Results for "Alex Chilton"

Alex Chilton

Alex Chilton: Roots In The Sky

by Doug Collette
April 20, 2019

Even (or perhaps especially) if Alex Chilton had lived to a ripe old age rather than passing prematurely at the age of fifty, his post-Big Star stylistic expeditions would've garnered more than a little attention. His history as an original member as one of the earliest progenitors of power-pop certainly would've piqued curiosity about such projects ...

Memphis Rent Party: The Blues, Rock & Soul in Music's Hometown by Robert Gordon

by C. Michael Bailey
February 3, 2019

Memphis Rent Party: The Blues, Rock & Soul in Music's Hometown Robert Gordon 272 pages ISBN: # 978-1632867735 Bloomsbury USA 2019 One becomes part of a place when one takes that place for granted. I spent the better part of the 1980s in Oxford, Mississippi, attending graduate ...

Various Artists: Stax Singles, Vol. 4: Rarities & Best of the Rest

by Jim Trageser
February 25, 2018

Stax Records defined the “Memphis Sound" of soul music in the 1960s. With a roster that took in Otis Redding, Booker T & The MGs, Sam & Dave, Rufus Thomas and Isaac Hayes, Stax and its sister label Volt provided the main competition to Motown as a home to classic soul acts. Three separate ...

The Best of Big Star

By Alex Chilton

Label: Stax Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: In the Street (single mix); Don’t Lie to Me (single version); September Gurls (single version)' Thirteen; Jesus Christ (single edit)' I’m in Love With a Girl; O My Soul (single edit); Feel; When My Baby’s Beside Me; Take Care; Life Is White; Watch the Sunrise (single version) ; The Ballad of El Goodo; Nightime; Back of a Car; Thank You Friend.

Big Star: The Best of Big Star

by Doug Collette
July 16, 2017

The Best of Big Star might be the ideal introduction to the greatest 'never was but shoulda been' band of all time. Not nearly so extensive or lavishly packaged as Keep An Eye on the Sky (Rhino, 2009) or Third Complete (Omnivore, 2016), the quick succession of sixteen tracks, a half-dozen of which are rare single ...

Big Star Soundtrack to Film Documentary Released on Omnivore Recordings

July 4, 2013

The story of Big Star will finally hit the big screen in the feature-length documentary Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me (Magnolia Pictures). After years in the making, the movie comes to theaters, On Demand and iTunes on July 3. On June 25, Omnivore Recordings released the soundtrack to the film featuring 22 tracks, all of ...

The dB's Set to Release First CD in 30 Years with Original Lineup

March 5, 2012

Falling Off the Sky is the first new dB's album in a quarter-century. It's also the first in three decades to feature the band's original lineup of singer/songwriter/guitarists Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey, bassist Gene Holder and drummer Will Rigby—the same lineup that recorded the beloved early-'80s classics Stands for deciBels and Repercussion. Street date is ...

Auction to Benefit Alex Chilton Family

September 24, 2010

Bid on Autographed St. Blues Guitar From the Big Star Concert & Tribute to the Late Alex Chilton On a beautiful night this past Spring in Memphis, many friends, family, and fans gathered for the season opening of Memphis' historic Overton Park Shell, now called Levitt Shell. This special kickoff concert was the highly anticipated homecoming ...

Alex Chilton Big Nashville Star Dies

March 18, 2010

Alex Chilton, the pop hitmaker, cult icon and Memphis rock iconoclast best known as a member of 1960s pop-soul act the Box Tops and the 1970s power-pop act Big Star, died Wednesday at a hospital in New Orleans. The singer, songwriter and guitarist was 59. “I'm crushed. We're all just crushed," said John Fry, owner of ...