A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, From Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man (44 page)

Alex and Chris at Ardent, 1971.

PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL O’BRIEN

John Fry in his new office at Ardent, 1971.

PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL O’BRIEN

Big Star at the Chilton home, 1971.

PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL O’BRIEN

Big Star, mach 2: Andy, Jody, and Alex, 1973.

PHOTOGRAPH BY MAUDE CLAY

Lesa Aldridge, circa 1973.

COURTESY OF ELIZABETH HOEHN

An altercation with the Memphis police outside the Chilton home (from left): Linda Schaeffer, Mary Chilton, Alex, and Lesa, 1974.

COURTESY OF ELIZABETH HOEHN

Alex on drums with the Yard Dogs—busking at the Mid-America mall, Memphis, 1978.

PHOTOGRAPH BY GORDON ALEXANDER/COURTESY OF EBET ROBERTS

During a visit to Michael O’Brien’s new home in Miami, 1976.

PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL O’BRIEN

Alex debuts at the Ocean Club in New York City, with Chris Stamey (left) and Lloyd Fonoroff (obscured), February 1977.

PHOTOGRAPH BY EBET ROBERTS

Alex Chilton and the Cossacks at CBGB, May 1977 (from left): Fran Kowalski, Stamey, Fonoroff, Alex.

PHOTOGRAPH BY EBET ROBERTS

Alex at CBGB checking out a box of David Godlis’s photos, 1977.

PHOTOGRAPH BY GODLIS

Exploring New York in his Big Star T, 1977.

PHOTOGRAPH BY STEPHANIE CHERNIKOWSKI

Alex liberating a tile from the ceiling of the abandoned Sun Studio at 706 Union after he, Will Rigby, and Mitch Easter snuck in through the back door, 1978.

PHOTOGRAPH BY MITCH EASTER