On Slim Dunlap

Bob Mehr, author of the now-legendary Trouble Boys, on Slim Dunlap:

Herman Melville once said something that applies perfectly to Slim: “Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes and return to us as results.” Because of the stroke he suffered in 2012, we saw the results of a lifetime of Slim’s selfless actions. The way people rallied around him, the way that he brought the Replacements back to life (again), the way his family devoted themselves to him. It was simply beautiful. An inspiration. We were lucky to have known such a man.