Originally posted on March 18, 2010
First Vic Chestnutt on Christmas day. Then Jay Reatard. Then Mark Linkous. Now Alex Chilton.
Chilton died yesterday of a heart attack. He was 59.
He was scheduled to play with his seminal band, Big Star, this week at SXSW. So this news will likely add a somber tone to the festival down in Austin, especially since his songwriting style was so influential to so many of the bands that are performing there this week. And the City of Memphis has lost another member of its storied music community.
Another good one down.
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