Big Star: Like the Beatles with booty
EW.com, of all sites, is leading the pack in memorializing Alex Chilton. WTF, RollingStone.com?
Tributes from Paul Westerberg of the Replacements plus members of the Hold Steady and Drive-by Truckers
Patterson Hood of Drive-by Truckers describes Big Star's music thusly: "It combined that pop sensibility that came over with the British Invasion with that southern soul and grittiness...It's like the Beatles with booty."
Big Star drummer Jody Stephens says "it's a shocker"
Bands at SXSW are apparently pulling out the Big Star covers in tribute.
A poignant remembrance from rock journalist Rob Sheffield
"...for hipster gals who couldn't necessarily relate to the abrasive machismo of Lou Reed or Iggy Pop, Alex Chilton was a dude who let female fans hear themselves in his music. Nobody was ever better at making Southern girls feel cool."
Tributes from Paul Westerberg of the Replacements plus members of the Hold Steady and Drive-by Truckers
Patterson Hood of Drive-by Truckers describes Big Star's music thusly: "It combined that pop sensibility that came over with the British Invasion with that southern soul and grittiness...It's like the Beatles with booty."
Big Star drummer Jody Stephens says "it's a shocker"
Bands at SXSW are apparently pulling out the Big Star covers in tribute.
A poignant remembrance from rock journalist Rob Sheffield
"...for hipster gals who couldn't necessarily relate to the abrasive machismo of Lou Reed or Iggy Pop, Alex Chilton was a dude who let female fans hear themselves in his music. Nobody was ever better at making Southern girls feel cool."