Alex Chilton found stardom at the age of sixteen with “The Letter”. He could never
do it again. In the middle of the 70ies he stopped trying and just did his own
music, deconstructing pop and rock. In the 80ies he quit music at all and went
dish-washing in New Orleans. There he found new musical companions and came
back with a stripped down raunchy soul. In the 90ies and 2000er he sometimes
mimed the crooner, becoming more and more relaxed. In 2010 he probably died as
a happy man, who never finished his house in Memphis. To stand this tour de
force we prepare a hefty and nutiricious american/british breakfast – one of my
favourites.

Soundtrack:

Alex Chilton: Take All Off, High Priest, 1987

Box Tops: The Letter, Single, 1967

Box Tops: Neon Rainbow, Single, 1967

Box Tops: Trouble With Sam, Cry Lika A Baby, 1968

Box Tops: Midnight Angel + Soul Deep, Dimensions, 1969

Alex Chilton: Free Again + I Can Dig It + Come On Honey + All I Really Want Is Money
(1970), Free Again: The “1970” Sessions, 2012

Big Star: When My Baby’s Beside Me + Feel, Number 1 Record, 1972

Big Star: I’m In Love With A Girl, Radio City, 1974

Replacements: Alex Chilton, Pleased To Meet Me, 1987

Bangles: September Gurls, Different Light, 1986

Alex Chilton / Big Star: Thank You Friends + Kizza Me (1974), Third/Sister Lovers,
1978/1985

John Cale: Momammma Scuba, Fear, 1974

Alex Chilton / Big Star: Lovely Day + Femme Fatale + Kanga Roo + Big Black Car +
Dream Lover + Holocaust (1974), Third/Sister Lovers, 1978/1985

Alex Chilton: Take Me Home And Make Me Like It (Version 1 + Version 2) (1975),
Bach’s Bottom, 1981

Alex Chilton: Take Me Home And Make Me Like It (Version 3) (1975), Alex Chilton’s
Lost Decade, 1985

Alex Chilton: I’m So Tired Pt. 1+2 + Everytime I Close My Eyes (1975), Bach’s
Bottom, 1981

Alex Chilton: I Will Always Love You, Live On WLYX, 1975

Alex Chilton: Bangkok + I Can’t Seem To Make You Mine, Single, 1978

Alex Chilton: Alligator Man + Hey Little Child + Boogie Shoes

TAV Falco & Panter Burns: Come On Little Mama, Behind The Magnolia Curtain, 1981

Alex Chilton: Tramp, Live in London, 1980

Alex Chilton: BABY, Feudalist Tarts, 1985

Alex Chilton: No Sex, No Sex EP, 1986

Alex Chilton: Dalai Lama, High Priest, 1987

Alex Chilton: Guantanamerika, Blacklist, 1989

Alex Chilton: What’s Your Sign Girl, A Man Called Destruction, 1995

Alex Chilton: Single Again, Loose Shoes And Tight Pussy / Set, 1999

Alex Chilton: Nice And Easy, Blacklist, 1989

Alex Chilton, Alan Vega, Ben Vaughn: Fat City + Freedom, Cubist Blues, 1994

Ray Davies & Alex Chilton: Till The End Of The Day, See My Friends, 2010

Alex Chilton: Volare, High Priest, 1987