The Replacements’ Slim Dunlap has died, aged 73

Bob ‘Slim’ Dunlap, guitarist for The Replacements has died on the age of 73.

Per the Minnesota Star Tribune, Dunlap died at his house in Minneapolis on Wednesday. He had suffered a debilitating stroke in 2012 and been in unwell well being ever since. His household confirmed the demise to the MST: “Bob handed at house at this time at 12:48 p.m. surrounded by household. We performed him his ‘Stay on the Turf Membership (’Thank You Dancers!)’ CD, and he left us shortly after listening to his model of ‘Hillbilly Heaven’ — fairly poignant. It was a pure decline over the previous week. General it was resulting from problems from his stroke.”

Slim Dunlap started his music profession within the early Nineteen Seventies, taking part in in a number of bands in Twin Cities, Minnesota, together with Curtis Almsted’s Spooks. Throughout his stint with Spooks, Dunlap caught the eye of The Replacements’ Paul Westerberg. On the time, Westerberg was searching for a guitarist to switch the American punk outfit’s lead Bob Stinton, who had left after failing to correctly take care of his substance abuse issues.

Dunlap joined The Replacements in 1987, shortly after they'd recorded the album ‘Happy To Meet Me’. He would stay with the band till their break up in 1991, showing on their two closing albums; 1989’s ‘Don’t Inform A Soul’ and 1990’s ‘All Shook Down’.

Following The Replacements’ break up, Slim Dunlap launched his debut solo album ‘The Previous New Me’ in 1993 and the follow-up ‘Instances Like This’ in 1996. In 2002, he recorded the reside album ‘Stay on the Turf Membership (Thank You Dancers!)’ on the 350-capacity Turf Membership in St. Paul – the album was launched in 2020.

Dunlap remained lively within the Minnesota music scene till he suffered a extreme stroke in 2012 that left him largely paralysed. After information of the ailment broke, The Replacements’ Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson reunited for an EP to boost funds for Dunlap’s medical payments.

In 2014, The Replacements have been nominated to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor Of Fame however finally by no means acquired the honour.

Dunlap remained largely bedridden for the reason that stroke, and followers last year began buying the musician’s memorabilia from his household in an effort to assist cowl his medical charges.