# The Replacements perfoming on The Tonight Show tonight! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 10, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041 "2014-09-10T00:53:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041/1 "2014-09-10T00:53:15Z")
I know there are a few 'Mats fans on here so I thought I would give a head’s up in case you missed i The irony is Fallon’s show is taped in Studio 8H, the old home of SNL. As any good 'Mats fan knows this was the site of their ill fated performance some years back that resulted in them being banned from the show by Lorne Michaels. Also, Keith Richards is also on tonight’s show. It would be amazing if he sat in on a song. No idea if that happens but [this picture](https://www.facebook.com/TheReplacements/photos/a.434340570009594.1073741829.391665010943817/597120837064899/?type=1&theater) posted to their Facebook page a short time ago. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041/2 "2014-09-10T01:09:08Z")
Who’s going to be the second guitar? Slim Dunlap? ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041/3 "2014-09-10T01:23:18Z")
Sweet. Will Tommy Stinson be riding the bus to the studio? ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041/4 "2014-09-10T01:46:29Z")
Thanks for the reminder! Last night I saw their name on the “Tomorrow’s Guests” promo but forgot all about it. Slim Dunlap suffered a stroke in 2012 so he won’t be there. Last year Paul & Tommy were touring with Dave Minehan on guitar and Josh Freese on drums; don’t know if that is still the line-up. ---
**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041/5 "2014-09-10T01:54:06Z")
Seeing them in St Paul Saturday night. Can’t hardly wait. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041/6 "2014-09-10T02:06:46Z")
Saw them when they were on SNL, and will watch them again tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041/7 "2014-09-10T02:38:03Z")
A couple of things culled from the Internet about this: Jim Walsh, who edited the Replacements oral history “All Over But the Shouting” shared a post on Facebook that says > [@](#): > > Rock and roll fantasy: On The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Replacements are joined by Keith Richards in a rip-roaring version of Slim Dunlap’s “Busted Up”. The Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me FB page just shared this picture of [Tommy with one of Jimmy’s cue cards.](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204028509009206&set=a.1073409071627.156135.1118179294&type=1&theater) No clue what exactly will happen, but it seems like it may be pretty epic. I may need my smelling salts. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041/8 "2014-09-10T02:41:09Z")
Saw them last year at Riot Fest in Chicago and they were incredible. They seemed like they were having the best time, like they were just jamming in their garage together. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041/9 "2014-09-10T02:50:00Z")
Dammit I want to see the Replacements live. They’re playing in the Phoenix area in a couple of weeks; that’s only 400 miles away. Maybe I should go. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041/10 "2014-09-10T04:36:17Z")
Killed. It. Wow, that was awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041/11 "2014-09-10T06:13:23Z")
Didn’t expect Alex Chilton. Crushed it. Of all the bands I’ve seen in my life, I’ve seen the Replacements twice as many times as any other. Well, maybe the Suburbs sneak in there, only because they opened for the Mats all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041/12 "2014-09-10T13:19:49Z")
Yeah, that was a great performance. Now I _really_ want to see the Replacements live. But it would cost me hundreds of dollars to go to the Phoenix show. Still, it wouldn’t be the first time I’ve done something like that to see a concert. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041/13 "2014-09-10T18:23:04Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > Dammit I want to see the Replacements live. They’re playing in the Phoenix area in a couple of weeks; that’s only 400 miles away. Maybe I should go. I’m 1,933 miles away and have tickets. Want me to pick you up on the way? ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041/14 "2014-09-10T18:35:53Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > I’m 1,933 miles away and have tickets. Want me to pick you up on the way? Hell yes! Turn left in Albuquerque to find me.\* \*On Alameda Blvd. from northbound I-25 ---
**Author:** ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041/15 "2014-09-10T19:18:14Z")
Saw them at the Boston Calling festival last Sunday night. It was pretty much everything I could have hoped for. They played a lot of stuff from their catalogue, leaning more to their scrappy early stuff instead of their sensitive later stuff – so while the quiet, thoughtful tunes weren’t played at all, the energy level stayed high throughout the set. Westerberg and Stinson seemed to be getting along, which was nice, and in true Replacements fashion they were far from perfect, with Westerberg apparently forgetting the words to the end of “Androgynous.” But that was okay, the entire audience knew the words and we all sang it for him until he got caught up. They played a couple of interesting covers (Maybelline, and a Jackson Five song) as well as crowd favorites like “Color Me Impressed,” “I Will Dare” and “Bastards of Young.” They left the stage and quickly came back on, saying they got permission to play one more song, and did “Alex Chilton.” It was very exciting. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041/16 "2014-09-10T19:39:27Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > Hell yes! Turn left in Albuquerque to find me.\* > \*On Alameda Blvd. from northbound I-25 No extra tickets though. Gotta arrive in Phoenix 9/26 and not planning on leaving until 10/1 or later. Oh, and then there is the private security check and the bond required 😉 . ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041/17 "2014-09-10T20:15:43Z")
Well like I said, I _really_ want to see the Replacements, so… Actually I’m going to be out of town that weekend or I would probably be there. I could catch them at the Austin City Limits music festival in October; Austin’s only 700 miles away. Oh, by the way, I found [this article](http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/09/the-replacements-reunion-tour-hits-fallon-watch/) that has a video of last night’s performance. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041/18 "2014-09-11T01:09:42Z")
Saw their reunion show at Riot Fest Chicago last year. Helluva good show. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041/19 "2014-09-11T05:02:14Z")
Just watched the _Tonight Show_ performance. Paul looks good for 54, especially after the heavy drinking, etc. they were known for back in the day. Also good to see Tommy playing with Paul instead of fucking Guns 'n Roses. The last time I saw them was in '89. I doubt I’ll get a chance to see them this time but it’s good to see them playing again. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041/20 "2014-09-11T05:39:33Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > Killed. It. Missed. It. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041.md?page=2)