ain't My Problem Baby", "Apple Tree", "Blindman", "Dry", "Gift of the Blues" Facebook Live 12.6.20, "Harris", "In My Arms Once Again", "Metal" Facebook Live Lockdown Anniversary, "Red Pirate of the Prairie", "Song for the Last Cowboy" Facebook stream 3.29.2020, "Sour Patch Kids", "Three Bloodhounds, Two Shepherds, One Fila Brasileiro", "Untitled", "Way Out There" Church of Coen 2015
B4: "Americadio, "Angel" 2002 version, "Blu Tolley", "Champagne Like a Lady", "Cold Cold Eyes", "Cranston Sinner", "Dry", "Goddamn Blue Yodel #7", "Fifteen Years", "Hallelujah Anyway", "Help Me (Make It Through the Night)", "Hold On" Facebook Live Easter 2020, "Jackson's Hole", "Lethal Injection", "Magalina Hagalina Boom Boom", "Mother's Daughter", "My Goodness Me", "My Sister's Husband, "United Brethren" Facebook stream 3.29.2020, "Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)"
B♭4: "Ain't My Problem Baby", "Barrel of My Gun", "Christmas Is Just Another Day for Me", "Cranston Sinner", "Harris", "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie", "Jesus Is in My Body - My Body Has Let Me Down", "Kristin and Billy" demo version, "Last Song About Satan" Lions Lair 2012, "Magalina Hagalina Boom Boom", "Mary's Boy Child", "My Last Black Scarf", "No Doubt About It", "Port Authority Band" Buried Behind the Barn, "Saturday Satan Sunday Saint", "Slater Mill", "That's Why I'm Unhappy", untitled Pittsburg band song, "Unto the Day", "Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)"
A4: "32 Mouths Gone Dry" Live @ Levitt 2018, "And God Bless You", "Angel" 2004 version, "Barrel of My Gun", "Cheyenne", "Churning and Churning", "Come Along", "Commandment 5" OpenAir 2015, "Dear Amelia", "Dry", "Fraulein", "Hallelujah Anyway", "Katie Dang", "Knightsville", "Lessing", "Lethal Injection" 2002 version, "One Fila Brasila", "Song for the Last Cowboy" Facebook stream 3.29.2020, "Treasures in Jars of Clay", "Uncle John’s Boat" Facebook stream 3.29.2020, "United Brethren"
G♯4: "Children of the Lord", "Commandment 8", "Counting Steps", "The Cristmas Song", "Do the Salami", "Do You Know Thee Enemy", "Hold My Head", "Jesus Is in My Body - My Body Has Let Me Down", "Jim Nabors, from Bass to Mezzo-Soprano" live performances, "Mark of Vaccination", "The Misrepresentation of the Thompson Gun", "No Doubt About It", "Pine Box", "Port Authority Band" album version, "Slater Mill", "That Fierce Cow Is Common Sense in a Country Dress", "That's Why I'm Unhappy" "Three Bloodhounds, Two Shepherds, One Fila Brasileiro", "Treasure of Love", "Treehouse", "The Unballed Ballad of the New Folksinger"
G4: "32 Mouths Gone Dry", "Americadio", "Apple Tree", "Barrel of My Gun", "C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S", "Cheyenne", "Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day", "Commandment 1", "Commandment 2", "Commandment 5", "Commandment 7", "Commandment 9", "Cranston", "Down in the Willow Garden", "Durango", "Fairy Tales", "Hallelujah Anyway", "Hallelujah Reprise" Bluebird Theater 2006, "Help Me (Make It Through the Night)", "Hold My Head", "I Am a Sinner"," I Come to the Garden Alone" Facebook Live Easter 2020, "I’ll Fly Away" Facebook Live Easter 2020, "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie", "Katie Dang", "Ladies in the Know", "Limon", "Magalina Hagalina Boom Boom", "Mother's Daughter", "Munly Munly", "My Goodness Me", "O Come O Come Emmanuel" Facebook Live 12.6.20, "One Fila Brasila", "Pine Box", "Port Authority Band", "Rainbows Are Back in Style", "Red Pirate of the Prairie", "The Red Cross Is Giving Out Misinformation", "Shady Lane" Buried Behind the Barn, "That's Why I'm Unhappy", "Thirteen Crimes", "This Is How We Do Things in the Country", "Top Yourself", "Treasures in Jars of Clay", "Wade in the Water", "Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)", "The Unballed Ballad of the New Folksinger", "Uncle John’s Boat" Facebook Live Easter 2020, "United Brethren", "Untitled"
F♯4: "Ain't My Problem Baby", "Apple Tree", "Blu Tolley", "Broncos Fight Song", "Champagne Like a Lady", "Cold Cold Eyes", "Commandment 1", "Commandment 4", "Commandment 7", "Commandment 10", "Cranston", "The Cristmas Song", "Do You Know Thee Enemy?", "Everyone Is Guilty #2", "Fraulein", "Go Ahead and Cry", "Goddamn Blue Yodel #7", "He, Roger Williams" Facebook Live streams, "Hey Hey NaNa Na NaNA NA", "Hold On", "Jim Nabors, from Bass to Mezzo-Soprano", "Ladies in the Know", "Last Song About Satan" Bluebird Theater 2001, "Metal" Facebook Live Lockdown Anniversary, "Mother", "Mother's Daughter", "Never Said a Mumblin’ Word", "Providence, New Jerusalem", "Rip the Plank", "SCAC 101", "Shady Lane" album version, "Sometimes I Wonder", "That Fierce Cow Is Common Sense in a Country Dress", "Things I Believe In", "Treehouse", "United Brethren", "Water Into Wine", "What'll I Do?"
F4: "All About the Bullfrog in Three Verses", "Blu Tolley", "Broncos Fight Song", "Children of the Lord", "The Columbia Girl", "Commandment 2", "Commandment 3", "Commandment 4", "Commandment 8", "Commandment 9", "Counting Steps", "Dear Amelia", "Emmanuel" Facebook Live Easter 2020, "Gift of the Blues", "Harris", "I Hid and Seeked the Funnel", "In My Arms Once Again", "It's Killing Me", "Kristin & Billie", "Magalina Hagalina Boom Boom", "Munly Munly", "My Goodness Me", "My Last Black Scarf", "No Doubt About It", "Port Authority Band" Buried Behind the Barn, "Red Pirate of the Prairie", "Rip the Plank", "A Smashing Indictment of Character", "Sour Patch Kids", "Straw", "Thirteen Crimes", "32 Mouths Gone Dry", "This Is Our Land Redux", "Three Bloodhounds, Two Shepherds, One Fila Brasileiro", "The Unballed Ballad of the New Folksinger", "Unto the Day"

Significant Low Notes
E♭3: "Come Along", "Commandment 8", "Commandment 9", "Down in the Willow Garden", "Goddamn Blue Yodel #7", "Hallelujah Anyway", "Harris", "He, Roger Williams" 2012 version, "Hold On", "Jesus Christ", "Kristin & Billy", "Lessing", "No Doubt About It", "Raven", "Red Pirate of the Prairie", "A Smashing Indictment of Character", "Things I Believe In", "Treasures in Jars of Clay", "Wade in the Water"
D3: "Americadio", "Commandment 4", "Cryin' in My Pillow", "Easter", "For the Good Times" Live @ Levitt 2018, "Fraulein", "Harvest", "I’ll Fly Away" Facebook Live Easter 2020, "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", "Ichnabod", "In My Arms Once Again", "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie", "Jesus Christ", "Jingle Bell Rock", "Lethal Injection" 2002 version, "Limon", "Munly Munly", "My Black Scarf", "My Goodness Me", "My Sister's Husband", "Never Too Late", "No Doubt About It", "One" Late Night Denver, "Saturday Satan Sunday Saint", "A Smashing Indictment of Character", "That's Why I'm Unhappy", "This Is How We Do Things in the Country", "Thorny Crown", "Thy Will Be Done", "United Longmont", "Way Out There" Church of Coen 2015
C♯3: "32 Mouths Gone Dry", "All About the Bullfrog in Three Verses", "Angel", "Cold Cold Eyes", "Commandment 10", "Dear Amelia", "Fraulein" Mercury Cafe 1994, "Hold My Head", "I'll Fly Away" Mercury Cafe 1994, "Knightsville", "Lethal Injection" 1998 version, "Mark of Vaccination", "My Goodness Me", "Pine Box", "Providence, New Jerusalem", "Saturday Satan Sunday Saint", "Shady Lane" album version, "Slater Mill", "Song of the Desert", "That Fierce Cow Is Common Sense in a Country Dress", "This Is How We Do Things in the Country" various live performances, "Uncle John's Boat" demo version, "What'll I Do?"
C3: "And God Bless You", "Barrel of My Gun", "C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S", "Commandment 1", "Cranston", "Feliz Navidad", "Goodnight My Friend", "Help Me (Make It Through the Night)", "In San Francisco Bay", "Lonely in Hell", "Peace in the Valley", "Sometimes I Wonder", "Song of the Desert", "Still the One" Facebook stream 3.29.2020, "Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)"
B2: "Boucher", "The Boyne Fish", "Cheyenne", "Christmas Is Just Another Day for Me", "Commandment 1", "Cryin' on My Pillow", "For the Good Times" Live @ Levitt 2018, "I Come to the Garden Alone" Facebook Live Easter 2020, "In San Francisco Bay", "Lethal Injection" Jesus Let Me Down, "Limon", "Peace in the Valley", "The Red Cross Is Giving Out Misinformation", "Slater Mill", "Treasure of Love"
B♭2:"Angel", "Bartender", "C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S", "Dear Amelia" demo version, "Fairy Tales", "Goodnight My Friend", "Katie Dang", "Last Song About Satan", "Mary's Boy Child", "Things I Believe In", "Water Into Wine"
A2: "Boucher", "Commandment 10", "Cranston Sinner", "Fairy Tales", "Hold My Head" Jesus Let Me Down, "I Am a Sinner", "I Saw a Man", "Kristin and Billy" demo version, "Mark of Vaccination", "Mary's Boy Child", "Mom and Dad Waltz", "Providence, New Jerusalem", "That Fierce Cow Is Common Sense in a Country Dress"
G♯2: "Cesaré", "Cranston" Buried Behind the Barn, "Gift of the Blues", "Mom and Dad Waltz", "My Only Friend", "Stripes Medley" Mercury Cafe 1994, "Wild Iris" Facebook stream 3.29.2020 + Live Easter 2020
G2: "Earthquake", "Gift of the Blues", "Help Me Make It Through the Night" demo version, "Jesus Christ", "Mark of Vaccination", "Messages to Anni" Roots in the Jar Music Festival, "O Holy Night" Christmas Special Facebook Live 2021, "Song for Anni", "United Brethren" Facebook stream 3.29.2020, "Viceroy Filter King"
F♯2: "Cranston" Buried Behind the Barn, "My Only Friend", "Song for the Last Cowboy" Facebook stream 3.29.2020, "Unto the Day", "Water Into Wine"
F2: "Cranston Sinner", "Mary's Boy Child" Facebook Live 12.6.20, "Never Said a Mumblin’ Word", "O Holy Night" Christmas Special Facebook Live 2021, "Viceroy Filter King"
E2: "The Boyne Fish" Facebook Live 12.6.20, "Down in the Willow Garden" Facebook Live November 1, 2020, "In My Arms Once Again" Facebook Live Lockdown Anniversary, "Water Into Wine"
E♭2: "Cheyenne", "Shady Lane"
D2: "Cranston Sinner"
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*Blue marks soft falsetto.
*Green marks harsh or distorted notes.
*Italics mark non-sung notes.
*Underlines may mark notes in backing vocals or notes obscured in the song mix.

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{Discography}Slim Cessna's Auto Club
1994: Slim Cessna's Auto Club EP: A2-G♯4-B4
1995: Slim Cessna's Auto Club: B♭2-E♭5-E5
1998: American Country Music Changed Her Life: B♭2-G5
2000: Always Say Please and Thank You: E2-B♭4-E5
2004: The Bloudy Tenent Truth Peace: G2-G♯4-C5
2004: Buried Behind the Barn: E♭2-B♭4
2008: Cipher: A2-C5
2011: Unentitled: D3-C5
2016: The Commandments According to SCAC: A2-G♯4
2024: The Kinnery of Lupercalia: Buell Legion: G♯2-A2-B♭4-C5

The Blackstone Valley Sinners
2002: It's a Sin: D2-B4-F5
2003: The Cold Hard Truth About Christmas: G2-A4-G5

Denver Broncos UK
2015: Songs One Through Eight: B2-F♯4-G4
2018: Songs Nine Through Sixteen:B2-F4-A4

Blood Flower
1986: Blood Flower - (G♯3-A4-E5)
1987: Come, Faithful and True - (D3-G♯4)

Sons of T
1985: The North Dakota Tapes - (E♭3-A4-F5)

Solo
Rare Recordings - (A2-C♯5)
Rare Recordings Volume 2 - (G2-G4)