What a bummer. He had a real respect for the creative art of music. The Box Tops were a high school fave and his later work with Big Star evolved beyond trends and commercialism. He will be missed.

Wow. What a sad loss. I have a lot of his music and have wanted it all for awhile now. RIP Alex Chilton.

Trey

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another good one done gone..if you dont know who he was, slap yourself.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/derogatis/2010/03/alex_chilton_dies_on_the_eve_o.html

I can't believe he was only 16 when he recorded "The Letter" and "Cry Like a baby." An enormous talent.

John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile

Sad, although somehow fitting that he'd die just before the SXSW tribute.

Check out this cover of Femme Fatale by Alex and Yo La Tengo, live at Maxwell's in Hoboken (awesome place to catch a show):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Ac_rTU62c

If you are a Big Star fan, you have to get this CD with bunch of Big Star songs previously available only on bootleg:

http://www.amazon.com/Thank-You-Friends-...ks_all_2#disc_2

ARGRGHRGRAAAAA!!!!

Alex is dead?!?!! WTF! Man, another sign of the world's impending doom. Shit, I loved that guy.. Saw him twice, both really intimate gigs... So under-appreciated.

Love his cowboy boots man. Great day into absolute shit. Damn.

God bless you Alex. Time to put on "Feudalist Tarts"... and cry. Ti-na-ni-na-nooooooooooo...

Sigh, no more El Goodo.