Atlanta, Georgia musician Vic Chesnutt passed away on Christmas Day after slipping into a coma on Christmas Eve. The fourty-five year old musician was wheelchair bound since he was eighteen after a car-crash in 1983 rendered him a quadriplegic. He gained feeling back in hands over the course of his life and released a starling seventeen L.
The Orange County Register (MCT) -- There was sad news for indie- and folk-rock followers over the long Christmas weekend: Vic Chesnutt, the plainspoken but poetic singer-songwriter from Athens, Ga., who battled longtime paralysis to become one of the most beloved cult figures of his generation, died on Christmas Day. He was 45. As the New York Times reported in its thorough obit, Chesnutt had ...
An immense loss. Folk-Rock Singer/Songwriter James Victor “Vic” Chesnutt died Christmas Day at the age of 45 from what it appears to be a suicide from an overdose of muscle relaxants. His musical style can be described as a “skewed, refracted version of Americana that is haunting, funny, poignant, and occasionally mystical, usually all at [...]
His career spanned two decades and included collaborations with some of today’s most cherished musicians, indie and mainstream alike. Vic Chesnutt died on Christmas Day after rumors of his death spread across the blogosphere and Twitter. He was 45. According to the New York Times art blog, Chesnutt was in a coma after overdosing on muscle relaxants and succumbed to the event Friday evening. .
I'm not exactly breaking the news but singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt died on December 25, Christmas Day at the age of 45. Chesnutt will be remembered for his dark songs. He was reported as going into a coma on December 24 before he passed away the next day 2:59 p.m..... Click the link to read more
Vic Chesnutt: 1964 - 2009We first met Vic Chesnutt back in 1995. Encountered, really. We had just parked our car under the Whitehurst Freeway across the street from the Bayou Club in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Next to us was an Econoline van where some folks were loading up various pieces of equipment to haul across the street. Our car doors were open as they were trying to
Vic Chesnutt is a pretty remarkable musician. His distinctive voice and folk guitar styling is par none, and he is often accompanied by the most notable of artists no matter what the genre. Chesnutt recently released just such an album called At The Cut which featured Guy Picciotto (Fugazi) and members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. While that record may have garnered him a bit of press, he...
howdy all! hope everyone out there is having just a lovely day. i know i sure as hell am…. anyway, we finally found a place, and we are all good to go. well, at least on the living situation front. now, we just have to hear from my relocation people. my company is paying for [...]
What with the Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise tour coming up on Thursday, I've kind of got E6 on the brain. What luck, then, that Vic Chesnutt and Elf Power's collaborative work Dark Developments should land on my desk? The album is very clearly lead by Chesnutt's songwriting, but that only opens up more doors for [...]
The esteemed singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt, a favorite of many, many artists, from R.E.M. to Madonna, Bill Frisell and Elf Power, will have his latest album, At the Cut, out Sept. 22 on Constellation records. This is the second album in which members of Fugazi and Godspeed You! Black Emperor have backed him. He'll begin a tour, backed by the same artists who play on the album, Oct. 23. Check ...