Like Burning Fire Shut Up In My Bones

Posted by Lance Davis - July 5, 2010 - Alex Chilton, Bernadette Carroll, Big Star, Booker T, Chips Moman, Dan Penn, Eddie Floyd, Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram Parsons, Spooner Oldham, Stax, Teenage Fanclub

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“His word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones/And I was weary with forbearing and I could not stay.” –Jeremiah, droppin’ lyrical science in King James 20:9 Today we connect the dots between Alex Chilton and a few of his southern contemporaries in the late ’60s and early […]

The Flags are Half-Mast in Radio City

Posted by Lance Davis - April 1, 2010 - Alex Chilton, Big Star, Bill Fox

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http://youtu.be/sTSJYZyouek&w=560 Replacements – “Alex Chilton” Pleased To Meet Me 1987 The reaction to Alex Chilton‘s passing has been surprising in its intensity. I think it’s fair to say that it hit fans much harder than anticipated. One perverse upside — and it really has been positive — has been the impressive number of high-quality remembrances. […]

December Boys Got It Bad

Posted by Lance Davis - March 21, 2010 - Alex Chilton, Big Star, Elliott Smith, Grand Champeen, Paul Westerberg, Replacements

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“Without my friends I got chaos I’m off in a bead of light Without my friends I’d be swept up high by the wind.” –Big Star, “Thank You Friends” Congressman Steve Cohen Commemorates Alex Chilton http://youtu.be/H9LGwzGnx5w&w=560 It’s been a rough several months for Memphis. In a span of 7 months, the city lost Jim […]

RIP Alex Chilton

Posted by Lance Davis - March 18, 2010 - Alex Chilton, Big Star

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RIP Les Paul & Jim Dickinson

Posted by Lance Davis - August 16, 2009 - Big Star, Jim Dickinson, Les Paul, Neil Young, Replacements

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If Les Paul had only invented the solid-body guitar that bears his name, he’d be rock royalty. As an icon, the Gibson Les Paul has few peers. But, Paul also transformed the reel-to-reel given to him by Bing Crosby into the first functioning multitrack recording machine. That innovation in the mid-’40s spurred the development over […]