Tommy Stinson on Bob Dylan, Prince, REM, Keith Richards, Tom Petty, The Replacements, Guns and Roses

[@otisgibbs]

Have you ever seen Tommy live? What's your favorite Tommy project? I'm kinda partial to the first Bash and Pop album and I've always loved the closing tracks, Tiny Pieces and First Steps. So many choice and so many questions. Check out Tommy's website and go see a show! www.tommystinson.com/

[@christophercampbell1677]

Saw the replacements quite a bit in Cleveland my favorite memory was a show at the agora it was rock n roll awesome sloopyness

[@brandonm5295]

I was to young to ever see the Mats, but my answer to the question what band do you wish could back in time and see, is always the Replacements, no matter what condition they were in that night.

[@ministerofdarkness]

All the Replacements albums.

[@kckstnd8]

Love bash and pop, the first and second albums are great. Cowboys in the campfire is classic. I’ve seen Tommy with soul asylum and with the mat’s when they reunited.

[@FlyFisher-xd6je]

Bash & Pop is fantastic. Also, I absolutely love his solo record "One Man Mutiny"

[@misisipimike8020]

Man I'm so grateful for you for grabbing this interview. I know Tommy and Peter Buck and some of the other characters through the touring world but I'm a generation below so I always felt walking on pins and needles around them to get the stories cuz one wants to act cool and such. Tommy is a great guy but you got him to open up. I've been an Otis fan for a long time and it continues to pay off.

[@ministerofdarkness]

Fantastic interview Otis. The Replacements albums " Let it Be" , " Tim" " Please To Meet Me " and "All Shook Down" are the soundtrack to my teenage years! Still loves those albums. Rock On!

[@reverandscales]

Which one should I start with?

[@surflasal]

@@reverandscalesI’d say Pleased To Meet Me but any of those are great to start. Also, check out Tommy’s band Bash And Pop.

[@ministerofdarkness]

@ I would start with “Let it Be “

[@peterbetts858]

is there anybody Out there . in the Dark .west la fadeaway .

[@lilcaspermane]

Great shit! Jody Stephens interview someday?!?!

[@TheMisterMonkeyman]

You heard it here first...Tommy Stinson and Otis Gibbs both rock. Peace.

[@wittry2]

Loved the visiting and stories. Thanks.

[@gregoryantoniono3673]

Heard Tommy live? I’ve sung on stage with him. He forgot some of the words to “First Steps” so I helped out. He is the personification of rock and roll. Just the best.

Great interview wish it was 4 hours! Legend Thank you Otis

[@otisgibbs]

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[@roberttaylor505]

Love your interviews man. So many styles and points of view. It's lovely to hear 🙏☮

[@boboquisp]

You heard it here first! Tommy is so cool. Saw him once with the 'Mats and twice with Perfect. Another great quote from somewhere: Tommy is rock n roll...Keith grew up wanting to be a cowboy but Tommy grew up wanting to be Johnny Thunders. Thank you Otis for putting the whole interview up for us!

[@davshavu]

Great stories! I remember the Replacements playing the Moore Theater here in Seattle. The Young Fresh Fellows opened, and stage security was brutal... nobody could get in pit. After that opening act, the Replacements came on stage, first song, jumped off the stage, saundered pass the pit and played in the audience. Place became unglued and security backed off. We had a Hootenanny 😂

[@pbever76]

Happy I did hear it here first. Great stuff as always Otis

[@ClichéGuevara-2814]

I saw the 'Mats open for Tom Petty at Canada's Wonderland amphitheater, in Ontario. They were having a hard time and just before they left the stage, Chris Mars played the We Will Rock You beat on his kit and Paul sang, "We will, we will bore you...", for a minute and they left. I went for the 'Mats, stayed for Petty. I saw them a few times back in the day and caught their last show in Toronto for the All Shook Down tour.

[@ChorusArtists]

Wow, I saw that Petty show at Wonderland, too! And I went for both, but mainly for the 'Mats. Do you remember Tommy begging the crowd "Is anyone holding?" I thought it was hilarious. I knew it was the end of their tour, and expected a drunken show, and boy we got one. But I had no idea of all the turmoil going on behind the scene at that time, both with the band and with Petty's crew. I didn't get to see them again until the reunion show at Riotfest at Fort York in 2013, and that was maybe the greatest day of my 700+ concerts. Wish I had seen that All Shook Down show, although it must've been bittersweet. Long live The 'Mats! Cheers

[@TomTirabasso]

You heard it here first! Great stuff as always Otis. You’re the best. Unfiltered like we like it. 😊

[@rustinhamilton2772]

You heard it hear first! Great interview. One of my faves so far.

[@FlyFisher-xd6je]

Fantastic interview!

[@musicinthehouse]

What a ride, really like the Cowboys album, really excited to hear what else comes next. Really appreciate the interview. Thank you Tommy and Otis! You heard it here first!

[@1thommyberlin]

Tommy was the glue that held the Replacements together. I never saw a band that drank as much... and managed to find the stage. I'm way glad he's still involved - even more than Westerberg.

[@jenniferbard623]

You heard it here first! Loved Tommy’s memories and insights!

Back in Stockton in the late 70s, it was called Big Time Wrestling..Peter Mavia, Rocky Johnson, Pat Patterson, Moon Dog Main. They also toured San Francisco and Sacramento and even down to Fresno...We saw them a lot in Stockton Civic Auditorium where they also had Roller Skating. Too much fun with my Pop and Brothers.

[@earlthepearl3922]

GREAT interview, Otis.

[@ricksaint2000]

Thank you Tommy & Otis

[@bobbyswamp]

You heard it here first. What a freaking great interview.

[@LocalFoe]

Fantastic interview

[@ellierose6]

Nice. Thanks for posting. Paul put his soul into those songs, and Bob gave them heart.

[@kckstnd8]

Yes, love these Tommy clips. Tommy is rock n roll.

[@Bona-Who]

Love this channel and these interviews. Trim the wick on that candle in the background!

[@kortt]

You heard it here first. Excellent! Thanks for all you do Otis, peace brother.

[@JeffBostick222]

Yay!! Tommy Stinson!! Great musician and writer.

[@patrickgorski3275]

Thanks Otis. You captured perfectly what it’s like to hang out with Tommy. Real down to earth guy and easy-going conversationalist. I took advantage of a meet-and-greet with Tommy at a solo house show a couple years ago, which was basically hanging out with Tommy, two other people, and chatting for about an hour. I was curious to see what he was like, and your video is pretty much it. We started off talking about music and ended up talking about our aging parents.

[@xueadrob]

bEAUTIFULL PIECE OF WORK oTIS,,,,,,love this sooo much ( as a bass player its even better)

[@Foghorn77]

Great Interview!

[@kelseyland]

You heard it here first! Love the full interview.

[@tedpikul1]

You heard to here first [sic]. Great stuff as always, thank you so much Mr. Gibbs and Mr. Stinson.

[@kevincarey1453]

Thank you for this video/interview. Interesting character(s) with colorful stories! Stinson is the "real deal."

[@christophercampbell1677]

Awesome ❤❤ I saw the tour opening for Elvis Costello in Cleveland. We left after the replacements and went drinking in the flats. Cheers 🍻 brothers great stuff 👍

I remember seeing Tommy at Spaceland in Silverlake..he was there early like 2pm drinking at the bar. I only had a Paul Westerberg CD in my car..he didn't want to sign that so I went out and bought another Bash and Pop album which he did sign. Replacements are my favorite band ever and got to catch them in Seattle for their opening of the tour in 2015. I also got to see their first stop of all Shook Down Tour at UofCal - Davis in 1991! I got Slim's white Bic too! RIP Slim!

[@angelotro]

You heard to here first Love to hear Tommy's take!

[@Prousto]

Tommy is the living embodiment of rock and roll, but not in a superficial “he looks cool” sense. His body of work, journeyman status and the high regard in which his peers hold him says it all. Great interview, long live Tommy Stinson.

[@bradbisio]

Wow. Thank you. Maybe someday the rest of the world will catch up and know what we all know on this site - that the Replacements are one of the best of the best.

[@celyda2]

You heard it here first, Tim. You;'re a national treasure, Otis. Loved this.

[@pgrens]

You heard it here... first. Awesome interview, Otis!

[@bobsanders8030]

Knowledge from a guy who lives it. Great video.

[@jeffweissenberger2023]

"you heard it here first" really enjoyed this, thanks Otis

[@allancarey3273]

You hears it here first, what a great interview

[@californiagrace6868]

Thank you Otis. Thank you Tommy

[@michaelh1935]

You heard it here first. Loved it!

[@stephenrostkoski837]

You heard it here first. Great interview. Nice to hear a first hand perspective from someone who lived through it all.

[@ChorusArtists]

I made it to here, and it was awesome.

[@bretthamilton7308]

Bash and Pop's 2 records are great. The open G tuning on the first record makes it sound like straight Stones. BUT, Tommy Stinson's greatest song post Replacements is the song "7 days a week" from the band Perfect. Otis, please listen to that song. Sounds like a forgotten five star Replacements song.

[@robertritt9108]

Saw The Replacements in 1990 right before the breakup and Paul solo 2xs. Three of my all.time favorite shows. If you know you know. Love these guys. Great interview.

[@elijahn1]

So lovely and amazing to hear this unchained conversation. it both makes me NOT thing about Paul Westerberg and totally makes me think about Paul Westerberg. Don't we all want to know what he's up to and whether any new music will be coming from him in the future.

[@TR-yi8up]

Paul lost him Mom and his son’s Mom in about a 3 day span. Maybe that spurs him to do something. But I think he’s just content to spend his days making music for himself. I caught the Replacements twice during their reunion run…had a pretty definite feeling that it was the last time I’d get to see Paul live

[@elijahn1]

@@TR-yi8up is this a recent event? So sorry to hear that

[@TR-yi8up]

@@elijahn1 the Replacements did a reunion in 2013 and 2015. Although I highly doubt they’ll do it again, I was shocked they reunited in the first place! But Tommy will be out on the road until he keels over. He’s a lifer

[@TR-yi8up]

@@elijahn1 I misread your question…yes, the pair of passing was I believe in August

[@elijahn1]

@TR-yi8up, thank you for letting me know.

[@Bongofurry]

My home town crew thanks !

[@jamesmatthews5639]

I believe Mark Arm said it best, to paraphrase, if you're out there to please the crowd and not yourselves yer f'd! Replacements were a big influence on my musical listening journey! Thanks Otis great stuff as always.

[@healthybrand]

You heard to here first. That was entertaining and educational. Thanks

[@shawnriffhard]

Like many times before on Otis' brilliant channel, "I heard it here 1st!" Cheers!

[@billruss2909]

you heard it here first. great stuff here! thanks!

[@backlineman]

cool interview. I remember the Replacements performance on SNL, and thinking it was the coolest ever, and loved the song On the Bus.

[@planet6288]

My parents took me to the Tom Petty show at Saratoga, NY. The whole place was rocking for The Replacements. It’s too bad to hear it wasn’t like that at every stop.

[@Henry-dd5lx]

You hesrs it here first. Great interview.

[@californiagrace6868]

We appreciate you guys "not playing the game" Tommy. Thank you

[@ragasthegascap1]

You heard it here first. Tommy Stinson is a badass bass player.

[@jgillenw]

Heard it here first. Saw the Replacements three times. Snuck into Phoenix Hill Tavern when I was 17 (and slept in the parking lot after), Deer Creek opening for Petty, and the Brown Theater after Chris left the band. You hate to lay too much on people but those guys in all their iterations then and since have been pillars propping me up as needed.

[@chuckskarsaune3149]

YOU HEARD TO HERE FIRST! Great stuff sir.

[@petrovic178]

Spent the whole day with Rem and Replacements Boston Paradise July 83 we were an Athens Band so MStipe gave us a guest pass ,napped thru sound checks and tore up the shows without getting kicked out!

[@thomasminarchickjr.7355]

Best band in the history of bands ❤

[@jamiebryan5729]

Thanks for this. Tommy played at a benefit for my friend’s father. Not the best setup sound wise, as I recall. But I didn’t mind at all.

[@THEItchybruddah]

You heard it here first! As always Otis, Gold standard yammerin. Much Obliged.

[@thechronicnoizeco.6675]

Solid dude.

[@paulyoungblood7484]

You heard it here first. Great lore, shout out Otis.

[@doughill8475]

I think that Dylan interview he was talking about was the one with Ed Bradley of 60 Minutes. As I recall Dylan also said that he couldn't begin to do now what he did then.

[@richierugs6544]

i was walkin on 33rd street by the Garden and a guy at a side door asked me if i wanted to go to a show, i said yes and it was the felt forum and i had no idea--it was the New Barbarians--Keith, Stanley Clarke, maybe dimeola, an odd mix of guys, but it was a very cool show!

[@Dean67]

Cheers Otis! Was this recorded prior to the release of Wronger? Amazing to hear that Tommy is going to be working on another solo record along with another Bash & Pop record. If you happen to read this Tommy, thank you for the music, please don’t wait too long between releases!!

[@otisgibbs]

This was recorded October 19th, 2024 in East Nashville, TN. ♥️

[@Dean67]

@@otisgibbs Thanks Otis, it threw me off when he said he was finishing up a Cowboys in the Campfire record, I was completely unaware they were doing a follow up - thanks again for such a great interview!

[@MrPioneerlight2011]

YES!

[@andrewtedlow6552]

He’s referring, I think, to an interview that Bob did with 60 minutes’ Ed Bradley.

[@fredvanvactor6110]

You heard it here first! Tommy ❤

[@williamtynertyner1425]

It's funny, I'm a hardcore Replacements fan and everybody I hear talk about "Don't Tell A Soul" puts the album down from the band, the producer, the fans, the critics but it is the first album I heard from them and I loved it right away and still do. I get some of their complaints but overall I think it's got some of their best songwriting (mostly Paul) on it, I do think "Portland" should have replaced "Telling Me Lies" on it, good show, thanks.

[@stevetollerud1192]

yOU heard it here first~ Tommy, what a life!

[@themayv6497]

WOO HOO! New Cowboys, solo & Bash & Pop records on the horizon. You heard it here first.

[@pollyanna147]

Worked at Sunset sound, yep! Took a dump in the bathroom they built for Prince many times

[@robertritt9108]

Damn Tommy I saw James Addiction quite a few times but he was talking about Lollapalloza in 1991. Was there for Janes but was also blown away by the NIN performance, also not a fan of their music. Felt the same way about the show at a different venue ( Cleveland)

[@alexduncan8735]

Bill the Ghost has to be Bill Levin right? Lmao

[@bobertrobertson130]

no way!!! legend

[@artemisXsidecross]

Bob Dylan received the Nobel Prize for Literature, his song writings are a mere example. I was in NYC in 62 and saw and heard about him then, and thought then he was mere Ramblin’ Jack Elliott clone. My judgment was jaded by youth. ‘Bringing It All Back Home’, ‘Highway 61’, and ‘Blonde on Blonde’ were as mind opening as reading James Joyce, Allen Ginsberg, and Emily Dickinson; great writing could be found in more than pages of books. Both Bob Dylan and Keith Richards are pinnacle icons for the last sixty years of the music scene. Tommy Stinson is an example of what that time in music gave birth to; thank you Otis Gibbs for bring out these stories. ☮

[@billdauphine951]

Wowza..pretty cool..❤

[@georgeperry5398]

For every "mind" that Bob Dylan opened, he closed 10,000. He's simply a cult of personality.

[@nurknanker6105]

Tommy is a good egg.

[@ryKirwan1]

✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻

[@timkinkead7829]

You heard it here first !

[@bjorntannberg1581]

I heard it.

[@seanhennessey9869]

Tommy has some Persoles frames, nice

[@williamdeming853]

Welp, You heard it here first. Good on yous!

[@horrorpowerfilms9481]

Minneapolis is the last great music scene in Rock history, vibrant, diverse and innovated.

[@wittry2]

You heard it here first!

[@petersheely7246]

👍😎

[@tenbelow9617]

I was living in Minneapolis in the Eighties. I didn't feel Prince was on top. It was more us against them. There were 2 very distinct and extremely different groups. Prince and the Time had a devoted fan base who didn't really want to mix with the rest of us. They seem preoccupied with how they looked while having a "who the f--- are you" attitude. The second group supported all of the other talented musicians. We were live music lovers but we were also out for a good time. Half of a great musical experience is the band and the other half is the crowd. I guess I should have seen Prince at least once but I just didn't want to deal with his people. The other bands respected Prince but when they covered his songs they had some fun at Princes' expense. The Gear Daddies version of Little Red Corvette was hilarious.

[@gregb8565]

This interview begs the question …. Did Tommy ever really get his tonsils out?

[@erichehe799]

“Bill the Ghost” has to be Bill Levin

[@mrwizard7369]

Yep I heard it here first

[@farmerhatfield9684]

You heard it here first

[@user-mad7max11dystopia]

Creative people often are not good marketers or promoters for themselves. Too bad they didn’t have the management that recognized what was missing and could guide things better for them.