[07Jack]

Sad to hear of Alex Chilton's passing. He was indeed a great inspiration to a group of artists who themselves have gone on to inspire.
We have a homemade “Beach CD” of about a dozen BoxTops’ songs that are classic 70’s bubblegum Blue-Eyed soul summertime music. Fun to play loud, outside at the Beach or by the Pool, with a cool beverage in hand ;-).

On a side note, its cool to see a few fellow Mats’ fans on the Free Republic.

[wku man]

"On a side note, its cool to see a few fellow Mats’ fans on the Free Republic"

You betcha! There's more than a few of us here. Over the years I've had some great exchanges with other 'Mats fans on FReep, trading memories of shows across the country.

I sure miss them, but in a way I'm glad they haven't done a reunion show. I doubt they could recapture the energy of their 80s shows, when they were a bunch of boozed-up unknowns out to kick everyone's a**es. The last time I saw then, in Lousiville in 1990, they had already started falling apart. It was sad.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!