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Slim Dunlap, The Replacements Guitarist, Dies Aged 73

The 'replacement Replacement' joined the Minneapolis band in 1987, taking over from founding guitarist Bob Stinson and playing on their last two albums.

Born in 1951, Dunlap began playing guitar at a young age and rose to local attention in the late ’70s while performing with Curtiss A (aka Curt Almsted). Almsted later formed the punk-influenced Spooks, which featured Dunlap on guitar and caught the attention of The Replacements’ Paul Westerberg. A number of artists, including The Replacements, Steve Earle, The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn, Jakob Dylan, Frank Black, and Jeff Tweedy, all contributed to the 2013 Songs for Slim compilation to raise money for his recovery.

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