As the Replacements started in on a cover of Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s “Takin’ Care of Business,” I remembered that was our cue. We wandered over to the sound table and handed the sound guy a Pabst and gave him a nod that said, “This is really something else, hey, dude?” in the universal rock ’n’ roll language. It wasn’t really that great a gig, but what are you going to say to the sound guy? “The boys really seem f****d up tonight, hey?” Something else left a wide range of interpretations possible.
“This would make an awesome live album, don’tcha think?” Kenn suggested to the soundman we knew to be Bill MacLeslie.
“Ain’t going to happen, boys. Westerberg isn’t into live recordings, and what he says goes,” replied the soundman, accepting the beer with a gracious nod.
“Yeah, well, my ma
