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Alex Chilton, Kelly Hogan
Phone: 773-728-6000
The Replacements turned countless people on to Alex Chilton a couple decades back by naming one of their career-best songs after him, and that track’s appearance in Rock Band 2 will surely move new pilgrims to worship at the House of Chilton. But I’m sure he could’ve mustered a cult even without Paul Westerberg’s blessing. Over the past four decades he’s made himself at home in several corners of bluesy rock ’n’ roll, both with the soul-heavy Box Tops and the sugary-sad Big Star, and as a solo artist he’s made fascinating detours into trippy psych-pop. He’s lapped all his imitators, not only continuing to play the kind of music that inspired them but doing it better than they ever could—in short, he’s more than earned his place in the pantheon of indie rock, as well as the right to mellow out. Given his history, I wouldn’t be surprised if he came up with a new and exciting way to grow old but stay a rocker. Kelly Hogan opens. —Miles Raymer
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Old Town School of Folk Music
- Ravenswood 4544 N. Lincoln Ave.
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773-728-6000
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He played for less than an hour. Most of it was covers. The one Box Tops song and the single Big Star song were uninspired choices, and he barely could remember how to play the 8 to 10 songs he played. Oh, and everything he did play had the same exact instrumentation, he didn't even bother to change the tone on his guitar until the last two minutes. One of the biggest disappointments of the many many gigs I've seen over the years.
Posted by calmyoudown
on December 7, 2008 at 12:16 PM
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