A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, From Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man (58 page)

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Set,
305

“Shakin’ the World,”
199

“She Might Look My Way,”
193
–94,
204

Singer Not the Song,
195
,
197

“Take Me Home and Make Me Like It,”
183
–86,
195

“Tennis Bum,”
220

“Thing for You,”
283
,
287

“The Walking Dead,”
183
,
184

“Waltz Across Texas,”
238
–39

“Windows Hotel,”
194
,
204

with Yard Dogs,
219

see also
Big Star; Box Tops

Chilton, Cecelia (sister of Alex),
9
,
12
–17,
18
,
19
,
21
,
22
,
25
,
31
,
159
,
255
,
288
–89,
308

birth of,
12

Reid’s death and,
17

Chilton, Charles (son of John Marshall),
6
,
7
–8

Chilton, Charles (son of Thomas),
6

Chilton, Harrison Randolph (great-grandfather of Alex),
8

Chilton, Harrison Randolph “Jack” (uncle of Alex),
9
,
10
,
11
,
12

Chilton, Howard Sidney (grandfather of Alex),
7
,
9
–10

Chilton, Howard Sidney “Sidney,” Jr. (father of Alex),
10
,
11
,
15
,
17
,
21
,
25
,
26
,
28
,
35
,
75
,
95
,
98
,
173
,
255
,
274

Alex’s Box Tops deal and,
49
,
63

Alex’s seizure and,
176

Brown and,
12

death of,
256

guitar and lesson with Manker given to Alex by,
30
,
31
,
283

Harbert house of,
209

heart disease of,
14
,
20
,
256

in lighting business,
13
,
209
,
289

Lindamood and,
13

Mary Evelyn’s meeting of,
11

in Memphis,
13
–17

in Midtown Memphis,
17
,
18
–26

as musician,
10
,
11
,
12
,
19
,
49
,
52
,
95
,
209
,
265

in New York,
202

as parent,
17
,
20
,
23
–24,
32
,
53

progressiveness of,
22
,
23

Reid’s death and,
17
,
21
–22

salons and soirees of,
19
–23

in World War II,
12
,
13

Chilton, Howard Sidney, III (brother of Alex),
15
,
17
,
21
,
40
,
48
,
74
,
93
,
110
,
140
,
192
,
253
,
276
,
288
,
304

birth of,
13

death of,
295
,
312

Chilton, Jack,
9

Chilton, John (emigrated to America in 1660),
5

Chilton, John (Honorable),
7

Chilton, John (Sir),
5

Chilton, John (son of Thomas),
6

Chilton, John, II,
5
–6

Chilton, John Marshall,
6

Chilton, Kate “Daughter,”
9
–10,
13

Chilton, Laura Kersting (second wife of Alex),
308
,
309

Chilton, Mary Evelyn Reid (mother of Alex),
10
,
11
,
15
,
17
,
21
,
22
,
74
,
75
,
95
,
220
,
237
,
255
,
258
–59,
270
,
282
,
286

Aldridge and,
165

Alex’s police beating and,
161

Alex’s seizure and,
176

birth of,
11

death of,
288
–89

Ellis and,
98

gallery of,
18
–19,
33
,
50
,
63
,
95

Harbert house of,
209

Lindamood and,
13
,
22

in Memphis,
13
–17

in Midtown Memphis,
17
,
18
–26

in New York City,
12
–13

as parent,
15
,
17
,
20
,
23
–24,
32
,
53

progressiveness of,
22
,
23

Reid’s death and,
17
,
21
–22,
176

salons and soirees of,
19
–23,
95

Sidney’s meeting of,
11

Chilton, Reid Magruder (brother of Alex),
12
,
15
–17,
20
,
21
,
26
,
159
,
168
,
260

birth of,
11

brain injury of,
14
,
16
,
161

death of,
16
–17,
132
,
168
,
176

in school,
15
–16

Chilton, Robert Hall,
6
–7

Chilton, Robert Lee,
7

Chilton, Sarah Norton,
6
,
8

Chilton, Susan Brooke Greene “Suzi” (first wife of Alex),
56
–57,
60
,
70
,
78
,
79
,
81
–82,
83
–84,
97
,
98
,
121
,
142
,
154
,
209
,
257

Alex’s separation and divorce from,
92
,
96
,
98
,
104

Alex’s marriage to,
81
,
83
,
97

pregnancy of,
75

suicide of,
295

Chilton, Sydney Norton,
7

Chilton, Thomas (son of John II),
6

Chilton, Thomas (son of Thomas),
6

Chilton, Timothee Alexander (son of Alex),
81
–82,
121
,
142
,
209
,
215
,
257
,
287
,
295

birth of,
81

Chilton, William,
6

Chrisman, Gene,
49
,
52
,
67
,
68

Christgau, Robert,
72
,
90
–91,
125
,
152
,
197
,
199
–200,
238
,
245
,
276

Christie, Lou,
277

Christmas Past,
104

Cinemabilia,
194

City Paper,
275

Civil War,
6
,
7
,
8

Clambake,
272
,
311

Clapton, Eric,
101
,
138
,
175

Clark, Dick,
70

Clark, Rick,
184
–86

Clash,
211
,
260
–61

Clayton-Thomas, David,
88
,
154

Clifton, Gail Elise,
144
,
149
,
214
,
219
–20,
228
,
247
,
252

Clifton, Marcia,
220
,
252
,
253

Clinton Riot,
7
–8

Cloud, Harold,
88

Coasters,
15
,
16
,
20
,
168

Coca-Cola,
61
–62

Cochran, Eddie,
185

Cogbill, Tommy,
49
,
52
,
66
–68,
79
,
81
,
88

Cohen, Mitchell,
200

Cold of the Morning, The,
214

Collins, Mick,
291

Columbia Records,
123
,
130
,
136
,
137
,
151
–52,
301

Coman, Rene,
257
–65,
270
,
273
–75,
279
–84,
292

Commercial Appeal,
131
,
150
,
240

Cooder, Ry,
168

Copeland, Miles,
233

Copeland, Randy,
106

Copland, Aaron,
101

Corbijn, Anton,
244

Cossacks,
203
,
219

Costello, Elvis,
237

Counting Crows,
298
–99

Country Rockers,
297

Cowan, Frederick,
222

Cox, Candy,
243

Cramer, Floyd,
38

Cramps,
3
,
204
,
207
–8,
209
–12,
215
,
221
,
228
,
233
–35,
242
,
253
,
258
,
291
,
311

Cray, Colonel,
15

Creem,
90
,
133
,
158
,
229
–30

Crews, Don,
41
,
48

Crime and Punishment
(Dostoyevsky),
160

Cropper, Steve,
30
–31,
168
,
171
,
173
,
274

Crowe, Cameron,
133
,
135

Cubist Blues,
300

Cunningham, B.B.,
50

Cunningham, Bill,
50
,
51
,
69
,
70
,
80
,
84
,
87
,
88
,
103
,
182
,
303
,
307

in the Jynx,
29
,
33
–34,
50

Cunningham, Buddy,
50

Cunningham, Skip,
72

Cutting Edge, The,
278
–79

Danceteria,
241
–42,
265
,
266

Dando, John,
119
,
124
,
145
–47,
152
,
153
,
155
–57,
159

“Dark End of the Street,”
42
,
169

Daugherty, Jay Dee,
204

Davies, Ray,
2
,
307
,
308
,
309

Davis, Clive,
130
,
136
,
137
,
151
,
155
,
184
,
194

Davis, Jefferson,
7

Davis, Johnny,
265

Davis, Watson,
118

Dawson, Walter,
240

dB’s,
221
,
230
241
,
263
–64,
266
,
267
,
276
,
284

Dead Boys,
199
,
200

Dean, Jerry,
222
,
223

“Dear Alex,”
284

“Death Cab for Cutie,”
180

DeNicola, Drew,
171
–72

Densmore, John,
153
–54,
247

desegregation,
22
–23,
49

DeShannon, Jackie,
188

Destruction,
301

Devilles,
36
,
37
–44,
47
,
49
,
86

renamed the Box Tops,
48
,
49

Devo,
199

Diamond, Neil,
80
,
91

Dickinson, Jim,
29
,
41
,
52
,
68
,
85
,
97
,
139
,
167
–70,
172
,
173
,
178
–83,
188
,
210
,
213
–17,
219
,
222
,
223
,
225
–26,
228
,
235
,
238
,
246
,
258
,
262
,
272
,
273
,
284
,
294

Dickinson, Mary Lindsay,
188
,
216
,
220

Diddley, Bo,
10

Different Light,
284

DiMartino, Dave,
158

Dingwalls,
244

Discophonic Scene, The,
54

Disc-O-Teen,
60

Dixie Flyer,
211

Dixie Flyers,
168

Dixie Fried,
168
,
214

Dixon, Willie,
69
,
153

Doctors Without Borders,
309

Dodge, Candy,
262

Dolby Fuckers,
131
–32,
141

Doors,
55
,
56
,
69
,
72
,
153
–54

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor,
160
,
296

Dowd, Tom,
174

Dream Syndicate,
249
,
259
,
275

Duckworth, Jim,
246
–47,
249
–50,
252
,
253
,
256

Dudes,
189

Dumptruck,
275

Dunn, Donald “Duck,”
31

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