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19 apr 2021 · You know Alex Chilton’s voice and guitar from his work with The Box Tops in the 1960s and Big Star in the 1970s (and again in the 1990s into the 2000s). And in Big Star, he also wrote or co-wrote most of the material.
Alex Chilton (born William Alexander Chilton; December 28, 1950 – March 17, 2010) was an American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer, best known as the lead singer of the Box Tops and Big Star.
The strongly played rock record features John Hiatt, Marshall Crenshaw, Alex Chilton, Peter Holsapple and Gordon Gano (playing violin on a slow acoustic ballad called “New Wave Dancing”). Although he runs out of wit too early to keep the record afloat, Vaughn does manage to rip through the cool title track and a great version of his old ...
8 ott 2013 · Electricity by Candlelight shows off Chilton's instrumental virtuosity and his impressive memory for songs. Show me someone who knows all the chords to "Wouldn't It Be Nice" offhand and I'll...
Perhaps the gravest veering from normalcy is the artistic arc of Memphisian singer-songwriter, Alex Chilton, vocalist of the groovy Box Tops, co-founder and leader of the legendary, incandescent Big Star, famed eccentric producer and sideman, and memorable author of thirty years of solo projects that more often than not defy definition, taste, o...
William Alexander Chilton (Memphis, 28 dicembre 1950 – New Orleans, 17 marzo 2010) è stato un cantante, chitarrista e produttore discografico statunitense, conosciuto soprattutto per essere stato il cantante dei The Box Tops, fondatore dei Big Star nonché produttore dei Cramps.
During that period he produced three records for the Elektra Records American Explorer series (Memphis rockabilly legend Charlie Feathers, Muscle Shoals country soul singer Arthur Alexander) and recorded "Cubist Blues" a collaboration with Alan Vega and Alex Chilton.
