The one substitute member of The Replacements has died after years out and in of the hospital attributable to a stroke in 2012. In keeping with the Minnesota Star Tribune, guitarist Slim Dunlap was 73 and handed at dwelling after years of being left bedridden with restricted speech.
“Bob handed at dwelling right now at 12:48 p.m. surrounded by household. We performed him his ‘Reside on the Turf Membership (’Thank You Dancers!)’ CD, and he left us shortly after listening to his model of ‘Hillbilly Heaven’ — fairly poignant,” his household wrote. “It was a pure decline over the previous week. Total it was attributable to problems from his stroke.”
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He joined The Replacements in 1987 after they toured in assist of their Happy to Meet Me album, the group’s would-be industrial break and it represented a change from authentic guitarist Bob Stinson after his firing. The tougher sound was changed by a poppier one, with Dunlap becoming in with the musical expertise that allowed a clean transition.
Frontman Paul Westerberg gave him the nickname Slim, each attributable to his skinny body and to separate him from Stinson. He additionally introduced versatility to the group.
“I needed somebody bluesier, who was hip to nation music, ‘trigger that’s the place I envisioned the band going,” Westerberg mentioned in Bob Mehr’s biography in 2015.
His spouse, Chrissie Dunlap, spotlighted how her husband noticed the Replacements place as a method to earn a gradual pay whereas taking part in music professionally.
“He felt the duty to carry dwelling a gradual paycheck, and [joining the Replacements] was a manner for him to lastly try this whereas taking part in music,” Chrissie mentioned in a 2015 interview, including the particular response of their daughter. “She was actually into the Replacements. So for her to have her dad immediately taking part in within the band, it will be like my dad becoming a member of the Rolling Stones.”
Talking about his time within the band in an interview from 2023 with Good Sound Endlessly, the guitarist referred to as it a curler coaster trip.
“Nobody may substitute Bob. I discovered his components however did it my manner… It was each exhilarating and miserable— a curler coaster trip. It fulfilled a number of my desires and opened doorways for me. I’m extremely grateful to Paul and Tommy (Stinson) and Chris (Mars) for giving me an opportunity,” he mentioned.
