Friday, January 16, 2009

Underground History

Here's a great piece on Ardent Pop, where Chris Bell got his start. Eventually, it turns into a kind of history of Big Star, but it's a really interesting history.

I sat in a car in 20 degree below zero weather to finish listening to this. You will, too.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow. Nice catch....

NYMary said...

And completely accidental!

Kid Charlemagne said...

Wow, an NPR driveway moment!

Did you know about this Ardent Records comp?

Anonymous said...

thanks steve. i love big star and have their four albums. what do you think of chilton's 1987 album "high priest"? pretty funky.