# Greaseman's Black Slacks: Who? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 25, 2004, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greasemans-black-slacks-who/241860 "2004-04-25T00:28:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greasemans-black-slacks-who/241860/1 "2004-04-25T00:28:19Z")
The Greaseman was a DJ in Washington in the 80s and 90s. He had a bit where he’d play a slow, psychedelic version of the song Black Slacks (originally by Joe Bennet and the Sparkletones, methinks). I haven’t been able to track down who it was. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greasemans-black-slacks-who/241860/2 "2004-04-25T01:14:31Z")
I think Robert Gordon did a song of the same title, but I cannot say if it was a cover or what, let alone if it’s what you are looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greasemans-black-slacks-who/241860/3 "2004-04-25T03:06:32Z")
Naw, it’s not Robert Gordon. I already checked him out. Thanks, though. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greasemans-black-slacks-who/241860/4 "2004-04-25T14:57:28Z")
> [@Hugh Jass](#): > > The Greaseman was a DJ in Washington in the 80s and 90s. He had a bit where he’d play a slow, psychedelic version of the song Black Slacks (originally by Joe Bennet and the Sparkletones, methinks). I haven’t been able to track down who it was. Any ideas? Ask him yourself: [http://www.greaseman.org](http://www.greaseman.org) He still has a show in DC, somewhere low on the AM dial, which is also broadcast in places like Fredericksburg and Altoona. Interestingly, one of the stations carrying his show is in West Virginia. Wonder if he still pokes fun at them? ---
**Author:** ![jwred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@jwred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jwred)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greasemans-black-slacks-who/241860/5 "2014-09-24T20:37:25Z")
Having a hard time finding that song too! Found the bit though:[http://www.greaseman.org/sounds/carlos/blackslacks01.mp3](http://www.greaseman.org/sounds/carlos/blackslacks01.mp3) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greasemans-black-slacks-who/241860/6 "2014-09-25T05:06:28Z")
> [@jwred](#): > > Having a hard time finding that song too! Found the bit though:[http://www.greaseman.org/sounds/carlos/blackslacks01.mp3](http://www.greaseman.org/sounds/carlos/blackslacks01.mp3) Most of that is actually Grease himself singing. He takes a break from overdubbing the vocal at 4:41, at which point [Robert Gordon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGeQ7XchLyA&t=28s) can be heard. Sorry, no idea who does [the slower version](http://www.greaseman.org/sounds/irvins/08-17%20-%20Black%20Slacks.mp3) heard at 1:30 during the “benediction” bit. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greasemans-black-slacks-who/241860/7 "2014-09-25T05:10:19Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > Ask him yourself: [http://www.greaseman.org](http://www.greaseman.org) [He’s on Facebook, too.](https://www.facebook.com/greaseman) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greasemans-black-slacks-who/241860/8 "2014-09-25T11:53:30Z")
> [@Hugh\_Jass](#): > > The Greaseman was a DJ in Washington in the 80s and 90s. He had a bit where he’d play a slow, psychedelic version of the song Black Slacks (originally by Joe Bennet and the Sparkletones, methinks). I haven’t been able to track down who it was. Any ideas? He was here (Jacksonville) before that-an icon of my childhood, in a way… ---
**Author:** ![ttsimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@ttsimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ttsimmons)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greasemans-black-slacks-who/241860/9 "2025-09-06T20:56:13Z")
Attention 20+ year-old thread: I asked my 80s musicologist friend Mike… He traced “Slow Black Slacks” to the Accelerators out of the Carolinas in the early 80s. He sent me a clean mp3.. which I can’t upload yet, being a new user.