Tracks
Watch the Sunrise Big Star's Third Live Pat Sansone Brett Harris 04:22, September Gurls Big Star's Third Live Mike Mills 02:49, In the Street Big Star's Third Live Brett Harris Mike Mills 02:54, Back of a Car Big Star's Third Live Jon Auer Ken Stringfellow 02:28, Thirteen Big Star's Third Live Skylar Gudasz 03:01, Give Me Another Chance Big Star's Third Live Dan Wilson 03:10, When My Baby's Beside Me Big Star's Third Live Jeff Tweedy 03:23, I'm in Love with a Girl Big Star's Third Live Pat Sansone 01:47, Feel Big Star's Third Live Ken Stringfellow 03:26, The Ballad of El Goodo Big Star's Third Live Dan Wilson 04:26, I Am the Cosmos Big Star's Third Live Chris Stamey 04:10, You and Your Sister Big Star's Third Live Pat Sansone 03:56, Kizza Me Big Star's Third Live Jeff Tweedy Django Haskins 02:55, O Dana Big Star's Third Live Jon Auer 02:23, For You Big Star's Third Live Jody Stephens Luther Russell 03:17, Nightime Big Star's Third Live Jeff Tweedy 03:42, Jesus Christ Big Star's Third Live Mike Mills 02:58, Take Care Big Star's Third Live Ira Kaplan 02:43, Big Black Car Big Star's Third Live Jessica Pratt Jon Auer 05:13, Blue Moon Big Star's Third Live Jody Stephens 02:20, Stroke It Noel Big Star's Third Live Ken Stringfellow 02:42, Downs Big Star's Third Live Robyn Hitchcock 03:04, Dream Lover Big Star's Third Live Skylar Gudasz Ken Stringfellow 03:46, Holocaust Big Star's Third Live Django Haskins 04:22, You Can't Have Me Big Star's Third Live Skylar Gudasz Mike Mills 03:16, Kanga Roo Big Star's Third Live Brett Harris 05:09, Thank You Friends Big Star's Third Live Jeff Tweedy Dan Wilson Ken Stringfellow Pat Sansone Robyn Hitchcock Jon Auer Kronos Quartet 03:07
Notes
Two CD edition. Thank You Friends: Big Star's Third Live... and more celebrates the musical legacy of one of rock's most influential bands - Big Star - and their legendary Third album. Experience this classic of late '70s power pop through the prism of a collective of immensely talented fans, including members of Wilco, R.E.M., Yo La Tengo, and, of course, Big Star. Following the untimely death of Alex Chilton two days ahead of Big Star's SXSW performance in 2010, famous friends and fans came from far and wide to play the gig in his honor. Much of that spontaneous ensemble, along with other musical titans, assembled at Glendale, CA's Alex Theatre in April 2016 to record and film an epic performance. While the band may not be Big Star per se, the fabled group's sole surviving original member, Jody Stephens, heads an amazing cast, whose membership includes latter-day Big Star alumni Ken Stringfellow and Jon Auer of the Posies, R.E.M's Mike Mills, Let's Active's Mitch Easter, Chris Stamey of the dB's, and others. Jeff Tweedy and Pat Sansone of Wilco, Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo, Robyn Hitchcock, Dan Wilson of Semisonic, Benmont Tench from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Jessica Pratt, Brett Harris, Django Haskins, and Skylar Gudasz are among the guests who were joined by a full chamber orchestra helmed by the Kronos Quartet, performing scores created directly from the original multi-track tapes from Ardent Studios for this event. Carl Marsh, who wrote the original orchestrations, conducted.
