06/04/2023
Remembering Dave Alexander of The Stooges, June 3, 1947 – February 10, 1975 📷 The Hit Factory, NYC, 1969 by Glen Craig
THE LOST STOOGE: CHASING THE GHOST OF DAVE ALEXANDER
By TODD MCGOVERN·NOVEMBER 9, 2017 from
DAVE ALEXANDER AND THE STOOGES
The story of how the Stooges formed has been told in a number of books and interviews. After Jim Osterberg’s ill-fated attempt at college (he dropped out of the University of Michigan after his first semester) and his return from a move to Chicago to play drums for Walter Horton and other blues musicians, he and the Asheton brothers decided to form a band. Jim had previously been the drummer in The Iguanas and The Prime Movers, while Ron had played guitar in Scott Richardson’s band, The Chosen Few.
“When they started the band, Dave just came in,” Richardson remembered. He was the perfect fit because of all the hanging out that had taken place prior to it. Him and Scotty had formed a fantastic rhythm section. It had like a family vibe, which is so rare, but there it is. It was real primitive, but it was really connected at the same time.”
Dave and the rest of the Stooges had a tight bond. “They had the same sensibilities,” Scott Richardson noted. “If you remember West Side Story, this was kind of what was happening. You had this strange male bonding going on.”
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