Big Star's Alex Chilton was a guiding light

The late musician's songwriting partnership with Chris Bell was as iconic as that of Lennon and McCartneyThe death of Alex Chilton last week was upsetting, saddening and shocking. I guess I never thought Chilton would die. His influence on my life and Creation Records is inestimable. A highlight of the Creation years was reissuing Chilton's great lost album, 1970, and having him play on Teenage Fanclub's Ain't That Enough (Chilton later joined the band in 1996 for what was an iconic gig).Last ye...

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