◇ image via WikipediaAlex Chilton
Alex Chilton is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Allen Toussaint, Steve Cropper, Carl Wilson, Roger McGuinn and The Seeds. Those roots explain a lot about how Alex Chilton arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Flamin' Groovies, Paul Westerberg, The Raspberries, Teenage Fanclub and John Cale, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The 88, Rock City, The Duke Spirit, Paul Westerberg and Cheap Trick, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Alex Chilton, reaching back through Allen Toussaint and forward to The 88. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
William Alexander Chilton was an American musician, best known as the lead singer of the rock bands the Box Tops and Big Star. Chilton's early commercial success in the 1960s as a teen vocalist for the Box Tops was not matched by similar chart success in his later work with Big Star and in his subsequent solo career on independent record labels. However, he built a devoted following among indie and alternative musicians, and has been frequently cited as a seminal influence by influential rock artists and bands.
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Alex Chilton connections
Alex Chilton grew out of Allen Toussaint, Steve Cropper, Carl Wilson and Roger McGuinn, shares an orbit with Flamin' Groovies, Paul Westerberg, The Raspberries and Teenage Fanclub, went on to shape The 88, Rock City, The Duke Spirit and Paul Westerberg. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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