| With
16-year-old Alex Chilton growling out lines like "Gimme a ticket
for an aeroplane" and crooning trippy electric pop gems like
"Neon Rainbow," Memphis' Box Tops — heirs to the
blue-eyed soul of the Rascals and the Righteous Brothers —
could do it both ways. Under the watchful eye of legendary producers
Dan Penn and Chips Moman, the Box Tops blistered the charts with
seven Top 40 hits, sprinkled throughout four wonderful albums —
all laced with enough Memphis soul and gentle psychedelia to cement
the band's stature as rock & roll legends. |
