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Cowboys in the Campfire

Tommy Stinson is a great American musician. You can needle-drop at any juncture of the Minneapolis native’s four-decade-plus career and find a moment of great significance. Stinson was a founding and lifetime member of The Replacements, a key second-generation ingredient in Guns N’ Roses, and served a seven-year tenure with Soul Asylum. He also led two essential bands of his own—Bash & Pop and Perfect—and appeared on recordings by the Old 97’s, MOTH and BT.

Stinson’s latest venture is Cowboys in the Campfire, with good pal Chip Roberts and Michael “Chops” LaConte. Their debut album, WRONGER, is perhaps the most American album the singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer has ever made. Stinson, LaConte and Roberts take us from Nashville to Bakersfield on songs such as “Mr. Wrong” and “Fall Apart Together,” while “Schemes,” “Souls” and “Dream” showcase an ace pop songwriter.