Amy's review
The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting: An Oral History by Jim Walsh
I really liked this book. The oral history format really fit well. If it was told in a traditional biography it'd sound like a bad Behind the Music. "Artistic differences, drug and alcohol abuse, firing a founding member and manager, the death of a legend." Growing up listening to the cities radio stations, of course I knew who the Replacements were and liked their music. I liked Westerberg's solo stuff and had one of his albums. By reading this book I learned a lot about the Minneapolis music scene of the late 70s to early 90s in this book and how much the Replacements influenced music. This is a great book if you're a Replacements fan or if you are interested in the Minneapolis music scene.
