tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post3296965781243547990..comments2024-01-27T20:58:12.878-05:00Comments on Boogie Woogie Flu: Paper HatTed Barronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975741901400619750noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post-54819911828331992292012-03-18T20:03:53.956-04:002012-03-18T20:03:53.956-04:00"Paper Hat" and other Will Rigby recordi..."Paper Hat" and other Will Rigby recordings are now available at BandCamp: http://willrigby.bandcamp.com/Will R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post-91689338066036941222011-07-11T07:34:15.376-04:002011-07-11T07:34:15.376-04:00Could you re-upload a new rar archieve, please? Th...Could you re-upload a new rar archieve, please? These one has a lot of broken songs or missing files. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post-122246830365759242009-08-11T20:33:30.875-04:002009-08-11T20:33:30.875-04:00Being a teenager in the eighties, I first heard of...Being a teenager in the eighties, I first heard of Alex Chilton via the Replacements.My interest in Big Star soon followed.Bought the Chris Bell cd when it came out, it gave me chills cos' of the liner notes and the obvious love from his brother.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post-43409574941887200672008-10-04T14:42:00.000-04:002008-10-04T14:42:00.000-04:00Paper Hat is amazing. Is everything of yours this ...Paper Hat is amazing. Is everything of yours this good?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post-74897860153412462062008-05-14T15:29:00.000-04:002008-05-14T15:29:00.000-04:00THIS is what music blogging is ALL about...fantast...THIS is what music blogging is ALL about...fantastic! This is true music journalism at a time when that no longer exists in the printed form...wonderful!woodstockpatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02411625217619274498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post-20182313652220813262008-05-02T20:08:00.000-04:002008-05-02T20:08:00.000-04:00Terrific. Thank you.Terrific. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post-43245153400128369592008-05-02T16:43:00.000-04:002008-05-02T16:43:00.000-04:00Great stuff, Will.Great stuff, Will.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02760452936316956665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post-40174651401854918922008-05-02T13:37:00.000-04:002008-05-02T13:37:00.000-04:00I'm a huge Big Star fan and this is the first time...I'm a huge Big Star fan and this is the first time I've heard an account of anyone who knew about them when they were still making music. That trip sounds amazing and I had no idea about the whole gay love triangle thing going on between them. I managed to get an album of rarities and alternative takes of #1 Record and Radio City called "Ardent Studio Sessions 72-73." Its a classic. I also do a cover of "The Ballad of El Goodo" on youtube. Search for the song and you should find it. Thanks for posting!Nickolas B. Solishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04464330220326099358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post-47543649263044357442008-04-23T04:40:00.000-04:002008-04-23T04:40:00.000-04:00This Mortal Coil (Featuring Kim Deal & Tanya Donel...<A HREF="http://www.zshare.net/audio/109770528a88b02f/" REL="nofollow">This Mortal Coil (Featuring Kim Deal & Tanya Donelly) - You And Your Sister</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post-35638343044558035212008-04-21T16:39:00.000-04:002008-04-21T16:39:00.000-04:00To echo everybody else, thanks for posting this st...To echo everybody else, thanks for posting this story about meeting Chris and Alex. I'm the author of "The 27s—-The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll," a forthcoming book about the late, greats who shaped music as we know it and died at the young age of 27. Chris Bell is very much part of that saga and his impact is quite extraordinary, especially when you consider that he ended up working at his family's restaurant chain <I>after</I> creating these now-legendary recordings.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.the27s.com" REL="nofollow">The27s.com</A>Samadhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06277854532496037346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post-21798653936052950672008-04-04T23:26:00.000-04:002008-04-04T23:26:00.000-04:00What a GREAT surprise. Thanks a lot. I was listeni...What a GREAT surprise. Thanks a lot. I was listening to - and admiring, as always - your work on the first two dB's albums as I drove to work this morning. Thanks for all the energetic beats, Will.frankensladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13034988118109210822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post-13285712895218916302008-04-04T13:18:00.000-04:002008-04-04T13:18:00.000-04:00WOW! Great story. I forwarded this link to Terry ...WOW! Great story. I forwarded this link to Terry Manning and this is what he had to say:<BR/><BR/>"I am compelled to say that whilst that article has lots of interesting reading in it, there are certain things that are just plain misstatements of fact.<BR/><BR/>For one thing, John Fry is today happily married, and has been for years.<BR/><BR/>Chris was my BEST FRIEND for ten years, and there was never, ever one single clue of homosexuality as far as I knew, nor any mention of it.<BR/><BR/>As always, not that there's anything wrong with that, just setting the record straight as I knew it.<BR/><BR/>That is NOT why Chris burned the masters."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06868609181595387281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post-20066777730913198712008-04-03T22:24:00.000-04:002008-04-03T22:24:00.000-04:00Thanks for sharing, Mr Rigby. I hope to hear you ...Thanks for sharing, Mr Rigby. I hope to hear you play soon.---Will KimbroughAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post-48587467872415454282008-04-02T10:53:00.000-04:002008-04-02T10:53:00.000-04:00Great story Will.best to you.Great story Will.<BR/><BR/>best to you.roscoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11534812579037421463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post-18111459294163399402008-04-01T12:03:00.000-04:002008-04-01T12:03:00.000-04:00Unbelievably cool post.As a north carolinian, I sp...Unbelievably cool post.<BR/>As a north carolinian, I spent much of the 80's cheering for the dB's success... only after their demise did I really start to discover the majesty of Big Star.<BR/>Thanks for putting this together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post-43216516154962237012008-04-01T11:00:00.000-04:002008-04-01T11:00:00.000-04:00Wow! Amazing recollections. Thank you for sharing....Wow! Amazing recollections. Thank you for sharing.Pete Bilderbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053682243872603532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post-26641582656901724322008-04-01T09:18:00.000-04:002008-04-01T09:18:00.000-04:00Wow -- very interesting article! I do have that H...Wow -- very interesting article! I do have that Hello! recording (I have all of them) and I've listened to it frequently as a matter of fact (my wife *loves* the "Red Bra & Panties" song, cracks her up). <BR/>I did get to hang out with Alex once back in the 90's after a gig in Northampton, MA that he did. Very interesting guy. Talked a bit about AM radio and such. It was the week after I chatted with the guys from Love Tractor at the same place. <BR/>Thanks for the history!!MJBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06742997665342997527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post-87183195914811600292008-03-31T18:05:00.000-04:002008-03-31T18:05:00.000-04:00Thanks Will, great stuff. Black & White is still m...Thanks Will, great stuff. Black & White is still my all-time fave pop single, just so you know... the dB´s are not forgotten. Cheers!Ramone666https://www.blogger.com/profile/08399648428256486747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post-61623959355328586002008-03-31T09:43:00.000-04:002008-03-31T09:43:00.000-04:00very cools- hanx for the mammaries.very cools- hanx for the mammaries.Nazz Nomadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03722964855836770177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post-39116223547014038322008-03-31T00:01:00.000-04:002008-03-31T00:01:00.000-04:00Great story, old buddy. That Midtown Memphis scen...Great story, old buddy. That Midtown Memphis scene in '78 was somethin' else. I had a few adventures myself down there back then while visiting and hanging with Branyan and the Scruffs. Alex and Ross Johnson would usually figure prominently when evenings entered the "after hours" stage. :) Crazy times and never a dull moment... <BR/><BR/>And let me shout it from the mountain one more time: On a snowy night in February of 1984 in St. Louis I saw the dBs play the most fantastic, breathtaking, and greatest cover of "I Am The Cosmos" by anyone, anyhwere-EVER! Thanks again Will...steve scarianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484401906875368712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post-87883513610807571342008-03-30T17:47:00.000-04:002008-03-30T17:47:00.000-04:00Thanks for sharing your past with us, Will. Even ...Thanks for sharing your past with us, Will. Even up here in the frozen North (Rochester, NY Finger Lakes Area) there were some of us who looked for the Big Star record and found it and paid full price for it, too. It was very hard to find...had to be ordered! Your memories though a little sad are what keeps me prowling around the internet, filling holes in my insatiable quest for musical knowledge and a fascination with the people that make it. We know each other from being regular winners on the BigO site. It always seems you answer correctly the week I can't. Wish I had been in a position to have saved all those 70s and 80s 45s I had to let go. I paid dearly for my North Carolina originals and would have to pay tons to replace them now. I still have those sad memories, though. Nice post and thanks to Ted for bringing you in.<BR/>DuncanDuncanmusichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13851644219536584126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post-79977514409995983932008-03-30T16:41:00.000-04:002008-03-30T16:41:00.000-04:00It always seemed to implausible to me that a band ...It always seemed to implausible to me that a band like Big Star could have come from Memphis of all places, and not England. But hearing you tell it, it all makes a lot of sense. Thanks for a great story (and the songs too).Joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04151491682414763620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post-68547338027254478212008-03-30T16:06:00.000-04:002008-03-30T16:06:00.000-04:00Lovely. Thanks!Lovely. Thanks!mrdantefontanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00528858947590334080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post-88768754349709248442008-03-30T15:53:00.000-04:002008-03-30T15:53:00.000-04:00Thank-you Will - wonderful story. And thank-you Te...Thank-you Will - wonderful story. And thank-you Ted for posting this.Secularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03904118702487422504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35422342.post-2204787679791464872008-03-30T15:05:00.000-04:002008-03-30T15:05:00.000-04:00What a great story! Thanks for sharing that. I thi...What a great story! Thanks for sharing that. I think I'm going to be digging out all my old Big Star vinyl tomorrow...yorkiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06526768283665949430noreply@blogger.com