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domingo, março 17, 2024

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Alex Chilton deixou-nos há quatro anos...

Alex Chilton (born William Alexander Chilton; Memphis, December 28, 1950 – New Orleans, 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. Chilton's early commercial success in the 1960s as a teen vocalist for the Box Tops was never repeated in later years with Big Star and in his subsequent indie music solo career on small labels, but he drew an intense following among indie and alternative rock musicians. He is frequently cited as a seminal influence by influential rock artists and bands, some of whose testimonials appeared in the 2012 documentary Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me.

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Chilton was taken to a hospital in New Orleans on Wednesday, March 17, 2010, complaining of health problems, and died the same day of a heart attack. Chilton had experienced at least two episodes of shortness of breath in the week prior to his fatal heart attack, though he did not seek medical attention in part because he did not have health insurance. He was survived by his wife, Laura, a son, Timothee, and a sister, Cecilia.

He had been scheduled to play a concert with Big Star at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, on March 20; the show instead took place as a tribute to Chilton, with guests Curt Kirkwood, Chris Stamey, M. Ward, Mike Mills, John Doe, Sondre Lerche, Chuck Prophet, Evan Dando, the Watson Twins, and original member Andy Hummel (who died four months later) joining the other members of Big Star.

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sexta-feira, janeiro 12, 2024

Chris Bell, dos Big Star, nasceu há setenta e três anos...

Chris Bell (Memphis, 12 de janeiro de 1951 - Memphis, 27 de dezembro de 1978) foi um cantor, compositor e guitarrista dos Estados Unidos da América.

Em conjunto com Alex Chilton, liderou a banda de power pop Big Star durante os anos 70. Bell deixou o grupo depois de seu primeiro disco, #1 Record, de 1972, mas contribuiu com algumas músicas para o segundo álbum, Radio City de 1974. Ele seguiu uma carreira a solo, mas as suas canções (entre elas "I Am The Cosmos", "I Got Kinda Lost" e "You and You Sister" - esta um dueto com Chilton) permaneceriam inéditas até o lançamento em 1992 do álbum I Am The Cosmos.

Chris Bell morreu a 27 de dezembro de 1978, num acidente de automóvel, em Memphis.

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