Bob Stinson
Bob Stinson’s Stint With The Bleeding Hearts Finally Sees the Light of Day
Mike Leonard, the singer/songwriter/guitarist of the Bleeding Hearts still remembers one of the last times he saw Bob Stinson, the late, great founding guitarist of the Replacements and for a short stint, Leonard’s bandmate in the Bleeding Hearts and roommate. “He was sitting by Lake of the Isles [in Minneapolis],” Leonard recalls in a recent phone interview, in which he brought along bandmate drummer Pat McKenna. “He was listening to the record on a Walkman and he was like, ‘Why doesn’t she just put it out?’ He wanted it to come out.” Nearly 30 years later, Stinson will finally get his wish. Bar None Records, in conjunction with Fiasco Records, will release The Bleeding Hearts’ Riches to Rags on Record Store Day this weekend. Initially, it will be out on limited edition red vinyl before l...
