By Laura Snapes, The Guardian | The well-loved ‘replacement Replacement’ joined the band after being a janitor at a local music venue where they played early shows Bob “Slim” Dunlap, who replaced Bob Stinson on guitar in cult Minneapolis band the Replacements, has died at 73.
In 2012, Dunlap suffered a stroke. In a statement after his death, his family said he died from complications that arose thereafter.
“Bob passed at home today at 12:48pm surrounded by family,” they said in a statement published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune on Wednesday. “We played him his Live at the Turf Club (Thank You Dancers!) CD, and he left us shortly after listening to his version of Hillbilly Heaven – quite poignant. It was a natural decline over the past week.”
Stinson was kicked out of the band in 1987 owing to issues with drugs and alcohol. When Dunlap joined, frontman Paul Westerberg asked for him to go by Slim, rather than Bob, to avoid any confusion.
The so-called “replacement Replacement”, Dunlap played on the band’s final two studio albums, Don’t Tell a Soul from 1989, and All Shook Down from 1991. He first toured with them in support of Pleased to Meet Me from 1987, the last album to feature Stinson.
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Dunlap’s stroke in 2012 left him paralyzed, only able to move his head, and brought an end to his music career. When the Replacements toured in 2014, Westerberg said Dunlap had given his blessing for them to continue.
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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/dec/19/bob-slim-dunlap-guitarist-in-the-replacements-dies-at-73
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OTHER NOTABLE MUSICIANS’ DEATHS
In Memoriam 2024: The Musicians We Lost
By Lars Gotrich, Louisville Public Media | It takes a village to make the music we love. There are the voices and instruments out front, of course, and a band clicking everything into place. But there are also the songwriters who pen memorable melodies and words, producers and sound engineers to make everything sound just right, and journalists, photographers and illustrators to tell their stories. The music that has soundtracked your greatest triumphs and soothed your deepest wounds come from a thousand different places and people — that’s worth remembering.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/in-memoriam-2024-the-musicians-we-lost/ar-AA1wrrW6?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=9901d2c70d944b7288399efd1f79de29&ei=115
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If you want to know more about any of the musicians we lost, please check them out at http://www.wikipedia.com
DECEMBER 2024
25: Dulce, 69, Mexican singer and actress, lung cancer.
24: Alfredo Fiorito, 71, Argentine disc jockey; Richard Perry, 82, American record producer (“You’re So Vain”, “Photograph”, “Slow Hand”); Alfredo Prior, 72, Argentine painter, writer and musician; Priya Suriyasena, 80, Sri Lankan singer.
23: Gerardo Guevara, 94, Ecuadorian composer.
22: Alan Senauke, 77, American Sōtō Zen priest, folk musician, and poet, complications from a heart attack.
21: Casey Chaos, 59, American punk and metal singer (Amen, Christian Death, Scum); Mestre Laurentino, 98, Brazilian musician; Valentin Petricenco, Romanian drummer.
20: Sugar Pie DeSanto, 89, American singer; Helena Zeťová, 44, Czech singer.
19: Stanley Booth, 82, American music journalist; Gaboro, 23, Swedish rapper, shot; Darshanam Mogilaiah, 73, Indian tribal musician, kidney disease.
18: Slim Dunlap, 73, American guitarist (The Replacements); Sigrid Kehl, 92, German operatic soprano (Leipzig Opera); Steve Lewinson, 60, British bass guitarist (Simply Red); Heikki Silvennoinen, 70, Finnish musician (Tabula Rasa), comedian (Kummeli), and actor (Kummeli: Kultakuume).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2024
Photo: Slim Dunlap | From Jonny Polonsky’s post on Facebook | Slim Dunlap Fan Club
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