10/31/2025
Sunday! Come celebrate LET IT BE and The Replacements at FTC! One of the greatest albums of all time played live from start to finish!
The evening kicks off with Color Me Obsessed, Gorman Bechard’s cult documentary about the band’s wild, devoted fanbase, followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker himself. Then the night crescendos with a full-album performance of "Let It Be"—the Replacements’ seminal masterpiece—brought to life by a supergroup of local Mats diehards.
Film. Conversation. Live music. Three ways to honor the band that defined a generation.
Sunday, November 2nd at 6pm
Fairfield Theatre Company
70 Sanford Street
Fairfield, CT 06824
TICKETS: https://fairfieldtheatre.org/events/stageone/color-me-obsessed-a-film-about-the-replacements_e476
Tribute to The Replacements
To celebrate the release of the deluxe edition of “Let It Be” from The Replacements, a supergroup of local Mats fans have some together for this night to perform that iconic album from start to finish (with a few surprises to top the evening off). These brave young lads include: Cary Pollick, who ditched his pointy guitars after hearing The Replacements and founded The Big Fat Combo, then went on to play in The Danglers and The Zambonis. Jim Balga started playing drums in the 70s, and in the 80s, he was playing professionally with a few bands. It was then that he was introduced to the music of The Replacements. He hasn't been right since. Dean Falcone is a musician/composer who has scored numerous films and has worked/played with the likes of Aimee Mann, Norah Jones, Brian May, Neko Case, Eddie Vedder, and countless others. He is currently playing around CT with the Shellye Valauskas Experience, Roger, C Reale and the Mediums. Ed Valauskas is a bass player/producer who manages Q Division Studios in Cambridge, MA. He has performed live with Eddie Vedder, Graham Parker, Juliana Hatfield, Nada Surf, and is a member of CT’s The Gravel Pit. In the studio, he has recorded with Paul Westerberg, Eli “Paperboy” Reed, Greg Hawkes and David Robinson (The Cars). And last but not least, Steve Atwood has been the lead singer and guitarist for the Steve Atwood band. For 25 years they have been causing musical chaos around the state. No-one sounds more like Paul Westerberg than Steve…not even Paul Westerberg.
TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/116019134?fl=pl&fe=sh
