I think I’ve posted the above pic of J.D. Slater before, from the November 1981 Honcho. Can’t recall exactly how the rabbit hole began, but something to do with trying to cull duplicated large video files from my hard drive, and I came across Al Parker’s A Night Alone with Al Parker (1988) – which I did not have a duplicate of, so you’d think I’d move on. But no, clickeed, started watching and saw J.D.! Oh (I’m thinking) this looks early 80’s, so I turn to GEVI to see if there’s any info, like whether it appeared in an earlier video. Nope! But I did see Gevi mixed up J.D. and Daniel Holt, since they have Holt and Parker in a pairing, and JD and Al with Zeke James – who you may remember I had thought was in Rangers (which if you click through to the link, you’ll see Holt trying to chop wood, then oddly they are in a cabin with Chris Allen) – but I digress – which I did by looking up all these things trying to figure out when JD and Al did it on film! Al started making films in 1981 (or was it just the year his first film, Flashback , was released?), and didn’t release another until 1984 when he released several – One In A Billion, Rangers, Head Trips – then…. look at Slater’s output – first film (s) in 1981… HANDsome, New York Men, and no more til 1984! HANDsome! Wasn’t JD wearing that same red hanky around his neck as he is in his scene with Roy Garrett as he is with Al Parker in A Night Alone?
Wait, but the cabin in the woods from A Night Alone – that’s not HANDsome – I think it’s Steve Scott’s Wanted – which also came out in 1981! Oh wait – Steve is credited on A Night Alone as co-director – could this clip be an “outtake” – or just something that didn’t fit into the Wanted narrative??!
and then I discovered this ad – see above from TMX video distributor, with BOTH films! WTF! Which made me search for JD pics, and I got the one at the top of this post, and saw some additional pics of him with an unidentified guy, below, from photographer PHIL FLASCHE, so I looked for more work from him in case there’s another clue – and the are several books for sale on eBay – way out of my price range, and the preview pics don’t even show early 80’s stuff…
and that’s why I have so many post ideas in my drafts folder, and why the blog is called bj’s gay porno-crazed ramblings
3 replies on “early Slater”
I always assumed the (very good) scene with Mr. Parker was left over from Wanted. Steve Scott said that when he and Parker were filming together, they always got carried away and shot far more scenes and footage than they could use. He said that they did a fisting scene for Turned On but, as it was a theatrical release, it was only included in a few private copies they sent to friends. Maybe it will show up one day.
It’s an unused scene shot during production of RANGERS (1984), not WANTED (which was released December 1980, not 1981). Slater was also based in NYC when he started, so wouldn’t have been in the west coast-shot WANTED. He wouldn’t trek out to California for a few years.
I had no idea about the fisting scene from TURNED ON! and now hope it turns up as well!
I just can’t get enough of JD Slater! I have so little of him in my folder. New York Men was my first intro to Slater, very early into my discovery of gay porn. So very iconic to me. He had a quiet presence that was very intense and intimate.
Fascinating BTS theories also.
I need to get my hands on that Honcho photo spread from the bottom. Very hot!! And I wanna’ know who the other guy is. Prob just a print model, but very hunky. And very lucky to pose with JD Slater.
Thanks BJ!