RIP Vic Chesnutt

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Vic Chesnutt Tributes Pour in from Musicians, Journalists, Fans

Michael Stipe on Vic Chesnutt: Chesnutt's death is believed to be a suicide, and Stipe said that the musician "was very open about talking about his depression and about suicidal tendencies and thoughts." Stipe added that Chesnutt's tune "Flirted With You All My Life" was the late singer's "break-up song with death."

As news of Chesnutt's death spread over the holiday weekend, musicians took to the web to pay their respects. Patti Smith and Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum both wrote to the website of Constellation Records, which released some of Chesnutt's albums.

"...in 1991 i moved to athens georgia in search of god, but what I discovered instead was vic chesnutt. Hearing his music completely transformed the way I thought about writing songs, and I will forever be in his debt." "He possessed an unearthly energy and yet was humanistic with the common man in mind," wrote Smith. "He was entirely present and entirely somewhere else. A mystical somewhere else. A child and an old guy as he called himself… with his angel voice."

Added Mangum: "In 1991 I moved to Athens in search of god, but what I discovered instead was Vic Chesnutt. Hearing his music completely transformed the way I thought about writing songs, and I will forever be in his debt." Read More »

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