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Music Appreciation

Dyedinthewoolliberal

(15,577 posts) Sat Dec 28, 2019, 01:16 PM Dec 2019

Alex Chilton (The Boxtops) was born on this date-

He was about 20 when he recorded this...……..

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Alex Chilton (The Boxtops) was born on this date- (Original Post) Dyedinthewoolliberal Dec 2019 OP

Saw him at tiny club in Berkeley circa 1992, shared a smoke with him during break ... mr_lebowski Dec 2019 #1

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

1. Saw him at tiny club in Berkeley circa 1992, shared a smoke with him during break ...

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Original post)

Sat Dec 28, 2019, 02:23 PM

Dec 2019

Alex was the man ... best known of course as the leader of the seminal power pop band Big Star ... dude could play some guitar, man ... love his licks in this song ...

Big influence on The Replacements, of course ...

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