Big Star's Radio City

Download or read book Big Star's Radio City written by Bruce Eaton and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radio City (the book) isthe improbable but true story of an ardent fan who gets close enough to Alex Chilton, the prime architect of the best power pop album ever made outside of Abbey Road Studios, to see what's on the other side of genius, fame, and expectations.This bookexamines the key ingredients of Radio City's lasting appeal, including the unique confluence of circumstances that channeled Alex Chilton's creative energies toward the possibility of commercial success for perhaps the last time.