CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: For many who attended South by Southwest 2010, the final day of the conference was all about power-pop great Alex Chilton, who died at age 59 on Wednesday. It only made sense: As has often been said of the Velvet Underground, Chilton’s beloved band Big Star never sold a lot of records, but it often seems as if everyone who bought one started a band–or became a rock critic. And the largest gathering anywhere in the world of people who loved his music took place over the last five days in Austin. MORE ROLLING STONE: Just as everyone […]
RIP: Alex Chilton, Pop Auteur, Dead At 59
MEMPHIS COMMERCIAL APPEAL: Alex Chilton, the pop hitmaker, cult icon and Memphis rock iconoclast best known as a member of 1960s pop-soul act the Box Tops and the 1970s power-pop act Big Star, died Wednesday at a hospital in New Orleans. The singer, songwriter and guitarist was 59. “I’m crushed. We’re all just crushed,” said John Fry, owner of Memphis’ Ardent Studios and a longtime friend of Chilton’s. “This sudden death experience is never something that you’re prepared for. And yet it occurs.” Chilton and Big Star had been scheduled to play Saturday as part of the South by Southwest […]