I've always skipped across Vic's work with the promise that some day I'll more fully explore his talent. I'm not the greatest at multitasking when it comes to listening to the music I should be listening too.
I hate that his passing is what finally snapped my attention to his genius.
Vic Chesnutt on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads
'Flirted' may be one of the most beautiful suicide songs ever considered. Too poignant, unfortunately.
My heart and thoughts go out to all of my beautiful friends in Athens who have had to endure one shitty year. May peace and life be more present in 2010.
And without getting to high up on a high horse......
Vic Chesnutt Dies; Fund Set Up To Help Family Pay Singer-Songwriter's $70,000 Medical Debt:
"According to the Los Angeles Times, Chesnutt faced $70,000 in hospital bills, a subject he brought up in a Pop & Hiss interview earlier this month. From the interview:Folk-rocker Vic Chesnutt dies in Ga. at 45 - Yahoo! News:
I was making payments, but I can't anymore and I really have no idea what I'm going to do. It seems absurd they can charge this much. When I think about all this, it gets me so furious. I could die tomorrow because of other operations I need that I can't afford. I could die any day now, but I don't want to pay them another nickel."
"However, Chesnutt had recently struggled with a lawsuit filed by a Georgia hospital after he racked up surgery bills totaling some $70,000, the Athens newspaper reported. He said he couldn't afford more than hospitalization insurance and couldn't keep up with the payments.
The problems baffled his Canadian bandmates, Chesnutt said.
'There's nowhere else in the world that I'd be facing the situation I'm in right now. They cannot understand what kind of society would inflict that on their population,' he said. 'It's terrifying.'"
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"Learn to raise hell early and often or get the hell out of the way.
Here comes the high horse part:
Have you raised hell today? Last week? Week before? Next week? Week after? Next March? Next October? 2011?
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Drive-By Truckers:CASH Music: Kristin Hersh:
_______"This page is a tribute to Vic Chesnutt - here to accept donations on behalf of his family. 100% of all funds raised will go to Vic's family."
From Patterson:
"My beloved town is heartbroken this holiday upon losing Vic Chesnutt on Xmas morning.
Vic was a friend and absolutely the greatest writer I ever knew. Bar none"
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Via Elliot of the Dexateens:
The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | Vic Chesnutt Comes Out Of His Shell - Exclusive Tracks Here
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