Alex Chilton RIP

The death of Alex Chilton means goodbye to one of the great musicians of worship of the past four decades in the rock scene... a great loss.

loomisjohnson---Your mention of Game Theory is the first on Audiogon by someone other than me. Nice!

game theory/loud family are great, criminally underrecognized bands who in a parallel universe would be big stars. too bad that scott miller is forever condemned by his reedy little voice to mere cult figure. i believe aimee mann (no slouch herself) called him the best songwriter out there, which isn't too far wrong--his lyrics/tunes/concept albums are extremely ambitious and interesting. "like a girl jesus" is as purty a song as has ever been penned.
speaking of big-star influenced cult figures, it's strange noone's mentioned my fave, elliott smith, who channelled chilton as closely as anyone and who also died too soon.

"I never travel far, without a little Big Star."

loomisj---I agree. Ironic that Scott's ego prevented him from stepping back and letting someone else sing the songs, which would have given them a much greater chance at commercial success,