I really dig this song from Tommy's "Cowboys In The Campfire' project. Give it a listen and tell him Otis sent ya! ua-cam.com/video/QJt4nJ3Tmww/v-deo.htmlsi=lit8CqIiAJFpshyV
Saw them open this tour for Petty in Austin at the Frank Erwin Center. From the get go the first few rows were pelting these guys with popcorn, cups, throwing stuff at them. A few songs in Tommy walks to the edge of stage and is pointing at someone mid song, his bass goes flying up and he leaps into the audience arms swinging. After a minute the crowd pushes his crumpled body back up on stage, he rolls over and gets his bass and picks right up with the song. Greatness!
One of my favorite videos thus far Otis, and thank you for all your efforts to document these talented songwriters and musicians. I graduated from high school in the spring of 1985 and enrolled at the University of Alabama that fall. That period was GROUND ZERO for college radio. REM, Camper Van Beethoven (who became Cracker), The B-52's, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, 10,000 Maniacs, and of course, my favorite of the all - The Replacements. I can't tell you how many times I've seen them, but I have a bootleg cassette tape from a show at Sloss Furnace in Birmingham, AL around 1990 that is incredible, every lick that night was tight and crisp. When they were on, they were SO ON. But when they were OFF, man it was painful to watch. The booze was evident, but the talent was immense. Songs like Alex Chilton, Die Within Your Reach, The Skyway, Unsatisfied, All Shook Down, The Ledge, and Bastards of Young are timeless classics that so few people even know. When you are talking about Rock 'n Roll bands, The Replacements are almost like Townes Van Zant. Some mythical ensemble that is beyond time and space. Damn they were good! Thanks for the memories Tommy!
Before a Replacements show in Cleveland in the early days, Tommy snuck out back for a smoke and wandered over to my Impala, we offered him a beer and he then proceeded to make a crack about my Grateful Dead t-shirt….that was such a Tommy move!
More Tommy please!!! I had the extreme pleasure of meeting him in my home town of Windsor Ontario @ the DH on Friday, October 13th, 2023. Rock on Tommy Stinson!
Otis, you have such a broad spectrum of great artists that you interview. I already think you are one of the coolest humans around, but somehow you just keep getting cooler. We opened for the 'Mats a million years ago and they were nucking futs. Please keep it up my friend, these mean a lot to a lot of us. Peace.
I got to sing with Tommy once at a gig. He forgot the words to “First Steps” so I was summoned from the audience …. No nicer or cooler guy on the planet.
Nice interview…very candid, sincere…I only saw them once…at Duffys..they were comically bad…really drunk…we were looking at each other saying these guys stink”…later in the night, “the replacements stink” was on one of the restroom stalls…I quite liked Don’t tell a soul much later…very original good stuff
I saw Petty on his last tour in Sacramento. He had an opening band I'd never heard of called "The Shelters". They were ok but I'd never heard their songs. The lead singer was kind of funny. He said "This is our second time playing in Sacramento........of course last time we were playing at the bar down the street....."
I was at that show as well and remember that! TP and THB put on a hell of a show. One of the best I’ve ever seen. It is crazy he died only a week or two later.
@@jaredjensen4691 Yeah, I think it was the third to last show. After Sacramento he played 2 consecutive nights at the Hollywood Bowl and that was it. If you type Tom Petty Golden 1 into the search there is some video of the show. Hard to believe it was 7 years ago.
Thanks for this one Otis! Always was a big Replacements fan, saw them twice, first time still with Bob Stinson. Don't remember much of both shows, the 80's are a bit of a haze
It was refreshing to see Tommy Stinson play with your standard video opening. Wonderful to hear a complaint from a musician about the music performance business thats cares more about herding people in and out as a cash-cow business than support music for the listener and musician. Small music venues where audience and musicians can look into each other’s presence is my idea of experiencing live music.
More of this interview please!! The only time I saw The Replacements, was when they opened for Tom Petty at Deer Creek. Will always remember Paul's first words as they came out on stage,"Everybody listen, you can hear the corn grow."
I live in the present but I will forever be thinking about, obsessed and in love with the replacements and everything Paul Westerberg. Not too many artists hit me like them. Dylan and Tom Petty are two others. I miss Paul's current musical offering being in my life. Nice to hear from Tommy. Mature and honest. I have enjoyed his recent albums.
The Replacements were the reason why I saw Petty in 1989. Fun fact: Violent Femmes opened also. The only merch I bought was the “I got ripped off $18 for this Replacements T-shirt “ t-shirt. Love the music, appreciate the attitude.
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I think I listened to that first Bash n Pop record about 1,000 times, blaring out of my parents econo van, while shooting hoops in the driveway. Love seeing Tommy showing up here, Otis!
TOMMY!!!!! Man, I love the Replacements. His solo stuff has been great as well. My wife and I saw him play in someone's back yard last year and he was incredible, with Chip on guitar and Chops on stand-up bass. I'd encourage anyone to go see Tommy when he plays near you.
About 1991, Replacements played Metropol Pittsburgh. The next day the entertainment section in the paper read “REPLACEMENTS BLOW DOORS OFF METROPOL”. And truly, they did.
My Mom went to high school with Tom Petty in Gainesville, FL. She had a yearbook with his picture. They were not friends, just passing in the hall. I think she had a class with him, but I am not sure. Class of 1968
I saw The Replacements on that Tom Petty tour in Irvine, CA. I listened to their set and don't remember being blown away -- but still love the band and all those songs.
i saw them then too and enjoyed the hell out of each show. i saw petty many, many times due to the replacements and dylan and always thought i'd see him again but it wasn't to be.
Wow, beautiful. Thank you Otis and Tommy. The closest I've ever come to understanding the (for me) mystery of the Replacements. Makes so much sense. Yes, the songs really stand up and are a benchmark for many. /// I think I saw the band do a little side gig in Long Beach, CA circa late '84. Like... amazing, best bar band in the world... Getting drunk, going back to my ship and amazing no one the next morning, singing 0ut of Time by the Stones and "Besame mucho" which didn't mean what I thought it did [guffaws]
One of my favorite Tommy Stinson songs is First Steps from his Bash & Pop days. I was part of a crew who filmed Bash & Pop playing at Cicero here in St.Louis, Mo. for a New York music channel back in the 1990s. ( sadly I dont have a copy of the video ) At that time Bash & Pop had a female bassist. I cant recall her name but we talked before the show. I recall her telling a story of how her mom came to see one of their shows in Southern California. There was a poster of the Butthole Surfers on the dressing room wall, and her mom thought it was cute a band named themselves The Button Hole Surfers. What's is weird is this female bassist, who I if I recall correctly was a Native American, is not listed anywhere as ever being a Bash & Pop band member. But yet she toured with them as the bassist.
First time I saw the Replacements was when they opened for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers at a show in Dallas at an Amphitheater. Already had some replacements albums and I was on my way to Dallas for the show when we heard on the radio he was going to have another band open the show, and it was the Replacements we were stoked.. great show .
I totally missed this band when they came out. I’d grown up on earlier stuff and was concentrating on career by then, but discovered them years later when I started looking into Big Star and discovered the Alex Chilton connection.
I was at the last show on this ill-fated tour, in Toronto at the Kingswood Music Theatre. I was aware that it was the last night, so when my beloved Replacements came on they were completely trashed. Tommy asked if anyone was holding, then they tore into their "bad set" of half covers and false starts. Not sure they finished a song, but I loved it anyway. It was a very punk move in front on an un-punk Petty crowd (who only booed a little, really). I had no idea about the acrimony on the tour, it just looked like the celebrated the end a bit prematurely. I'm so glad I got to see them in Toronto again 30 years later for their first reunion show, which was the polar opposite, a great gig at Riotfest. They were one of a kind, a brilliant mess of artistry and chaos. Long live The'Mats!
I've heard Tom Petty say the same thing about being an opening act. I forgot who he was talking about opening for, but when they walked off stage he told the Heartbreakers we're never going to be an opening act again (though they did open for Dylan on the long worldwide tour, then played as his band during his set). He tried to get artists he liked and wanted to expose his audience to open for them, but most people don't go to concerts to see the opening act.
Saw them on this tour at an amphitheater in Atlanta and it was exactly the way he described it. Totally empty except for about 20 of us jumping up and down in the grass 100 feet away singing along with them
Oh …I do hope there is more….love hearing Replacements stories as Paul just doesn’t do nostalgia….brand new to us but living it may have been enough for him.
I did a headstand on the stage when they opened for TP at Poplar Creek Music Theater in the Chicago burbs. It was a great show even though our group was probably 10% of the crowd of 100 in the pavilion when they played. HIs memory is accurate.
I saw that tour at the Starwood amphitheater near Nashville..I was looking forward to seeing The Replacements...they played them alot on the local college radio. They came on like they didn't care if they were there or not. And the amphitheater was not empty. They played a half assed set and it seemed like a giant shrug to me. I half way expected it because they were known for hit and miss gigs. They left the stage, no encore and got no request for one. Thanks for explaining it Tommy.
It's okay they did not compromise or "fit in" . The Mats did their own thing-their own way- and that's why we loved them. A lot of your fans did not fit in either. Thank you Tommy / Paul /Chris/ Slim/ Bob/Steve
I was fortunate enough to be part of the original Chicago Punk scene and partied with these guys a few times. It was mostly DIY back in those days and going to house parties and crashing on people's floors was the norm. I never forget one party at DV8 house. We collected money and did 3 beer runs. By the end of the night most everyone was loaded. I tried to talk to Paul a few times and He was so drunk He was spitting cotton. I think about that and listen to this interview. Maybe that's just who they were. They really never thought of themselves as punk rockers and maybe they didn't fit in with that scene. At that time Tommy was so young they had to sneak him into the clubs that sold booze. I remember some of the girls getting him drunk on shots before they even went on stage. We were All social Misfits back then and I think alcohol helped us deal.
Not unlike the Ramones and a handful of others, the thing that made the Replacements great was the same thing that kept them from mass acceptance. I used to think it was criminal that they weren't huge like rem but I think it was for the best. My fucking heroes.
I got lawn tickets for this show in Detroit. I wasn’t a big Tom Petty fan, I went to see the Replacements. They seemed totally disinterested. I had seen them multiple times in clubs and theaters, they were much more entertaining. Maybe it was the distance, but I wasn’t feeling it. I later saw Tommy with Soul Asylum at the same venue. I was in the third row this time. That was great.
I saw that tour, loved both bands, but I can attest to the fact that The Mats didn't translate at all to the outdoor amphitheater crowd. Stuff that works when you're standing 10 feet from the band doesn't work when you're watching them through binoculars from the lawn.
Saw them on that tour in the Detroit area. They had a bit of a following there so it wasn't a bad turnout for them. I can see where that would be a big letdown over and over again. It was the only time I saw Tom or the Replacements, 1988 or '89.
More of this Otis - this is epic I love bob, Neil,Leonard, Townes nick, but Paul westerberg is different- he has a habit of in a song getting you high but dropping you in 5 seconds - I don’t appreciate it- but he’s still doing it
They were a studio band. Made great music and recorded it well, couldn't tour it effectively, but they filled a niche for the listeners. There's been shit-tons of bands like that. The Beatles were like that.
Saw them open for TP&H in Houston. Socially inept and dysfunctional is exactly the way I'd describe them too. Remember one of them taking swigs from a water bottle and spitting it out at people in the audience as they walked ON stage. Real classy.
The first time that I saw Petty, he had the misfortune of having the J Geils Band as the opener. After the Detroit demoltion, Breakdown was hard pressed to hold the same energy. Stayed for the whole show, but felt sorry for Petty's team.
Tommy is only half right here. They were tired from previous touring is all, and the fatigue set in after a month of so. It was a great opportunity for them and they actually delivered on many nights, not totally blown it. I saw Costa Mesa, CA date that July, and it was a fun show.
I saw the “All Shook Down”tour. With Slim, post Bob Stinson. Uncle Tupelo opened. Tommy summed it up. They were out of their natural element. If you loved them, they were great. But in the bigger picture, they were square pegs trying to fit into a round hole. Except they weren’t really trying. They were just being themselves. About 15 years ago I saw Soul Asylum play a casino in Connecticut. Tommy was playing bass with them. It was shortly after Karl Mueller passed. Tommy rambled onto the stage at the last minute and told the crowd he just made it back from the blackjack table in time for the show. Classic Tommy.
I did not get that from Tommy's comments, They were really out of their natural element on the Petty tour opening slot. The theaters were just a bit uncomfortable, nothing like as bad as playing to the smaller crowds at the TP dates.
I really dig this song from Tommy's "Cowboys In The Campfire' project. Give it a listen and tell him Otis sent ya! ua-cam.com/video/QJt4nJ3Tmww/v-deo.htmlsi=lit8CqIiAJFpshyV
@@otisgibbs me too, the whole record is great!
The man is a melody machine.
The Replacements are one of America's greatest Rock N Roll bands. "Let It Be" from '84 is a true Masterpiece. PLAY LOUD
Their cover of the KISS song Black Diamond is better than the original.
Thanks Otis and Tommy !
I will always love the replacements, music, honest rock ‘n’ roll !
Thank you !
Love Tommy and Paul so much! The Replacements are one of my all-time favorite bands.
@@kelseyland Chris is great too - his solo work is super fun
@@gregoryantoniono3673 yes, Chris is SO talented. Love his music and art as well!
How cool is it that he also held down bass for frickin Guns N Roses for over a decade while Duff was out? Legend.
Saw them open this tour for Petty in Austin at the Frank Erwin Center. From the get go the first few rows were pelting these guys with popcorn, cups, throwing stuff at them. A few songs in Tommy walks to the edge of stage and is pointing at someone mid song, his bass goes flying up and he leaps into the audience arms swinging. After a minute the crowd pushes his crumpled body back up on stage, he rolls over and gets his bass and picks right up with the song. Greatness!
I bet these boomers are the same people that call themselves “open-minded” today on Facebook
Wow- this man is a legend - thanks Otis The Replacements are gold ❤
One of my favorite videos thus far Otis, and thank you for all your efforts to document these talented songwriters and musicians. I graduated from high school in the spring of 1985 and enrolled at the University of Alabama that fall. That period was GROUND ZERO for college radio. REM, Camper Van Beethoven (who became Cracker), The B-52's, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, 10,000 Maniacs, and of course, my favorite of the all - The Replacements. I can't tell you how many times I've seen them, but I have a bootleg cassette tape from a show at Sloss Furnace in Birmingham, AL around 1990 that is incredible, every lick that night was tight and crisp. When they were on, they were SO ON. But when they were OFF, man it was painful to watch. The booze was evident, but the talent was immense. Songs like Alex Chilton, Die Within Your Reach, The Skyway, Unsatisfied, All Shook Down, The Ledge, and Bastards of Young are timeless classics that so few people even know. When you are talking about Rock 'n Roll bands, The Replacements are almost like Townes Van Zant. Some mythical ensemble that is beyond time and space. Damn they were good! Thanks for the memories Tommy!
Before a Replacements show in Cleveland in the early days, Tommy snuck out back for a smoke and wandered over to my Impala, we offered him a beer and he then proceeded to make a crack about my Grateful Dead t-shirt….that was such a Tommy move!
Saw them open for Tom on that tour in Holmdel, NJ at the Garden State arts center. I was on the lawn, loved em!!!
More Tommy please!!!
I had the extreme pleasure of meeting him in my home town of Windsor Ontario @ the DH on Friday, October 13th, 2023.
Rock on Tommy Stinson!
My dad drank there in the late 60s/early 70s, and my boy Dave Russell has played the DH for years! Nice buddy
Tommy!!! This is awesome Otis and Tommy I knew this had to happen. I’m glad to see the 2 of you in the same place.
The Replacements were more punk rock than most bands playing punk rock music.
Excellent, more please!
Is Paul next?
oh my God would that be cool!
Love the Replacements sooo much, the soundtrack to my teenage years.
Otis, you’re a legend! Thanks for interviewing, Tommy. Rock royalty from my hometown of Minneapolis. ❤🤘🎸
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Otis, you have such a broad spectrum of great artists that you interview. I already think you are one of the coolest humans around, but somehow you just keep getting cooler. We opened for the 'Mats a million years ago and they were nucking futs. Please keep it up my friend, these mean a lot to a lot of us. Peace.
I got to sing with Tommy once at a gig. He forgot the words to “First Steps” so I was summoned from the audience …. No nicer or cooler guy on the planet.
Nice interview Otis. Getting Tommy to be so open and transparent is no small feat. One for the archives. Great stuff.
Nice interview…very candid, sincere…I only saw them once…at Duffys..they were comically bad…really drunk…we were looking at each other saying these guys stink”…later in the night, “the replacements stink” was on one of the restroom stalls…I quite liked Don’t tell a soul much later…very original good stuff
I saw Petty on his last tour in Sacramento. He had an opening band I'd never heard of called "The Shelters". They were ok but I'd never heard their songs. The lead singer was kind of funny. He said "This is our second time playing in Sacramento........of course last time we were playing at the bar down the street....."
I was at that show as well and remember that! TP and THB put on a hell of a show. One of the best I’ve ever seen. It is crazy he died only a week or two later.
@@jaredjensen4691 Yeah, I think it was the third to last show. After Sacramento he played 2 consecutive nights at the Hollywood Bowl and that was it. If you type Tom Petty Golden 1 into the search there is some video of the show. Hard to believe it was 7 years ago.
Yea Tom’s step sons band
This brings back some great Minneapolis memories. So cool the two of you got together.
Thanks for this one Otis! Always was a big Replacements fan, saw them twice, first time still with Bob Stinson. Don't remember much of both shows, the 80's are a bit of a haze
It was refreshing to see Tommy Stinson play with your standard video opening. Wonderful to hear a complaint from a musician about the music performance business thats cares more about herding people in and out as a cash-cow business than support music for the listener and musician. Small music venues where audience and musicians can look into each other’s presence is my idea of experiencing live music.
The "money" people have a way of getting into something and ruining it.
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Incredible. Thank you both.
More of this interview please!! The only time I saw The Replacements, was when they opened for Tom Petty at Deer Creek. Will always remember Paul's first words as they came out on stage,"Everybody listen, you can hear the corn grow."
Thank you Tommy & Otis
The Mats have meant, and will mean, a lot to a lot of people at different times and places.
I live in the present but I will forever be thinking about, obsessed and in love with the replacements and everything Paul Westerberg. Not too many artists hit me like them. Dylan and Tom Petty are two others. I miss Paul's current musical offering being in my life. Nice to hear from Tommy. Mature and honest. I have enjoyed his recent albums.
The Replacements were the reason why I saw Petty in 1989. Fun fact: Violent Femmes opened also.
The only merch I bought was the “I got ripped off $18 for this Replacements T-shirt “ t-shirt.
Love the music, appreciate the attitude.
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I think I listened to that first Bash n Pop record about 1,000 times, blaring out of my parents econo van, while shooting hoops in the driveway. Love seeing Tommy showing up here, Otis!
‘Who’s the person who came up with that idea?’
Jack Daniels
TOMMY!!!!! Man, I love the Replacements. His solo stuff has been great as well. My wife and I saw him play in someone's back yard last year and he was incredible, with Chip on guitar and Chops on stand-up bass. I'd encourage anyone to go see Tommy when he plays near you.
About 1991, Replacements played Metropol Pittsburgh. The next day the entertainment section in the paper read “REPLACEMENTS BLOW DOORS OFF METROPOL”. And truly, they did.
I saw Tommy and his band last year. Really fun. Fine band, some damn good songs. Hope he comes around again.
My Mom went to high school with Tom Petty in Gainesville, FL. She had a yearbook with his picture. They were not friends, just passing in the hall. I think she had a class with him, but I am not sure. Class of 1968
Love you brother Otis ❤
I saw The Replacements on that Tom Petty tour in Irvine, CA. I listened to their set and don't remember being blown away -- but still love the band and all those songs.
i saw them then too and enjoyed the hell out of each show. i saw petty many, many times due to the replacements and dylan and always thought i'd see him again but it wasn't to be.
Saw them on the "Tim" tour when Bob was still around.
The TP tour rocked and no way you played to no one, place was packed while Replacements was on the stage here in Tampa. Epic night.
Love the ‘Mats!! Thank you, Otis!
Tommy Stinson played bass for Soul Asylum for about 6-7 years. That's the coolest thing he's ever done in my book.
Then you need to delve a lil deeper!
Wow, beautiful. Thank you Otis and Tommy. The closest I've ever come to understanding the (for me) mystery of the Replacements. Makes so much sense. Yes, the songs really stand up and are a benchmark for many. /// I think I saw the band do a little side gig in Long Beach, CA circa late '84. Like... amazing, best bar band in the world... Getting drunk, going back to my ship and amazing no one the next morning, singing 0ut of Time by the Stones and "Besame mucho" which didn't mean what I thought it did [guffaws]
The Replacements were my favorite band for about 9 months once. One of the best 5 American bands ever
Mine for about 9 years, and still are.
One of my favorite Tommy Stinson songs is First Steps from his Bash & Pop days. I was part of a crew who filmed Bash & Pop playing at Cicero here in St.Louis, Mo. for a New York music channel back in the 1990s. ( sadly I dont have a copy of the video ) At that time Bash & Pop had a female bassist. I cant recall her name but we talked before the show. I recall her telling a story of how her mom came to see one of their shows in Southern California. There was a poster of the Butthole Surfers on the dressing room wall, and her mom thought it was cute a band named themselves The Button Hole Surfers. What's is weird is this female bassist, who I if I recall correctly was a Native American, is not listed anywhere as ever being a Bash & Pop band member. But yet she toured with them as the bassist.
I was at that Cicero’s Bash and Pop show in the basement. Wish you had a copy!
@@mmmeeemmmeeefulI do too.
I just wanted to say Chris Mars is a great artist and helps animals with his Mutt Mutt Engine organization (for those that don't know)
First time I saw the Replacements was when they opened for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers at a show in Dallas at an Amphitheater. Already had some replacements albums and I was on my way to Dallas for the show when we heard on the radio he was going to have another band open the show, and it was the Replacements we were stoked.. great show .
I totally missed this band when they came out. I’d grown up on earlier stuff and was concentrating on career by then, but discovered them years later when I started looking into Big Star and discovered the Alex Chilton connection.
This is an amazing interview.
The Replacements were a great bar band.
When I saw them in a 500 seat club they were drunk, sloppy and FANTASTIC!
I was at the last show on this ill-fated tour, in Toronto at the Kingswood Music Theatre. I was aware that it was the last night, so when my beloved Replacements came on they were completely trashed. Tommy asked if anyone was holding, then they tore into their "bad set" of half covers and false starts. Not sure they finished a song, but I loved it anyway. It was a very punk move in front on an un-punk Petty crowd (who only booed a little, really). I had no idea about the acrimony on the tour, it just looked like the celebrated the end a bit prematurely. I'm so glad I got to see them in Toronto again 30 years later for their first reunion show, which was the polar opposite, a great gig at Riotfest.
They were one of a kind, a brilliant mess of artistry and chaos. Long live The'Mats!
The Mats book Trouble Boys is one of the saddest things I've ever read
“Nothing difficult is ever easy” - Bullwinkle
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"watch me pull a rabbit out of this hat" 😬
Excellent subject matter
Perfectly timed insightful question around the 5:20 mark.
I saw Tommy open for the Psychedelic Furs in Brooklyn!
I've heard Tom Petty say the same thing about being an opening act. I forgot who he was talking about opening for, but when they walked off stage he told the Heartbreakers we're never going to be an opening act again (though they did open for Dylan on the long worldwide tour, then played as his band during his set). He tried to get artists he liked and wanted to expose his audience to open for them, but most people don't go to concerts to see the opening act.
Very cool interview!! I did get to see The Replacements open for Tom at Deer Creek amphitheater, I remember it being a great show!! 🤔🐿️😎🐿️
Amy and her brother were at that show, too! ❤
I would have loved to see the Replacements,seeing the 2 would have been incredible.
Saw them on this tour at an amphitheater in Atlanta and it was exactly the way he described it. Totally empty except for about 20 of us jumping up and down in the grass 100 feet away singing along with them
Where’s the rest of the interview though. We need it!
Oh …I do hope there is more….love hearing Replacements stories as Paul just doesn’t do nostalgia….brand new to us but living it may have been enough for him.
Amazing
I loved Tim as a kid. People say it was mixed bad. Best record ever
I did a headstand on the stage when they opened for TP at Poplar Creek Music Theater in the Chicago burbs. It was a great show even though our group was probably 10% of the crowd of 100 in the pavilion when they played. HIs memory is accurate.
I saw that tour at the Starwood amphitheater near Nashville..I was looking forward to seeing The Replacements...they played them alot on the local college radio.
They came on like they didn't care if they were there or not. And the amphitheater was not empty.
They played a half assed set and it seemed like a giant shrug to me. I half way expected it because they were known for hit and miss gigs.
They left the stage, no encore and got no request for one.
Thanks for explaining it Tommy.
Same experience in Atlanta.
It's okay they did not compromise or "fit in" . The Mats did their own thing-their own way- and that's why we loved them. A lot of your fans did not fit in either.
Thank you Tommy / Paul /Chris/ Slim/ Bob/Steve
I was fortunate enough to be part of the original Chicago Punk scene and partied with these guys a few times. It was mostly DIY back in those days and going to house parties and crashing on people's floors was the norm. I never forget one party at DV8 house. We collected money and did 3 beer runs. By the end of the night most everyone was loaded. I tried to talk to Paul a few times and He was so drunk He was spitting cotton. I think about that and listen to this interview. Maybe that's just who they were. They really never thought of themselves as punk rockers and maybe they didn't fit in with that scene. At that time Tommy was so young they had to sneak him into the clubs that sold booze. I remember some of the girls getting him drunk on shots before they even went on stage. We were All social Misfits back then and I think alcohol helped us deal.
Full Moon Fever is my top 10 favorite albums
Not unlike the Ramones and a handful of others, the thing that made the Replacements great was the same thing that kept them from mass acceptance. I used to think it was criminal that they weren't huge like rem but I think it was for the best. My fucking heroes.
This story never gets old whether it's inprint or out of Tommy or Paul's mouth😂
write a fucking book Tommy!!!
The remixes of Don't Tell a Soul and Tim sound spectacular. Check them out.
Please tell me there is more of this interview!!??
I got lawn tickets for this show in Detroit. I wasn’t a big Tom Petty fan, I went to see the Replacements. They seemed totally disinterested. I had seen them multiple times in clubs and theaters, they were much more entertaining. Maybe it was the distance, but I wasn’t feeling it.
I later saw Tommy with Soul Asylum at the same venue. I was in the third row this time. That was great.
I saw that tour, loved both bands, but I can attest to the fact that The Mats didn't translate at all to the outdoor amphitheater crowd. Stuff that works when you're standing 10 feet from the band doesn't work when you're watching them through binoculars from the lawn.
I saw that tour, but didnt see them. I had no idea who they were at the time.
Saw them on that tour in the Detroit area. They had a bit of a following there so it wasn't a bad turnout for them. I can see where that would be a big letdown over and over again. It was the only time I saw Tom or the Replacements, 1988 or '89.
Big Mats fan but Bash & Pop was 🔥🔥🔥
I always thought the Tom Petty song "Dogs on the Run" from Southern Accents sounded a little bit like a Replacements type song
His line ‘a rebel without a clue’ from Into the Great Wide Open sure sounds like the Replacements
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More of this Otis - this is epic I love bob, Neil,Leonard, Townes nick, but Paul westerberg is different- he has a habit of in a song getting you high but dropping you in 5 seconds - I don’t appreciate it- but he’s still doing it
They were a studio band. Made great music and recorded it well, couldn't tour it effectively, but they filled a niche for the listeners. There's been shit-tons of bands like that. The Beatles were like that.
Saw Petty and the Replacements at Canada's Wonderland just outside of Toronto. Yes, it was a lousy idea.
Saw them open for TP&H in Houston. Socially inept and dysfunctional is exactly the way I'd describe them too. Remember one of them taking swigs from a water bottle and spitting it out at people in the audience as they walked ON stage. Real classy.
gotta keep it interesting haha.
hard to know what to say cuz i doubt there was literally "noone" there for their sets
The first time that I saw Petty, he had the misfortune of having the J Geils Band as the opener. After the Detroit demoltion, Breakdown was hard pressed to hold the same energy. Stayed for the whole show, but felt sorry for Petty's team.
Is this part of a longer interview?
Awesome... how do I see the whole interview?
Thank you! It will be published in the next week or two, so stay tuned. ❤
@@otisgibbs That would be appreciated ☮
@@otisgibbs can't wait. Now if only you could coax Paul out of this basement for an interview.
Saw them in Sacramento Cal Expo which is about 15K capacity...it was fun!
Sounds like they blew a great opportunity.
of course they did - that was their M.O. I love them so much!
Tommy is only half right here. They were tired from previous touring is all, and the fatigue set in after a month of so. It was a great opportunity for them and they actually delivered on many nights, not totally blown it. I saw Costa Mesa, CA date that July, and it was a fun show.
Alvin Lee and Steve Marriott both stepped away from the big time for the same reason. They preferred the more intimate setting of smaller venues.
I saw the “All Shook Down”tour. With Slim, post Bob Stinson. Uncle Tupelo opened. Tommy summed it up. They were out of their natural element. If you loved them, they were great. But in the bigger picture, they were square pegs trying to fit into a round hole. Except they weren’t really trying. They were just being themselves.
About 15 years ago I saw Soul Asylum play a casino in Connecticut. Tommy was playing bass with them. It was shortly after Karl Mueller passed. Tommy rambled onto the stage at the last minute and told the crowd he just made it back from the blackjack table in time for the show. Classic Tommy.
I did not get that from Tommy's comments, They were really out of their natural element on the Petty tour opening slot. The theaters were just a bit uncomfortable, nothing like as bad as playing to the smaller crowds at the TP dates.
Saw the show at Blossom. Yeah, lots of empty seats and the sun was still out. They sounded like hot garbage.
I saw that tour. Replacements were disappointing to say the least