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Originally released as disc four of Rhino's 2009 box set Keep an Eye on the Sky, Live at Lafayette's Music Room captures performances Big Star gave in January 1973 at Lafayette's Music Room in their hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. This is the same site that hosted the band's legendary show during the May 1973 Memphis Rock Writer's Convention -- a gig that was instrumental in building buzz for Big Star -- so this comes tantalizingly close to replicating how Big Star may have sounded on that storied date. During this first half of 1973, Big Star were a band in transition, getting their sea legs after the departure of Chris Bell. His presence hangs heavy, with Alex Chilton singing songs Bell sang on #1 Record and his DNA evident on such newer songs as "Back of a Car" and "O My Soul," but it's also evident how Big Star are turning into a rangier, rougher outfit under the undisputed leadership of Alex Chilton. The band feels tougher and funkier, particularly on the clutch of covers that conclude the album: Gram Parsons' bruised country-rock classic "Hot Burrito #2" becomes a swaggering Stonesy rocker; a version of T. Rex's "Baby Strange" seems like the blueprint for the Replacements, and the band drills down to the essential sleaze of Todd Rundgren's "Slut." This rawness, so absent on Big Star's two finished studio albums, is the reason why Live at Lafayette's Music Room is worth hearing even for non-fanatics: It proves that this power pop group was also a rock & roll band.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Alex Chilton, Composer, Writer - Big Star, Composer, MainArtist - Chris Bell, Composer, Writer
© 2018 Omnivore Recordings Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC. ℗ 2018 Ardent Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Big Star, Composer, MainArtist - Chris Bell, Composer, Writer - Tom Eubanks, Composer, Writer
© 2018 Omnivore Recordings Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC. ℗ 2018 Ardent Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Alex Chilton, Composer, Writer - Big Star, Composer, MainArtist
© 2018 Omnivore Recordings Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC. ℗ 2018 Ardent Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Andy Hummel, Composer, Writer - Big Star, Composer, MainArtist
© 2018 Omnivore Recordings Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC. ℗ 2018 Ardent Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Alex Chilton, Composer, Writer - Big Star, Composer, MainArtist - Chris Bell, Composer, Writer
© 2018 Omnivore Recordings Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC. ℗ 2018 Ardent Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Alex Chilton, Composer, Writer - Big Star, Composer, MainArtist - Chris Bell, Composer, Writer
© 2018 Omnivore Recordings Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC. ℗ 2018 Ardent Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Andy Hummel, Composer, Writer - Alex Chilton, Composer, Writer - Big Star, Composer, MainArtist
© 2018 Omnivore Recordings Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC. ℗ 2018 Ardent Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Alex Chilton, Writer - Big Star, Composer, MainArtist - Chris Bell, Composer, Writer
© 2018 Omnivore Recordings Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC. ℗ 2018 Ardent Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Andy Hummel, Composer - Big Star, Composer, MainArtist
© 2018 Omnivore Recordings Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC. ℗ 2018 Ardent Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Alex Chilton, Composer, Writer - Big Star, Composer, MainArtist - Chris Bell, Composer, Writer
© 2018 Omnivore Recordings Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC. ℗ 2018 Ardent Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Alex Chilton, Composer, Writer - Big Star, Composer, MainArtist - Chris Bell, Composer, Writer
© 2018 Omnivore Recordings Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC. ℗ 2018 Ardent Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Jeff Pescetto, Writer - Alex Chilton, Composer, Writer - Big Star, Composer, MainArtist - Chris Bell, Composer, Writer - JEFF LORBER, Writer - Yuji Toriumi, Writer
© 2018 Omnivore Recordings Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC. ℗ 2018 Ardent Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Chris Ethridge, Composer, Writer - Gram Parsons, Composer, Writer - Big Star, Composer, MainArtist
© 2018 Omnivore Recordings Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC. ℗ 2018 Ardent Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Big Star, Composer, MainArtist - Chris Bell, Composer
© 2018 Omnivore Recordings Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC. ℗ 2018 Ardent Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Big Star, Composer, MainArtist - MARC BOLAN, Composer, Writer
© 2018 Omnivore Recordings Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC. ℗ 2018 Ardent Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Big Star, Composer, MainArtist - Todd Rundgren, Composer, Writer
© 2018 Omnivore Recordings Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC. ℗ 2018 Ardent Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Big Star, Composer, MainArtist - Chris Bell, Composer
© 2018 Omnivore Recordings Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC. ℗ 2018 Ardent Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Alex Chilton, Composer, Writer - Big Star, Composer, MainArtist - Chris Bell, Composer, Writer
© 2018 Omnivore Recordings Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC. ℗ 2018 Ardent Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Ray Davies, Composer - Big Star, Composer, MainArtist
© 2018 Omnivore Recordings Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC. ℗ 2018 Ardent Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Alex Chilton, Composer, Writer - Big Star, Composer, MainArtist
© 2018 Omnivore Recordings Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC. ℗ 2018 Ardent Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Album review
Originally released as disc four of Rhino's 2009 box set Keep an Eye on the Sky, Live at Lafayette's Music Room captures performances Big Star gave in January 1973 at Lafayette's Music Room in their hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. This is the same site that hosted the band's legendary show during the May 1973 Memphis Rock Writer's Convention -- a gig that was instrumental in building buzz for Big Star -- so this comes tantalizingly close to replicating how Big Star may have sounded on that storied date. During this first half of 1973, Big Star were a band in transition, getting their sea legs after the departure of Chris Bell. His presence hangs heavy, with Alex Chilton singing songs Bell sang on #1 Record and his DNA evident on such newer songs as "Back of a Car" and "O My Soul," but it's also evident how Big Star are turning into a rangier, rougher outfit under the undisputed leadership of Alex Chilton. The band feels tougher and funkier, particularly on the clutch of covers that conclude the album: Gram Parsons' bruised country-rock classic "Hot Burrito #2" becomes a swaggering Stonesy rocker; a version of T. Rex's "Baby Strange" seems like the blueprint for the Replacements, and the band drills down to the essential sleaze of Todd Rundgren's "Slut." This rawness, so absent on Big Star's two finished studio albums, is the reason why Live at Lafayette's Music Room is worth hearing even for non-fanatics: It proves that this power pop group was also a rock & roll band.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:09:46
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Big Star
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Omnivore Recordings
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2018 Omnivore Recordings Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC. ℗ 2018 Ardent Music, LLC Ardent Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings.
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