Post date: Jun 29, 2012 6:19:11 PM
Here is an Alex Chilton take on everyman's dream song about his dream girlfriend.
The incomparable Brian Wilson composition, Surfer Girl.
This is a paradigm-shattering piece of music. This one piece of pop perfection changed the psyche of the male species ... FOREVER.
Chilton adds a little rawness to it in this interesting rendition.
Alex Chilton was a big cog for the Box Tops and a lot more.
According to Wikipedia.
William Alexander "Alex" Chilton (December 28, 1950 – March 17, 2010) was an American songwriter, guitarist, singer and producer, best known as the lead singer of the Box Tops and Big Star.[2] Chilton's early commercial success in the 1960s as a teen vocalist for the Box Tops was not repeated in later years with Big Star and in his indie music solo career on small labels, but he drew a loyal following in the indie and alternative music fields, and is often cited as an influence by many mainstream rock artists and bands.
Chilton grew up in a musical family; his father, Sidney Chilton, was a jazz musician. A local band recruited the teenager in 1966 as their lead singer after learning of the popularity of his vocal performance at a talent show at Memphis' Central High School; this band was The Devilles, later renamed Box Tops. The new group recorded with Chips Moman and producer/songwriter Dan Penn at American Sound Studio and Muscle Shoals' FAME Studios