Alex Chilton (1950-2010), R.I.P. 3/17/10

"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."

Another one gone:

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/mar/17/memphis-musician-alex-chilton-dies/

"Chilton and Big Star had been scheduled to play Saturday as part of the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. The band was also scheduled to play at the Levitt Shell in Memphis on May 15. It's unknown what will happen to those shows."

Good write-up at the link above...

Rest in peace, Alex....

Bud S. (staceys4@hotmail.com)