Big Star Plays Brooklyn Masonic Temple
November 20, 2009 by Daniel J Russo
Filed under Announcements, Featured
Big Star just got back from playing their first gig in New York City in 13 years, packing out the Brooklyn Masonic Temple on November 18th. David Fricke, Senior Editor at Rolling Stone, had this to say about the performance:
The golden-pop aura that New Yorkers saw hovering in the night sky on November 18th was from a rare local landing, at Brooklyn Masonic Temple, of the Memphis Beatles, Big Star: singer-guitarist Alex Chilton and drummer Jody Stephens with their reunion associates since 1993, guitarist Jon Auer and bassist Ken Stringfellow of the Posies. You can still count on one hand Big Star’s New York visits since 1974, when Chilton and Stephens (with a touring bassist) appeared at Max’s Kansas City to promote the hard-jangle classic Radio City. The Brooklyn show also coincided with a recent release, Keep An Eye on the Sky[SIC], a four-CD history of the three years, 1972-74, in which Chilton, Stephens, singer-guitarist Chris Bell and bassist Andy Hummel fused, right as they were falling apart, American garage rock, Southern R&B and the British Invasion on the historic pop-adventure albums, #1 Record, Radio City and Third.
You can read more of David’s review of the show on rollingstone.com right here, or you can check out the boxed set on Amazon.com!
Edit: Have a look here to read Chris Ziegler’s interview with Jody for L. A. Record.
In the picture, L to R: David Fricke, Senior Editor, Rolling Stone Magazine, and Jody Stephens of Big Star.
