Alex Chilton

[Joe Allonby]

A horn player I know worked with him for awhile, post Big Star and
after he relocated to New Orleans..

Nice guy. He was amused that he made more of a living from half of one
of his songs being used as a theme to a sitcom than he did from the
entire rest of his career even though they didn't use the Big Star
version. The second verse would have been more appropriate for the
show oddly enough.

Steal a car,
Bring it down,
Pick me up,
We'll drive around,
I wish we had
A joint so bad...

Hangin' out,
Down the street...


On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 5:09 AM, Michael Bailey
<michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
> not to mention all those great auto repair manuals...
>
> but seriously, back in the 80s I found myself buying "Cry Like a Baby" twice.
> I forgot that I owned it, and bought it again.
>
> That voice, in The Letter, too...
>
> Really can't get enough.  And you say he was in another group besides that?
> Holy moly.  I guess his manager didn't cough up the payola or something.
> Damn, I'd'a bought Big Star records, cheap as I am...that urgent,
> earnest voice...
>
>
>
> --
> -- "the problem with the deployment of frictionless surfaces is
> that they're not getting traction."
>