A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, From Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man (57 page)

touring of,
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–24,
129
,
155
–59

“Way Out West,”
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,
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,
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,
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,
153
,
193

“What’s Going Ahn,”
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,
141

“When My Baby’s Beside Me,”
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119
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,
129
,
133
,
138
,
280

“Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,”
176
,
180

at WLIR,
152
–53,
157
,
293
,
294

“You Can’t Have Me,”
174
–75

“You Get What You Deserve,”
140
,
153

Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me,
1

Big Time,
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,
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,
289

Billboard,
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121
,
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Birkin, Jane,
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Bitter Lemon,
29
–30

Black, Bill,
52

Black Flag,
248

Blake, Jim,
228
,
243

Bland, Bobby “Blue,”
28

Blavat, Jerry,
54

Bleecker Bob’s,
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,
212

Blondie,
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,
199
,
204

Blood, Sweat and Tears,
88
,
154

Blue Reimondos,
233

Blue Vipers,
259

Blunstone, Colin,
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Boggs, Thomas,
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,
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,
128

Bomp,
133

Bonds, Barry,
304

Bonzo Dog Band,
180

Boss City,
70

Bowie, David,
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,
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Box Tops,
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–53,
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–73,
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–88,
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–91,
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–97,
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–9,
311

Bell Records’ contract with,
49

The Box Tops Super Hits,
78
–79,
82
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90
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91

“Break My Mind,”
51

Chilton’s quitting of,
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,
96
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98

“Choo Choo Train,”
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76

“Cry Like a Baby,”
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–68,
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73
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83
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88
,
168
,
187
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249

Cry Like a Baby,
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–71,
73

Devilles renamed,
48
,
49

Dial-a-Hit,
88

Dimensions,
79
–81,
88
,
90
,
91

“Everything I Am,”
59

“The Happy Song,”
87
,
88
–89

“Happy Times,”
49
,
50

“The Letter,”
see
“Letter, The”

The Letter/Neon Rainbow,
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–60

“Neon Rainbow,”
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61
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73
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102

Nonstop,
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–72,
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–81,
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,
91

oldies package shows and,
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285
,
303

reunion of,
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–5,
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“She Knows How,”
60

“Sweet Cream Ladies,”
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,
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,
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touring of,
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54
–63,
64
,
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,
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–92

Bramlett, Bonnie,
237

Breeze, Jeff,
295

Brewery,
157
–58

Brodsky, Joel,
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–73

Brooklyn Zoo,
252

Brown, Armistad “Army,”
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–20,
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Brown, Iris,
12
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24
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,
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Brown, James,
237

Brown v. Board of Education,
22

BR Toad,
228

Bruce, Jack,
157

Bryson, Wally,
189

Buck, Peter,
200
,
261
,
263

Buffett, Bill,
32
–33,
35
,
52
,
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–55

Buffett, Jimmy,
298

Bunn, Susan,
221

Burke, Solomon,
286

Burnette, Dorsey,
41

Burnette, Johnny,
41

Burns, Stephen,
187

Burton, James,
41

Butts Band,
153
–54

Byrd, John,
193

Byrds,
49
,
108

Caccamisi, Russ,
27
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37
,
38
,
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,
42
,
46
–50

Cale, John,
199
,
241

Cameron, Jim,
152

Cannon, Ace,
52

“Can’t Hardly Wait,”
272

Car,
217

Cargoe,
120
–22

Carmen, Eric,
125

Carnochan, Ian “Knox,”
244

Carson, Wayne,
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Carter, Darryl,
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Carter Family,
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–39

Cartier-Bresson, Henri,
21

Cash, Johnny,
68

Cash Box,
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CBGB,
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–203,
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–68

CBS Records,
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Cenotaph,
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Central High School:

Chilton at,
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–40,
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–47,
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talent show at,
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–36,
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Central Park,
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,
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Cerf, Martin,
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Cézanne, Paul,
19

Chance, James,
292

Channing, Carol,
90

Chantelles,
38

Chapman, Beth,
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,
189

Chapman, Bill,
37

Chapman, Phil,
211

Character Analysis
(Reich),
192

Charles, Ray,
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,
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Charles II, King,
5

Chatham, Karen,
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Cheap Trick,
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Cheetah,
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Cheetah,
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Chernikowski, Stephanie,
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–200,
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–68

Chertow, Randy,
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Chessmen,
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Chess Records,
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Chez Flames,
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,
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Chicago Sun-Times,
2

Chicago Tribune,
302

Chilton, Alex:

astrology as interest of,
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,
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athleticism of,
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,
33

birth of,
14

cab driving job of,
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,
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,
254

cabin plans of,
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,
305

character analysis as interest of,
192

childhood of,
14
–17,
18
–26

cottage of,
305
,
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dance classes attended by,
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–26

death of,
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,
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,
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dishwashing job of,
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–57

drinking and sobriety of,
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early teen years of,
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–36

family background of,
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–11

janitor job of,
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memorial concerts for,
2

at Memphis State,
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moodiness and temper of,
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,
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,
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,
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music in childhood of,
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–25

in New Orleans,
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,
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–64,
270

in New York City,
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–103,
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–208,
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,
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,
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police beating of,
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Reid’s death and,
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–22,
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at school,
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–40,
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–47,
53

seizure suffered by,
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–76

tennis playing of,
25
,
75
,
119

tree trimming job of,
259
,
260

Chilton, Alex, music of:

Alex Chilton: One Day in New York,
219

“All of the Time,”
185
,
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,
195

“Baby Doll,”
216

Bach’s Bottom,
244
,
245

“Bangkok,”
208
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Blacklist,
289

“Can’t Seem to Make You Mine,”
210
,
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Clichés,
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,
300
,
302
–3

“Come By Here,”
283

with the Cossacks,
203
,
219

“Dalai Lama,”
283

discography,
319
–24

with the Dolby Fuckers,
131
–32,
141

Electricity by Candlelight,
312
–13

Feudalist Tarts,
275
–77,
279

“Free Again,”
96
,
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,
185
,
195

“Girl After Girl,”
238

“Guantanamerika,”
289

guitar playing in,
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–31,
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–76,
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–3,
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–35,
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–39,
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228
–29,
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–78

“Hey! Little Child,”
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,
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High Priest,
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–87,
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“Hook or Crook,”
213

“Like Flies on Sherbert,”
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Like Flies on Sherbert,
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–16,
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–23,
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–39,
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–41,
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,
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“A Little Fishy,”
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,
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Live in London,
244

Lost Decade,
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,
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“Lost My Job,”
260
,
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,
273

A Man Called Destruction,
3
,
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–2

“Martial Law,”
220

“My Rival,”
188
,
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,
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,
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1970s recordings,
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–94,
96
–97

19 Years: A Collection of Alex Chilton,
292
–93

“No Sex,”
279
,
299

No Sex,
279

“Paradise,”
273
,
277

“Rock Hard,”
213
,
215
,
222
,
238
,
290