The Replacements may not have risen to such heights as Wilco, R.E.M., Nirvana or any of the numerous alt-rock bands they influenced, but their music remains a critical favorite in the 1980s' canon. Bob Mehr, music writer at the Commercial Appeal recently penned the band's authoritative biography. Trouble Boys: The True Story of The Replacements lays out in gritty detail the band's most legendary episodes, including getting banned from Saturday Night Live and making a career-highlight album at Memphis' Ardent Studios with producer Jim Dickinson.
Author Bob Mehr will be interviewed by fellow music journalist Robert Gordon 6:30 p.m. March 1, 2016 at the Booksellers at Laurelwood. He'll talk about the band and sign copies of his book.
