Summary
Rob Sheffield, the fine writer and editor for Rolling Stone, noted the death of the great Memphis singer and songwriter Alex Chilton with a touching blog posting on Thursday that referenced a Chilton show in 1987 at a "sleazy rock bar in Roanoke, Virginia."
That was the night when Chilton stopped a song after an audience member threw a bottle at him. He threatened to kill the weak-armed hurler, then picked up the song in mid-chorus, right where he left off. Sheffield recounted the moment as a "perfect summary of Alex Chilton's mix of Southern charm and evil charisma."See the full content of this document
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Chilton Was the Classic Cult Hero
It's a good story and mostly true, except that it wasn't a bottle, it was a cup or balled-up napkin. And it didn't happen in Roanoke, it happened in Radford. I kn...
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