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"For the first time since 2006, the Replacements have recorded new songs. In late September, singer Paul Westerberg and bassist Tommy Stinson spent a day in a Minneapolis studio and cut four cover songs that will be released later this year as a limited edition 10-inch vinyl EP. All 250 copies will be auctioned online, and the proceeds will benefit Slim Dunlap, the Replacements&amp;apos; guitarist from 1987 to 1991, who had a severe stroke in February.\r\nReplacements drummer Chris Mars &amp;quot;didn&amp;apos;t want any part of this&amp;quot; reunion, Westerberg tells Rolling Stone. &amp;quot;I was not surprised, but I was a little disappointed.&amp;quot; In Mars&amp;apos; place, Peter Anderson drummed, and Kevin Bowe (who was in Westerberg&amp;apos;s solo band the last time he toured, in 2005) played guitar. With characteristic eclecticism, the Replacements recorded Dunlap&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Busted Up,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Everything&amp;apos;s Coming Up Roses&amp;quot; from the Broadway musical Gypsy, Gordon Lightfoot&amp;apos;s 1965 song &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m Not Sayin&amp;apos;&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Lost Highway&amp;quot; by Hank Williams. &amp;quot;Tommy and I strapped on guitars, not a word was said, and bang,&amp;quot; says Westerberg. &amp;quot;We still rock like murder.&amp;quot;\r\nWesterberg has been ambivalent about a Replacements reunion since the band broke up in 1991, but he was persuaded by Dunlap&amp;apos;s enthusiasm. &amp;quot;He&amp;apos;s in rough shape. He&amp;apos;s sort of paralyzed, he can move his leg a little bit. When I mentioned this, it seemed like something he really wanted to happen. &amp;apos;You guys get together,&amp;apos; he said in a whisper. &amp;apos;Go play a song.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\nDoes this one-day reunion augur a new tour or album from the Replacements, one of the best American bands of the Eighties? &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s possible,&amp;quot; Westerberg says. &amp;quot;After playing with Tommy last week, I was thinking, &amp;apos;All right, let&amp;apos;s crank it up and knock out a record like this.&amp;apos; I&amp;apos;m closer to it now than I was two years ago, let&amp;apos;s say that.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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