colinmce Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Alex Chilton has died today at age 59. Very sad news. Whether with the Box Tops, the immortal Big Star or on his own, he was always great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Horrible, horrible news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Crap. I only saw him once, back in the late 1980s at Second Story in Bloomington. There was actually a lot of jazz in AC's background, growing up in Memphis in the late 1950s/60s. I still love those Big Star records and will have to break them out again... a reconfigured version of the band was supposed to be playing South by Southwest this weekend. Best wishes for a long ride in the big black car, Alex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/mar/17/memphis-musician-alex-chilton-dies/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Whoa! RIP. Certainly casts a pall over SXSW this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Real shame. Gonna have to find the "Dusted in Memphis" LP around here. It's been awhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Wow. Sad sad news. Recall the song The Replacements wrote about him on "Pleased to Meet Me". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Untimely, to be sure, but not a big deal to me personally (I mean that in the nicest possible way). but when I heard Tommy Cogbill had died, "I cried like a baby". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Nice collection of videos at Pitchfork: Alex Chilton R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Alex Chilton memorialized on the House floor.... http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2010/03/big_star_singer.php (Guess we have to move this discussion to the Politics folder now ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 Nice article from The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/mar/18/big-star-alex-chilton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 "59"???? That's just not right. BTW, Al Green did a nice cover of "The Letter" way back when. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted April 13, 2010 Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 Heard some disturbing news today. Apparently Alex Chilton had been suffering form chest pains for a few days before his heart attack but didn't go to the doctor because he didn't have health insurance. http://www.spinner.com/2010/04/13/alex-chilton-heart-attack-death-health-insurance/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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