My excitement about these Big Star Third shows the next two nights has reached critical mass. Seriously. I'm going to need some help getting any decent sleep tonight (no worries: I know exactly where my bottle of Advil PM lives). What your normal five-year-old feels like on December 24 is the exact shape I find myself in this evening.
First, I happened upon this blog by Chris Stamey in which he describes the planning and preparation behind this project. That man be blessed. His post about Mellotrons is especially nice.
Next, it was this article in the local weekly paper that goes into greater detail about the project's birth & long infancy. Also some enjoyable stories about Stamey's work over the years with Alex Chilton and the incredible fact that the idea and early planning for this show started many years ago with Chilton as a willing & eager participant... damn, to have had him in a central planning & playing role for this... now THAT would have been so far beyond special as to defy description in this or most any other language.
A quick aside, somewhat related: Chilton, for all the talk about his being reclusive and a bit eccentric, sounds like such a good guy. Check these pieces about him from Paul Westerberg (especially love the line about the tent!) and Steve Wynn.
KIZZA ME
THANK YOU FRIENDS
Big Star - Thank You Friends from Derek Jenkins on Vimeo.
JESUS CHRIST
FEMME FATALE
O DANA
HOLOCAUST
KANGAROO
STROKE IT NOEL
FOR YOU
NIGHTIME
BLUE MOON
TAKE CARE
TILL THE END OF THE DAY
DREAM LOVER
DOWNS & WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' GOIN' ON
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