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Alex Chilton is an American songwriter, guitarist, singer and producer best known for his work with the pop-music bands The Box Tops and Big Star. Chilton’s early commercial sales success in the 1960s as a teen vocalist for The Box Tops was not repeated in later years with Big Star and in his indie music solo career on small labels like Last Call Records, New Rose, Razor and Tie, Bar/None, and others, but he did draw a loyal following in the indie and alternative music fields.
Chilton said in the September 1994 issue of Guitar Player that he considers himself a “musical performer, not a songwriter” and that some of his songs sound only “half-baked” to him. Nonetheless, his compositions have been performed by a number of artists, including This Mortal Coil, The Bangles, Wilco, Graham Coxon, Garbage, Tom Bradbury, Son Volt, Counting Crows, Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley, Superdrag, Evan Dando, Cat Power, Yo La Tengo, Placebo, Xiu Xiu, and His Name Is Alive. The Replacements wrote the song Alex Chilton in his honor on their 1987 Pleased to Meet Me album, produced by Jim Dickinson in Memphis.
Chilton said in the September 1994 issue of Guitar Player that he considers himself a “musical performer, not a songwriter” and that some of his songs sound only “half-baked” to him. Nonetheless, his compositions have been performed by a number of artists, including This Mortal Coil, The Bangles, Wilco, Graham Coxon, Garbage, Tom Bradbury, Son Volt, Counting Crows, Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley, Superdrag, Evan Dando, Cat Power, Yo La Tengo, Placebo, Xiu Xiu, and His Name Is Alive. The Replacements wrote the song Alex Chilton in his honor on their 1987 Pleased to Meet Me album, produced by Jim Dickinson in Memphis.
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High Priest
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Like Flies On Sherbert
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19 Years: A Collection of Alex Chilton
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A Man Called Destruction
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cjkisaragi wrote:
Not a patch on Big Star
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Dsikshidironi wrote:
...and he even seems to like William Eggleston. Which is good.
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lak611 wrote:
I never heard of the Box Tops, but I am familiar with Big Star. What Box Tops recordings do you recommend?
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flashbleu wrote:
"Here's a little song that's sure to please ya, about a little town in Indonesia - Bangkok". Chilton, go to the back of the class. (It isn't in Indo-China or full of Japanese people either...)
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Reincremation wrote:
like flies on sherbert is the jam.
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roscoevacant wrote:
Chilton's the greatest... No question.
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stereo999 wrote:
Yeah, hold a cassette tape up to the radio like we had to do when I was a kid you young whippersnapper!!!
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JeremyAce4 wrote:
HEY THEMARTIALARTS------stop stealing music.
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Big-Star wrote:
I think he completely backlashed at the Big Star stuff when he went solo, can't really find much of a trace left in his stuff, but some of it is definitely still good!
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themartialarts wrote:
Can anyone email me the version of 'Fireplace' aka 'For You' that Alex & Jody played on the live WLYX Memphis session from 1975?
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oncassette wrote:
does any of his solo stuff come close to big star? i've heard a couple songs, and they weren't very good
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hank_kingsley wrote:
Hit & Miss solo stuff, but it's worth investigating I guess...
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frownIand wrote:
BANGKOK!
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assifrage wrote:
Is Alex Chilton still touring? I notice that he doesn't play many solo gigs anymore.
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qaldose3 wrote:
meh
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