His solo career might’ve been small stakes compared to what he’d experienced during the ’Mats’ height, but Dunlap relished it all. “Every time I get done playing, and I go to settle with the club owner, I ask, ‘How much do I owe you?’” he said. “I feel like I have no business being paid, no matter how meager it is. It’s too much fun to call that work.”

