Alex Chilton Feared Missing In New Orleans
More sad music-related news in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Musician Alex Chilton (Big Star, Box Tops) is listed on a missing persons page at the Times-Picayune website. An article at the LA Times (published Friday and seen here at the Chicago Tribune) by Times music writer Robert Hillburn says according to a Rykodisc spokeswoman Chilton stayed at his home in New Orleans during the storm and has not been heard from since.
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