Bob “Slim” Dunlap, the Replacements’ former guitarist and a solo artist in his personal proper, died on Wednesday, December 18, The Minnesota Star Tribune stories. Dunlap’s household stated, in an announcement, that the musician died of problems from the severe stroke he had in 2012. The household additionally stated he was listening to the Slim Dunlap Band’s Dwell on the Turf Membership (Thank You, Dancers!) on the time of his dying. Dunlap was 73 years previous.
In 1987, proper after the discharge of Pleased to Meet Me, Dunlap joined the Replacements to fill in for Bob Stinson, the band’s authentic guitarist who was kicked out the yr prior for spiraling conduct. In comparison with Stinson’s extra wild fashion, Dunlap performed with a mild, thought of method to the guitar, which not solely added depth to the band’s uptempo numbers, but in addition introduced wistful introspection to their quieter songs. He was versatile, bluesy, and dependent—three traits that will affect the Replacements final two studio albums, 1989’s Don’t Tell a Soul and 1991’s All Shook Down. Wanting again, singer-guitarist Paul Westerberg and bassist Tommy Stinson credited Dunlap for bringing a spark of creativity and power to the band throughout that last run.
Born August 14, 1951, Dunlap grew up in Plainview, Minnesota, and recurrently performed music within the space. Whereas juggling a myriad of jobs to assist his household, together with stints as a taxi driver and a janitor on the legendary Minneapolis venue First Avenue, he performed in a number of bands with native staple Curtiss A and crammed in for quite a few Twin Cities tasks. “I performed in each little band I might play in, each band that will have me,” he later advised the Los Angeles Times. “Slowly however absolutely, I obtained this popularity as a man who might play something. One evening you’d see me play bluegrass in somewhat pizza store, the subsequent evening it will be exhausting rock.”
After the Replacements broke up in 1991, Dunlap toured with the Georgia Satellites’ Dan Baird and, on his personal time, began penning solo materials. He formally made his debut as a singer-songwriter in 1993 with The Outdated New Me, his first solo full-length. He channeled his love of bluesy rock’n’roll into authentic songs that felt timeless and earnest, and returned to the drafting board as soon as extra for his sophomore album, Occasions Like This, in 1996.
