R.I.P. Alex Chilton

Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 03.18.10 | 9:15 AM ET

The singer-songwriter behind Big Star, the Box Tops and classic travel song “The Letter” died of a heart attack in New Orleans. He was 59.

The greatest tribute song to Chilton has already been written, by Paul Westerberg:

Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.

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