Alex Chilton RIP

LJ -- Agree about Chris Bell, and I do dig some of AC's solo stuff including "Like Flies On Sherbet" and "Bach's Bottom". Not for everybody I suppose, but if you can get with inspired shambling then there's nothing quite like it (most who shamble aren't nearly as inspired, or inspiring). As for the list of acts AC is oft said to have influenced, and that whole 80's "college rock" thing in general (Replacements excepted, who were "only" rock'n'roll in the best Stonsian sense of the word), I'll take the real deal way above the lot of 'em.

"Children by the millions scream for Alex Chilton and he come's running"

-- he was very worthy of having his own song

RIP

The death of Alex Chilton means goodbye to one of the great musicians of worship of the past four decades in the rock scene... a great loss.

loomisjohnson---Your mention of Game Theory is the first on Audiogon by someone other than me. Nice!

game theory/loud family are great, criminally underrecognized bands who in a parallel universe would be big stars. too bad that scott miller is forever condemned by his reedy little voice to mere cult figure. i believe aimee mann (no slouch herself) called him the best songwriter out there, which isn't too far wrong--his lyrics/tunes/concept albums are extremely ambitious and interesting. "like a girl jesus" is as purty a song as has ever been penned.
speaking of big-star influenced cult figures, it's strange noone's mentioned my fave, elliott smith, who channelled chilton as closely as anyone and who also died too soon.