tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359358707716642068.post763913412289879099..comments2024-03-11T14:29:20.224-05:00Comments on Notes and Musings: Alex Chilton, Big Star, and Austin 1975Joe Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504262446405758375noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359358707716642068.post-71406211625716554382010-04-30T08:23:25.753-05:002010-04-30T08:23:25.753-05:00Bob,
I've noted the JJW and Murphey impact in...Bob,<br /><br />I've noted the JJW and Murphey impact in both the Stevie Ray and Willie books. Both acts were at the top of the heap in Austin (along with Willis Alan Ramsey) when Willie and Doug were just getting their game on.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07404693443708630201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359358707716642068.post-81449876946192224192010-04-30T00:40:25.061-05:002010-04-30T00:40:25.061-05:00It's interesting to me that when the history o...It's interesting to me that when the history of Austin music is bantered about like this by the music pundits, not much is ever said about Mike Murphey and Jerry Jeff, though they, and the Interchangeable Lost Gonzo Band, were tearin' it UP all over the USA as unofficial Austin Ambassadors of Cosmicdom. Maybe it's because we never played Austin all that much,...but only lived here? In any case, I never played a show with any of 'em anywhere that wasn't packed to the gills and folks weren't hangin' from the rafters, even in...New York City! And they were releasing nationally released records and selling pretty dang well too. Pre Willie! If anybody helped the Austin scene to flourish and point the world's attention to it, it seems these boys had a big hand in it, didn't they? Why the cold shoulder?Bob Livingstonhttp://www.BobLivingston.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359358707716642068.post-34827625076312863842010-04-26T14:57:38.424-05:002010-04-26T14:57:38.424-05:00I've been following Chilton's career since...I've been following Chilton's career since 1978 and have accumulated some interesting unreleased odds and ends. One of which I'm looking at right now--this live interview/performance show Alex did on KUT Austin in 1978. Alex sounds pretty loose and has some girls in the studio with him, causing trouble and making jokes. This was right around the time Alex was making "Like Flies on Sherbert" and he performs the Carter Family's "No More the Moon Shines on Lorena" from that album and makes jokes about Maybelle Carter's "incestuous East Tennessee family" and so forth. Sounds like he was having a good time in, as he calls it, "Ostentatious Austin." A nice artifact. Best, Edd Hurt, Nashville (equally ostentatious, of course)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com