The Spirit of Alex Chilton

I was researching songs for our upcoming Summer of Love Show.  One song we are doing with our friend the Uber Critic is The Box Tops great song "The Letter." The lead singer on that Top 40 hit song was a 16 year old kind named Alex Chilton.  Alex is just one of those phenomenal singer/songwriters I have come to really appreciate over the years.  He was always on the fringe and margins of having a successful rock and roll career and did some amazing work with Big Star and as a solo artist.

Anyway, Alex is now dead and gone.  But his work remains.  And by spinning the CD's and playing the videos he seems as alive as you and me.  I found this video of Alex wandering around a New Orleans Cemetery, and well, wouldn't the spirit of Alex Chilton be wandering around a cemetery in New Orleans singing songs?  And wouldn't he sing "The Letter," just for the hell of it?

Well, yes, he would...