Soul Asylum bassist Karl Mueller dies
BY ROSS RAIHALA
Pioneer Press
Karl Mueller, bass player and founding member of the band Soul Asylum, died Friday morning in his Minneapolis home due to complications from esophageal cancer. He was 41.
Soul Asylum rose to local prominence in the '80s alongside Twin Cities bands the Replacements and Husker Du. In 1989, the band signed its first of two major-label deals. Three years later, Soul Asylum's disc "Grave Dancers Union" became a breakthrough, double-platinum hit and the band performed at Bill Clinton's inaugural ball.
In May 2004, doctors discovered a tumor growing between Mueller's trachea and esophagus, just below his vocal chords. He underwent chemotherapy and was in remission during an October benefit concert that saw performances from Soul Asylum, the Replacements' Paul Westerberg and a reunion of Husker Du's Bob Mould and Grant Hart.
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