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Big Star with Rob Sheffield

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The Letter Is Wacky

Alex shilton's first royalty check is 4,518 dollars and 11 cents which back in 1967 money was 31,000 dollars he was 17. He basically is the one that coaches chilton to like sing deeper more soulful And he says do aeroplane not aeroplane I started singing it really softly at first and the producer came out and said no sing it really hard and Kind of growl it like this. They're playing the tonight show they go to the Glamys They lose to fit dimension Which is kind of an indication honestly of the fact that something that alvechilton starts to bring up isn't full music anymore. It's a great one-hit

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