Meet Bob Mehr who wrote TROUBLE BOYS: The True Story of the Replacements LIVE

Skid Row Chatter host Tom Pitts welcomes journalist and author Bob Mehr, who wrote the definitive book about the 80s sensations TROUBLE BOYS: The True Story of The Replacements.  Hailed by reviewers everywhere, Trouble Boys is the first definitive, no-holds-barred biography of one of the last great bands of the twentieth century: The Replacements. With full participation from reclusive singer and chief songwriter Paul Westerberg, bassist Tommy Stinson, guitarist Slim Dunlap, and the family of late band co-founder Bob Stinson, author Bob Mehr is able to tell the real story of this highly influential group, capturing their chaotic, tragic journey from the basements of Minneapolis to rock legend. Drawing on years of research and access to the band's archives at Twin/Tone Records and Warner Bros. Mehr also discovers previously unrevealed details from those in the group's inner circle, including family, managers, musical friends and collaborators.  

Rolling Stone, 3/10/16
“[Trouble Boys] dives deep…Mehr vividly charts [the band's] bumpy arc…The 'Mats story has been told many times, but Mehr got unprecedented access and his reporting gives their hard-luck tales chilling depth…This detailed backstory makes [the songs] burn anew.”

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Host Tom Pitts is the award-winning noir crime fiction writer of Hustle, Knuckleball and PiggyBack. Find him at http://www.tompittsauthor.com/