Description
W/5 prev. unreleased bonus tracks
Artist
Born November 12, 1964 in Jacksonville, Florida.
Died in Athens, Georgia on December 25th, 2009.
Vic Chesnutt was a singer-songwriter living in Athens, Georgia. A car crash at age 18 left him partly paralyzed, and he performed in a wheelchair.
A regular of the 40 Watt Club scene, he was spotted by Michael Stipe who produced his first two albums.
In 1996, Chesnutt was exposed to a wider audience with the release of the tribute album Sweet Relief II: Gravity Of The Situation (The Songs Of Vic Chesnutt), the proceeds from which went to the Sweet Relief Fund. The album consisted of Chesnutt covers by famous musicians including Garbage, Smashing Pumpkins, Madonna, R.E.M. and Live.
A prolific songwriter, Chesnutt worked with Lambchop, Widespread Panic (as Brute (2)), Elf Power as well as Bill Frisell, Guy Picciotto and members of A Silver Mt. Zion.
On December 25, 2009, Chesnutt died from an overdose of muscle relaxants that had left him in a coma in an Athens hospital.
Tracks
1
Bug
03:18
2
Withering
04:28
3
Sponge
03:32
4
Where Were You
04:44
5
Lucinda Williams
02:47
6
Florida
04:29
7
Stupid Preoccupations
03:22
8
Panic Pure
03:05
9
Miss Mary
03:23
10
Steve Willoughby
02:13
11
West Of Rome
05:02
12
Big Huge Valley
03:00
13
Soggy Tongues
03:29
14
Little Fugue
02:08
15
Nathan
03:32
16
Where's The Clock ?
02:23
17
Latent / Blatant
03:20
18
Flying
03:12
19
Intro
00:31
20
Dying Young
04:37
21
Confusion
06:10
22
Shippin' Out
02:09
Releases
Formats
Cassette, CD, Vinyl
Labels
New West Records, Labels, Texas Hotel
Countries
United States of America, Europe, UK & Europe
years
1992, 1994, 2004, 2017
