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Influential Guitarist, Singer Alex Chilton Dies; known for influential work with Box Tops, Big Star
ABC News ^
| March 17, 2010
Posted on 03/17/2010 9:03:28 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
He was associated with a grocery store chain?
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posted on
03/17/2010 9:08:23 PM PDT
by
dr_who
To: nickcarraway
Holy shit!
Alex Chilton dead? A very talented musician.
RIP
Sorry I never saw him in some lil joint in Memphis.
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posted on
03/17/2010 9:10:32 PM PDT
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mylife
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posted on
03/17/2010 9:13:11 PM PDT
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mylife
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To: nickcarraway
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03/17/2010 9:16:13 PM PDT
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mylife
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posted on
03/17/2010 9:27:37 PM PDT
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mylife
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To: nickcarraway; Tijeras_Slim
Oh man! I’ll have the song by The Replacements in my head all day tomorrow.
RIP Alex.
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03/17/2010 9:35:14 PM PDT
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mylife
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To: mylife
To: mylife
That's not a good version of what's a really a**-kicking Replacements song. I never saw Alex Chilton perform, and was not ever really into the Memphis sound, but he inspired one helluva Replacements tune, so I'll hoist one in his honor.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
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posted on
03/17/2010 9:37:50 PM PDT
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wku man
(Who says conservatives don't rock? Go to www.myspace.com/rockfromtheright)
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posted on
03/17/2010 9:39:00 PM PDT
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mylife
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To: wku man
One of my buds saw him in Memphis in a some seedy lil club.
He ranted and raved about how good the show was. That and the ribs
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03/17/2010 9:41:39 PM PDT
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mylife
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To: wku man
It was the raw demo version
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posted on
03/17/2010 9:45:00 PM PDT
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mylife
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To: nickcarraway
Alex was a mere 16 when he recorded “The Letter”. He doesn't sound like a 16 year old does he? The 60s was such a great decade for music (not so much for politics), too bad fewer and fewer of these people are around anymore.
To: bushinohio
Even younger and better than Steve Winwood the next year.
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03/17/2010 10:07:57 PM PDT
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mylife
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To: nickcarraway
Bummer news to read, just as I was returning happy from seeing Ray Davies at the Palladium in Dallas. He dedicated "The Hard Way" from the Kinks' "Schoolboys In Disgrace" LP to Doug Fieger of the Knack, who once covered it, and now he's gone, too. But Ray is as great as ever, still making terrific new music and seems 20 years younger than his age on stage. Beats me how he can seem so young when his contemporary Mick Jagger looks like the Mummy.
BTW, he's really great to his fans. I hung around with the crowd outside and he autographed my copies of "Soap Opera" and "Come Dancing," along with everything everyone else brought, and posed for photos in the cold for 20 minutes. I hope he didn't catch a chill. I want him to live forever.
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posted on
03/17/2010 11:23:08 PM PDT
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HHFi
To: nickcarraway; mylife
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posted on
03/18/2010 3:18:25 AM PDT
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abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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03/18/2010 4:19:14 AM PDT
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mylife
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To: 537cant be wrong; Aeronaut; bassmaner; Bella_Bru; Big Guy and Rusty 99; Brian Allen; cgk; ...
RIP
![](http://www.danielcostonphotography.com/images/New/AlexChilton.jpg)
Maybe the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will recognize him now that he's gone.
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posted on
03/18/2010 8:09:11 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(DNC has decided to change their mascot from the Jackass to the Lemming.)
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