Comments on: Children by the million mourn for Alex Chilton

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By: Music Download » Alex Chilton, Big Star: Musicians By The Million Mourn For Alex Chilton

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:39:27 +0000

[…] here and here, while Paul Westerberg, who so memorably immortalized Chilton in song, has offered this brief posting. […]

By: Al M

Al M — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:57:53 +0000

When Chilton played First Avene in the early eighties, a friend of mine who drummed for that show let me in on a secret: CBS music put out a shitty little cassette called “60’s Top Vocal Greats (BT15880) in 1981 that had re-recorded version of old hits. The Box Tops are represented by The Letter and Cry Like A Baby, which Chilton sings in his 1981 voice. Not a tremendously inspired performance (as you could guess), but it was a cool find for a Big Star fan at the time.

I was one of the lucky ones in that I heard about Radio City when it first came out via multiple positive articles in ‘Stereo Review’ of all places. Thank you Alex for turning my head around with your music.

By: erik

erik — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:38:35 +0000

a huge loss for the music world…Not to steal any thunder from this site, but there is some interesting info on “man without ties” page…a great comment/response from westerberg, news regarding Chilton, and an upcoming interview with Paul in Spin

By: DOm

DOm — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:14:27 +0000

So weird… Last night I listened to ‘Please to Meet Me’ all the way through for the first time in like, 5 years? Number 2, such a great tribute. Thank you Alex and thank you Westerberg, T. Stinson, C. Mars.

By: Pam

Pam — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:51:58 +0000

I spent a cool evening with Alex in the early ’90s when he was playing a gig at the Knitting Factory in Soho. At that time the owners lived in a large apartment above the club & so did a friend of mine who worked for them. We stayed up most of the night talking, playing, enjoying cocktails, food & some herbal refreshment. I ended up falling asleep in the bedroom they kept for visiting artists. I woke up around noon with everyone gone except Alex, who was snoring lightly on the sofa in the great room. I thought this was a very sweet, gentlemanly thing to do, not kicking me out of his rightful bed. No diva he. I’ll always remember his kindness & wit.

By: Children by the Million Wait for Alex Chilton « Happy Valley News Hour

Children by the Million Wait for Alex Chilton « Happy Valley News Hour — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:59:51 +0000

[…] here’s Paul Westerberg’s tribute to the man. This Replacements song was my first real introduction to Chilton beyond just a name I knew in […]

By: Dave Lifton

Dave Lifton — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:45:23 +0000

My tribute to Chilton can be found here:

http://www.wingsforwheels.net/?p=1385

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:19:27 +0000

The place I work at was sponsoring the Big Star show in Austin this weekend. Very surreal.

By: Jodi

Jodi — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:54:24 +0000

That is an awesome story!