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From	Judith Beeman <beeman@istar.ca>
Subject	Big Star related news
Date	Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:14:34 -0700

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This is very interesting. Rock City the pre Big Star band as recorded by 
Terry Manning on Manning's Lucky Seven label distributed by Rounder.  

http://www.luckysevenrecords.com/

The blurb about the release:

<http://www.rounder.com/Album.asp?catalog_id=6491>Long lost album by 
proto-Big Star band featuring Big Star members Christopher Bell and Jody 
Stephens, with a guest appearance by legendary Big Star/Box Tops singer 
Alex Chilton! The group Rock City has never had an album released 
before. This Rock City recording, made in 1969-1970, has never seen the 
light of day publicly until now. In fact, the master tape was lost in a 
mis-marked box for these last thirty-three years! Yet, Rock City are 
widely known as a very influential musical force. How can this be? Rock 
City was the group which immediately preceded, and contained members of, 
the legendary group Big Star, which is regarded in most musical critics' 
circles as the biggest influence on modern pop-rock music not named The 
Beatles! Two of the members of Rock City, Christopher Bell and Jody 
Stephens, were also members of Big Star. Three of the songs on this CD 
were also on Big Star's first album, #1 Record, in later versions. The 
worldwide cult following which has shadowed Big Star for now over thirty 
years has long been aware of the early group names which were used by 
these players. And, in fact, this group under another of those 
now-famous names, Icewater, also appears on this CD performing one song. 
Websites such as SeptemberGurls.com, dedicated to the group Big Star, 
are already buzzing with anticipation for this release. And the other 
two members of Rock City, Thomas Dean Eubanks and Terry Manning, are 
also well known in Memphis and Big Star music folklore! Also included on 
the Rock City CD are two songs by Thomas Dean Eubanks in solo mode, 
which were released as a 45 single on the highly-collectible Privilege 
label in 1975. Big Star fans the world over should enjoy hearing this 
long-lost music. England's Rob Jovanovic, noted music writer, is 
currently completing a major book for Harper Collins/Fourth Estate about 
the history of Big Star and those surrounding the group. It has taken a 
while, but Rock City will now finally be more than just a "famous" 
musical name! Rock City: Christopher Bell lead and rhythm guitar, lead 
and backing vocals Thomas Dean Eubanks bass, rhythm guitar, lead and 
backing vocals Jody Stephens drums Terry Manning keyboards, backing 
vocals with Alex Chilton acoustic guitar and vocal double on "Try Again" 
Produced By Chris Bell, Thomas Dean Eubanks, and Terry Manning. Recorded 
at Ardent Studios, National Street, 1969-70.

Still with me? Hey, I'm heading out tomorrow cycling down the Pacific 
Coast from Vancouver to...we shall see how far I get. I'm dizzy 
w/excitement.

regards,  Judith

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