Alex Chilton

A hard one to pin down. I own all of the Big Star records, a Box Top comp and even more importantly a Rhino solo anthology. Was he a troubled genius or just tough to figure out. Rock historians can debate this all they want, but he sure straddled the musical line: he was blue-eyed soul or a power popper or just an 80's alternative Soul/Pop hybrid. It was a wild ride and frankly Chilton did little of interest in the 90's or 00's. But for a brief period he was a blast to try and keep up with.

P.S. the best song the Replacements ever did was called "Alex Chilton" a pure blast of power pop rock