Before I get to what I should have known, let me remind you that William Eggleston: The Democratic Camera opens at the Whitney this week.
Ok here is the interesting part. After the Velvet Underground many people would consider Big Star to be the most important bands no one really knows. (Bare with me on this poor choice of words) Anyway I was reading the liner notes to the third Big Star record (it’s called either Third or Sisters Lovers) and I stumbled over the name of the keyboard player in many of the sessions – that keyboardist is William Eggelston. Consider me floored.
I’m a huge Alex Chilton/Big Star fan and as close to an Eggleston fanboy as there is – so I thought I would share.
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Old post, but who cares. Eggleston was a friend of the Chilton Family. Alex’s mom ran the gallery in Memphis that Eggleston exhibited at. Alex knew him all his life. Check out Eggeston’s experimental film, “Stranded in Canton”, that he shot in early ’70s. There’s a amazing scene in it of Alex playing “My Rival'” on an upright piano.
Thanks for the note. old post or not. I have yet to see stranded – now I have yet another reason.