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Today's Morning Edition is from "Buck Hill," the Replacements' tribute to the Burnsville ski slope. Former Replacements drummer Chris Mars turns 56 Wednesday. 

Mars left the band in 1990 and released several solo albums. 

But then he dropped out of the music business to devote himself full time to painting. His art has been displayed in many galleries around the U.S. and Canada, including the Minneapolis Institute of Art. 

He returned to music briefly in 2013 when he contributed a tune to "Songs For Slim," a fundraiser that helped pay the medical bills of his former band mate Slim Dunlap.

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Mars left the band in 1990 and released several solo albums, before dropping out of the industry to devote himself full time to painting.

Today's Morning Edition is from "Buck Hill," the Replacements' tribute to the Burnsville ski slope. We're playing it in honor of former Replacements drummer Chris Mars who turns 56 today. Mars left the band in 1990 and released several solo albums. But then he dropped out of the music business to devote himself full-time to painting. His art has been displayed in many galleries around the U.S. and Canada including the Minneapolis Institute of Art. He did return to music briefly in 2013 when he contributed a tune to "Songs For Slim," a fundraiser that helped pay the medical bills of his former bandmate Slim Dunlap.

Happy birthday to Replacements' Chris Mars

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