Cubist Blues: Alex Chilton – One-Hit-Wonder > Deconstruction > Dish-Washing > Blue-Eyed Soul. With American Breakfast

Alex Chilton found stardom at the age of sixteen with “The
Letter”. He could never do it again. In the middle of the 70ies
he stopped trying and just did his own music, deconstructing pop
and rock. In the 80ies he quit music at all and went dish-washing
in New Orleans. There he found new musical companions and came
back with a stripped down raunchy soul. In the 90ies and 2000er
he sometimes mimed the crooner, becoming more and more relaxed.
In 2010 he probably died as a happy man, who never finished his
house in Memphis. To stand this tour de force we prepare a hefty
and nutiricious american/british breakfast – one of my
favourites.


 


Soundtrack:


Alex Chilton: Take All Off, High Priest, 1987


Box Tops: The Letter, Single, 1967


Box Tops: Neon Rainbow, Single, 1967


Box Tops: Trouble With Sam, Cry Lika A Baby, 1968


Box Tops: Midnight Angel + Soul Deep, Dimensions, 1969


Alex Chilton: Free Again + I Can Dig It + Come On Honey + All I
Really Want Is Money (1970), Free Again: The “1970” Sessions,
2012


Big Star: When My Baby’s Beside Me + Feel, Number 1 Record, 1972


Big Star: I’m In Love With A Girl, Radio City, 1974


Replacements: Alex Chilton, Pleased To Meet Me, 1987


Bangles: September Gurls, Different Light, 1986


Alex Chilton / Big Star: Thank You Friends + Kizza Me (1974),
Third/Sister Lovers, 1978/1985


John Cale: Momammma Scuba, Fear, 1974


Alex Chilton / Big Star: Lovely Day + Femme Fatale + Kanga Roo +
Big Black Car + Dream Lover + Holocaust (1974), Third/Sister
Lovers, 1978/1985


Alex Chilton: Take Me Home And Make Me Like It (Version 1 +
Version 2) (1975), Bach’s Bottom, 1981


Alex Chilton: Take Me Home And Make Me Like It (Version 3)
(1975), Alex Chilton’s Lost Decade, 1985


Alex Chilton: I’m So Tired Pt. 1+2 + Everytime I Close My Eyes
(1975), Bach’s Bottom, 1981


Alex Chilton: I Will Always Love You, Live On WLYX, 1975


Alex Chilton: Bangkok + I Can’t Seem To Make You Mine, Single,
1978


Alex Chilton: Alligator Man + Hey Little Child + Boogie Shoes


TAV Falco & Panter Burns: Come On Little Mama, Behind The
Magnolia Curtain, 1981


Alex Chilton: Tramp, Live in London, 1980


Alex Chilton: BABY, Feudalist Tarts, 1985


Alex Chilton: No Sex, No Sex EP, 1986


Alex Chilton: Dalai Lama, High Priest, 1987


Alex Chilton: Guantanamerika, Blacklist, 1989


Alex Chilton: What’s Your Sign Girl, A Man Called Destruction,
1995


Alex Chilton: Single Again, Loose Shoes And Tight Pussy / Set,
1999


Alex Chilton: Nice And Easy, Blacklist, 1989


Alex Chilton, Alan Vega, Ben Vaughn: Fat City + Freedom, Cubist
Blues, 1994


Ray Davies & Alex Chilton: Till The End Of The Day, See My
Friends, 2010


Alex Chilton: Volare, High Priest, 1987