{"id":4103,"date":"2011-02-07T11:07:24","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T16:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/?p=4103"},"modified":"2011-02-07T18:07:36","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T23:07:36","slug":"big-star%e2%80%99s-third","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/2011\/02\/big-star%e2%80%99s-third\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Star\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Third"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <em>Ashley Melzer<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Photos by <em>Ash Crowe<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/big-star-art-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/big-star-art-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"big-star-art-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/big-star-art-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/big-star-art-1-112x80.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Big Star\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Third,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d a live recreation of Big Star\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Sister\/Lovers record, which debuted at Cat\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Cradle in December, is coming to UNC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s PlayMakers Theatre on Feb. 15 for an acoustic encore. The performance, like the first, will be a faithful recreation of the album, with the original string and wind orchestrations \u00e2\u20ac\u201c formerly regarded as lost or destroyed \u00e2\u20ac\u201c intact.<!--more--><br \/>\nThough the cast for the PlayMakers encore is yet unknown, it promises to reunite most of the original participants from the sold-out December debut, which featured the likes of Big Star original Jody Stephens, Mitch Easter (Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Active), Chris Stamey (the dB\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s), as well as members of Lost in the Trees, the Old Ceremony, Megafaun, The Love Language, The Rosebuds, the N.C. Symphony and many more.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/big-star-art-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/big-star-art-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"big-star-art-2\" width=\"250\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/big-star-art-2.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/big-star-art-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/big-star-art-2-53x80.jpg 53w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe event will be preceded by two special presentations on campus: The first, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Search for Blind Lemon: Jim Dickinson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Legacy,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d will be an exploration of the legacy of Jim Dickinson, the producer of Sister\/Lovers, as led by Steve Weiss, director of the Southern Folklife Collection; the second, an interview between \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Big Star\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Third\u00e2\u20ac\u009d organizer Stamey and Ardent\/Big Star\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Stephens and John Fry, via Skype.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Big Star\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Third\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00e2\u20ac\u009d fun doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stop there though. Cast and crew will next be taking the show to New York on March 26. There, Tift Merritt, Matthew Sweet and Norman Blake (Teenage Fan Club) will join in (with the rumor mill hinting that Ray Davies might make appearances too). From there, an untold mix of musicians will take the show on the road for engagements across the country that will be filmed for the upcoming Danielle McCarthy and Drew DeNicola documentary film Nothing Can Hurt Me: The Big Star Story, slated for a 2011 release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ashley Melzer \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Photos by Ash Crowe \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Big Star\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Third,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d a live recreation of Big Star\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Sister\/Lovers record, which debuted at Cat\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Cradle in December, is coming to UNC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s PlayMakers Theatre on Feb. 15 for an acoustic encore. 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