"Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton, to come home. "
Alex Chilton is dead, and despite not being a big Big Star fan, I am really moved.
Growing up I had heard the Box Tops song The Letter many times, but my real introduction to Alex Chilton was a Replacements song titled Alex Chilton. From then on knowing Alex Chilton was the equivalent of knowing the secret handshake. If you knew him and his bands, you knew your stuff. You were a member of important but obscure music geekdom.
Thanks Alex. Glad you made it home.
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