Paul Westerberg Performing Tonight in Minneapolis
Former Replacements vocalist and guitarist (and solo artist in his own right) Paul Westerberg will be on stage again tonight, but in a different way than you might have thought. Westerberg will be part of Fakebook, a performance series put on by Minnesota Public Radio. Tonight's show is based on the memoir published last month by Westerberg's wife, Laurie Lindeen, who is also a singer and guitarist. Lindeen's band, Zuzu's Petals, recorded two albums on the Twin/Tone Label, and will be reuniting for this event. Incidentally, Paul Westerberg's sister, Mary Lucia, an MPR broadcaster, hosts this and (from the looks of it) all Fakebook events.
Whether or not Westerberg will be playing guitar tonight in question. In late 2006, he is said to have sustained a severe hand injury, being told by doctors that it may be a year before he is able to play again. His most recent work was the soundtrack
Info on Westerberg is somewhat difficult to come by, having no official website or MySpace page, although a very good fan site exists. Lindeen, who has a background in creative writing, blogs here, and her official website is here.
4 comments:
I am enjoying reading your updates about the bands I loved (and love) from the 80's. Great job on the links, too!
thanks for the blog. interesting reading. saw replacements at coffman union at univ of mn in october 1984. they were drunk and one band member grab a girl's high heel shoe and peed in it and threw it into the crowd. not a very good show.
does anyone remember a countdown show called wavebreaker hosted by mark ____ that used to broadcast on college radio stations across the US in the early 80s. I wish there was info out there about this show. i used to love it.
Hey Karen --
Thanks for the comment. Too bad your 'Mats concert experience was, uh, less than perfect. I saw them in '88 or '89 and it was a blast (no pee involved). I even managed to meet some of them afterward (alas, not Paul).
I tried to find some info on Wavebreaker and had no luck, other than finding out that one of the creators of the show spoke at a radio conference at some point. Sounds like it was a cool show. I'll keep my eyes open.
Thanks again!
Mel
The show was hosted by a guy named Mark Williams and I used to listen to it on WNYU from 1982-83. The first time I heard REM was on Wavebreaker when Carnival of Sorts hit #1 in Dec. 82.
Ef (efepst@hotmail.com)
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