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Big Star: Thank You Friends - WUNC's Songs We Love Podcast

WUNC | By Brian Burns,
Eric Hodge
Published December 11, 2018 at 1:58 PM EST
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WUNC's Songs We Love Podcast

Songs We Love is a series and a podcast that looks at the stories behind some of the songs we're playing on our new music discovery station, WUNC Music.

On this special episode, we take a look at the legacy of Big Star and focus on the 2017 tribute album Thank You, Friends: Big Star's Third Live...And More.

The tribute was led by Chris Stamey in Chapel Hill. Special guests on the live album include Jeff Tweedy, Ira Kaplan, Jessica Pratt, Robyn Hichcock, original Big Star drummer Jody Stephens plus local favorites like Skylar Gudasz, Brett Harris, and Django Haskins.

Another tribute to the music of Big Star will take place at Carrboro's Cats Cradle on December 15th to benefit the Be Loud! Sophie Foundation.

Listen to the episode here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOVnLttatDM
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Arts & Culture WUNC MusicBe Loud!Big StarChris StameyDjango HaskinsSkylar Gudasz
Brian Burns
Brian Burns is the Music Director for WUNC Music, WUNC's AAA music discovery station. He has been working within the local music scene for over a decade. On the weekends you might see him DJing at various spots around the Triangle, or digging through boxes of records. He's also the host of Future Shock on WUNC Music and a contributor to NPR Music. He graduated from UNC’s School of Information and Library Science with an MSLS in 2015.
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Eric Hodge
Eric Hodge hosts WUNC’s broadcast of Morning Edition, and files reports for the North Carolina news segments of the broadcast. He started at the station in 2004 doing fill-in work on weekends and All Things Considered.
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