Guitars, Drums, Tones, and Saxophones

We'll Inherit the Earth: A Tribute to the Replacements

Here we go, yet another tribute album. As per usual, the regular disclaimer about tribute records applies: the odds are, over the course of this disc, you will be filled with an uncontrollable urge to break out the original artist’s albums. In this case, you will most likely reach for your worn copy of Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash.

That’s not to say this is a bad effort, by any means. The album, like any good tribute album, emphasizes and throws into sharp focus the strength of the original material; despite being delivered in different (in some cases, radically so) styles, some with more success than others, the songs are still great.

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So said the Replacements to their producer when they switched instruments and recorded the raucous album opener, “Hootenanny,” when he asked if they wanted to try it again, a bit cleaner.

And so it goes for this blog; one take, no regrets, no looking back. Of course, the Replacements got more polished as their career went on, and hell, it could happen here. For now, though, this is going to be some rough, perhaps sloppy, and certainly not “professional” talk about music. I’m just a fan, like any of you, and I want to talk about the music that means a lot to me.

So welcome aboard!