Video: Low Cut Connie video: “Hey! Little Child” From Dirty Pictures (Part 2), out now on Contender Records. I heard a segment about this band on NPR last month and upon the recommendation of Ann Powers I checked them out. But the song I listened to didn’t live up to her description of “the essence … Continue reading New Low Cut Connie video: Hey! Little Child
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He did not seek medical attention despite shortness of breath and chills.
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Watch the hotel rehearsal before the SXSW Alex Chilton tribute.
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The singer, songwriter, and guitarist died Wednesday at a hospital in New Orleans.
For a band who only released two real albums that were both universally ignored at the time, Big Star certainly has a high profile these days. Why? Because they wrote really catchy songs that might not have been en vogue at the time, but have aged very, very well. It doesn’t hurt that everyone from … Continue reading Big Star Bonanza: Box Set, Bonus Tracks, more
I had never heard the Yoko Ono song, “Mrs. Lennon,” before. But Alex Chilton certainly has. In a 1987 interview with Dawn Eden, he admitted that “it’s just like [Big Star’s] ‘Holocaust.’ Exactly.” The Bob: Did you have that song in mind when you wrote “Holocaust”? CHILTON: I don’t know. I think that it was … Continue reading Yoko Ono vs. Alex Chilton
