Torn and Frayed

I got turned on to this great article by a friend about the making of the Replacements 'Pleased to Meet Me' album that they recored in Memphis in 1987. Great cover including ripped off Elvis lettering, tattered rock guy hand shaking business guy hand, but that yellow color- ugh!

Most of it is recollections with producer Jim Dickenson (Tommy: ‘Look Paul, he’s got a flannel shirt. He’s just like us.’ Paul: ‘I don’t care what his shirt is. He’s not like us.’) and it has some great antidotes and stories about the birth of some of the song's on what is probably one of the best rock and roll records from the late 1980s! I know, I know... it's a 'Slim' record... and it's no Let it Be, but it's a damn good record.

The articles was written by Ted Drozdowski and it appears on the Gibson guitar website.

A great quote from Jim talking about Westerberg getting all emotional at the end of The Ledge:

Hell, Quincy Jones sits there and listens to Michael Jackson sob; what’s the difference?

>> Read the article online here.