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Title: Vic Chesnutt - RIP Post by: Saxondale on Sunday, December 27, 2009, 00:13:45 For those of you of an Alt Country bent, a piece of You Tube of a wonderful writer and performer Vic Chesnutt. Left in a wheelchair after a car accident aged 19. Sadly died aged 45 on christmas day after an overdose.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rPyQFmGmb4 Any of you want to know more about him his wiki is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_chesnutt A great talent, true gent and a sad loss. Title: Re: Vic Chesnutt - RIP Post by: Mexicano Rojo on Sunday, December 27, 2009, 02:58:57 lovely lovely fella, a really sad loss to the world
Title: Re: Vic Chesnutt - RIP Post by: adje on Sunday, December 27, 2009, 09:52:16 Oh no-I've seen and met Vic on many occasions,a fantastic bloke and brilliant songwriter.I am genuinely cut up about this-About To Choke is one of my favourite albums of all time.
Title: Re: Vic Chesnutt - RIP Post by: Saxondale on Sunday, December 27, 2009, 10:56:14 I think a lot of people think the same. He was very free with his time. I met him at the bloomsbury theatre some years ago (as a double whammy I also met Mark Eitzel, another brilliant writer, who was with him). He was as has been said a real gent.
There always seem to be a couple of deaths over christmas, but his is one that I genuinely feel sad about. Title: Re: Vic Chesnutt - RIP Post by: adje on Sunday, December 27, 2009, 12:55:28 I think a lot of people think the same. He was very free with his time. I met him at the bloomsbury theatre some years ago (as a double whammy I also met Mark Eitzel, another brilliant writer, who was with him). He was as has been said a real gent. There always seem to be a couple of deaths over christmas, but his is one that I genuinely feel sad about. Iwas at that gig-tremendous,probably the best I've seen him. |