Thursday, April 22, 2010
Music Local Musicians Salute Alex Chilton on May 1st at Nocturnal
Posted by Chris Davis on Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 2:01 PM
- Alex Chilton
“I heard about, and attended the memorial for Alex at Minglewood Hall, which caused me to tear up,” Sheuner says. “It was touching, and beautiful, but it was not a musical event.” After the Minglewood event he called Ross Johnson who played drums with Chilton in Tav Falco's Panther Burns and told him that he had either a terrible idea or a great idea to put on a Chilton tribute concert. “He told me that he thought that a tribute show had to be done," Scheuner says. "So I hung up the phone, and went straight to the computer.” Not knowing where or when it would be he posted a message on on his Facebook page announcing an event that would allow local musicians influenced by Chilton to pay their respects in song.
“When Jews die, other Jews sit Shiva,” Scheuner says. “When musicians die other musicians play their songs. That's just how it is.
Throughout high school Scheuner thought of himself as a “rock-n-roll elitist.” He played the drums, had big hair, and was into Led Zeppelin, and Rush. When he started started college at MSU he found out about a whole world of music that he didn't know existed: The Velvet Underground, The Soft Boys, The Dbs, and Alex Chilton.
“It was truly an epiphany,” he says. “I realized that I had been duped by the record industry,and that the real rock-n-roll, the true spirit of rock-n-roll was kept alive by musicians from underground. It not only opened my eyes about music but about culture in general, the difference between product and art.”
Scheuner & Greg Cartwright perform the Bell Notes hit "I've Had It" at the Antenna Club Reunion. The song also appears on Alex Chilton's LIKE FLIES ON SHERBERT LP with vocals by Jim Dickinson.
Soon after his initiation into the world of underground music Scheuner caught Alex playing with Panther Burns at The Antenna Club, Midtown's storied punk venue. “I haven't been the same since,” Scheuner says. “And thank goodness.”
The Scheuner/Johnson tribute to Alex Chilton goes down on Saturday, May 1 at Nocturnal (formerly The Antenna Club). Amps and drums will be provided. Any musicians who would like to play tribute to Alex are welcome to do a few songs.
Musicians scheduled to perform include members of Gasoline Grace, Trashed Romeos, The Hellcats, The Klitz, The Midtown Lowdowns, Shabbadoo, The Randy Band, Curly Mojo, Snake Hips, and Van Duren, with Gina Wilde, Jeff Pope, Ross Johnson, Misti Rae Warren, J.D. Reager, Linda Heck, Adam Woodard, and many more.
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What the hell is he talking about? There's a Chilton tribute at The Levitt Shell on May 15th.
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Well sort of. There's a Big Star concert (minus Chilton/Bell obviously) at the Shell. It's a Chilton tribute with some special guests. That's not exactly the same as a concert allowing Memphis club musicians to pay their musical respects. Very different ideas.
The Jim Dickinson event wasn't a memorial. He was still alive; it was a fundraise to help pay for the horrifically high cost of medical care.
No Bob, you're thinking of a different event. The DicKinson event was after the fact. I interviewed Paul Taylor on the day after that show about his CD release party during the same week as the Antennna Club reunion. And it made me sick because I'd intended to attend the Dickinson event and blew it. But he was already dead, no question.
Merry M, my artists list came from the event organizer. The lineup has obviously solidified a bit since the original posting. Thanks for the helpful update. Sweden Kream... hilarious.
Sweden Kream has been mentioned (perhaps humorously) as the other possibilty when Big Star was named. Wasn't the Sweden Kream next to THE Big Star on National?
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