Alex Chilton, dead at age 59

The Commercial Appeal

Alex Chilton, 1950 – 2010, died of a heart attack at age 59, too young, too soon. If you listened to any rock music over the past, hell, 59 years, you heard music influenced by Alex Chilton. He stood alone.

The flag at Tengrain’s Little Hut is at half mast.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at 6:44 pm by Tengrain and is filed under Dead Celebrities. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

13 Responses to “Alex Chilton, dead at age 59”

  1. Fran: March 17th, 2010 at 7:00 pm

    Oh no – so sad.

  2. Fran: March 17th, 2010 at 7:03 pm

    Alex Chilton video

    Tex was here!

  3. Tengrain: March 17th, 2010 at 7:07 pm

    Yeah, I’m shattered.

    TG

  4. Tengrain: March 17th, 2010 at 7:11 pm

    One of my favorite covers of The Letter — by a ’80s NY punk band, Pianosaurus. They used toy instruments. Imagine Schroeder from Peanuts gone rocker…

  5. frastley: March 17th, 2010 at 7:13 pm

    Dammit! Way way too soon. I am going to go curl up in a ball and listen to Big Star all night.

  6. Tengrain: March 17th, 2010 at 7:14 pm

    Frastley -

    Welcome to MPS, it is good to have you with us. Pull out a hankie for me, will ya?

    Regards,

    Tengrain

  7. frastley: March 17th, 2010 at 7:20 pm

    Thanks for the Welcome and thanks too for the link to the Pianosaurus version of The Letter. Brilliant and one of the best I have heard!

  8. Matty Boy: March 17th, 2010 at 7:28 pm

    I wish I had
    A joint so bad.

  9. Pissed in NYC: March 17th, 2010 at 7:29 pm

    The Pianosaurus version is brilliant. RIP Alex Chilton.

  10. Tengrain: March 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm

    My pleasure, Frastley.

    Rgds,

    TG

  11. Dusty: March 17th, 2010 at 8:30 pm

    I have a joint but it didn’t help much Matty. :(

  12. Lsamsa: March 17th, 2010 at 10:52 pm

    Oh my…how very sad.

  13. Randal Graves: March 18th, 2010 at 8:22 am

    At least he’s with the Super Magical Jesus Baby now.