5/13/2023 0 Comments Bob mehr replacementsinterview with Julie Panebianco, where he shares his thoughts on the writing and recording of Pleased to Meet Me.įrom alcohol-fueled and trick-filled sessions in Memphis to the controversy of using horns and strings to the existential conflict of being an underground rock band in a major label world, the episode offers a unique look at this pivotal moment in the Replacements’ history. Guitarist Bob Stinson was famously dismissed by the Replacements and died in 1995 at the age of 35. Additionally, we’ll hear from Paul Westerberg himself, in a 1987 Warner Bros. Luther Dickinson, son of the late producer, Jim Dickinson, reflects on his father’s contribution to the album, as well as his own experience of joining the band in the studio as a teenager. In celebration of the Pleased to Meet Me Deluxe Edition, we look back at the unique circumstances around how the record was created.īob Mehr, author of Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements, offers a detailed perspective of this uncertain period when the Replacements entered Ardent Studios after splitting with guitarist Bob Stinson. The Replacements were a dynamic band, tweaking and modifying songs from one take to the next. THE MAKING OF PLEASED TO MEET ME by the replacements - FEATURING bob mehr and Luther Dickinson Trouble Boys: The True Story of The Replacements, by Bob Mehr (Da Capo Press, 2016).
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