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Paul Harold Westerberg (born December 31, 1959) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for the Replacements. [2] Following the breakup of the Replacements, Westerberg launched a solo career that saw him release three albums on two major record labels.
Dunlap’s recovery was grist for Replacements members Paul Westerberg, Tommy Stinson and Chris Mars to reunite under their name the first time in more than 20 years to lead the Songs for Slim ...
The band recorded a four-song demo tape in Mars's basement; [23] Westerberg handed it to Peter Jesperson in May 1980. [24] Jesperson was the manager of Oar Folkjokeopus, a punk rock record store in Minneapolis; [25] he also founded Twin/Tone Records with Paul Stark (a local recording engineer) and Charley Hallman.
Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg had written "Can't Hardly Wait" in 1985 in the aftermath of the Let It Be sessions. [2] The band attempted to record the song for the 1985 Tim album, but were dissatisfied with the recording; Westerberg commented, "We had played it so many times that we were tired of it."
Roscoe Shoemaker, manager and DJ at The Bowery asked Paul Westerberg, if he minded if he recorded the show, to which Westerberg replied, "Why? We suck." We suck." [ 2 ] Shoemaker hung two microphones from the front of the deejay booth and recorded the show, which was performed in front of approximately 30 patrons (in a venue with a maximum ...
Freese has worked on and off with the Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg since 1992, including playing drums with the reunited Replacements from 2013 to 2015. [21] Freese also provided the drums on two Replacements tracks that appear on their greatest-hits album Don't You Know Who I Think I Was.
Replacements lead singer Paul Westerberg, right, and guitarist Slim Dunlap, left, at the C.C. Club in Minneapolis in 1987, the year their record Pleased to Meet Me came out.
Stereo is the fourth solo album by Paul Westerberg. At this point in his career, the former Replacements leader was entering a new phase. He said goodbye to professional studios and big-name producers like Brendan O'Brien and Don Was, recording the album in his basement by himself. As detailed in the liner notes, Westerberg made no effort to ...