Vic Chesnutt News

The singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt, who has died aged 45 after an overdose of muscle relaxants, was a veteran presence in the independent, rather than the mainstream, music charts.

Nobody heard him, the dead man, But still he lay moaning: I was much further out than you thought And not waving but drowning.

I had been looking for a voice to capture how it felt to hear that Vic Chesnutt had died, when I realised that voice was his own Disappointment and heartache were two of his recurrent themes ... Vic Chesnutt.

We 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.

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.

When I was in college, I had a roommate named Kevin who was a certifiable music freak.

His music often addressed death head-on, but this singer-songwriter - who died on Christmas day - always rose above the maudlin Vic Chesnutt, who has died aged 45 Vic Chesnutt and death were far from strangers, as anyone who has spent time with his 2009 album At The Cut will know.

A playlist to memorialize the late Athens, Ga. singer/songwriter, who died at age 45 on Christmas Day: 1. Band Camp A joyous bit of boyhood nostalgia, complete with a colorful anecdote about a schoolgirl soaking her tampon in vodka.

Vic Chesnutt, a paralysed singer-songwriter whose painful and poignant songs caught the attention of REM frontman Michael Stipe, has died after an apparent suicide attempt, aged 45.

Vic Chesnutt and Elf Power toured Europe together in 2009 in support of their collaborative album entitled Dark Developments that was released on Orange Twin Records in 2008.

While a serious car accident left Chesnutt partially paralyzed at the age of 18, his condition did not stop him from writing songs.

Michael Stipe remembers Vic Chesnutt , Vic covered 'Everybody Hurts' w/ Elf Power @ REM tribute "We have lost one of our great ones." - Michael Stipe, Dec 25, 2009 Vic Chesnutt was a singer-songwriter living in Athens, Georgia.

He was 45. Chesnutt's record label, Constellation Records, said in a statement on its Web site that Chesnutt died on Christmas Day, Friday.

I first heard Vic Chesnutt in the early 90's. His music was immediately engaging, his lyrics somewhat cryptic, often funny, sad, and unquestionably sincere.

Vic Chesnutt was paralyzed after a 1983 drunk-driving accident and had limited use of his arms and hands.

Musician and singer Vic Chesnutt has died. A spokesperson for Chesnutt's music label Constellation records says Chesnutt passed away Christmas day in Athens at 2:59 p.m. after falling into a coma earlier in the week.

Vic Chesnutt 's label, Constellation Records, has released a statement saying that the 45 year-old singer-songwriter is in a coma.

Powerfully confessional folk singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt is in coma, according to multiple Twitter postings from frequent band mate Kristin Hersh.

Aesop Rock at the Mohawk . Ian Matthias Bavitz, better known as Aesop Rock, was at the forefront of the alternative and underground hip-hop acts that emerged in the late '90s and early part of this decade.

On a night when it seemed all anyone could talk about was the sold-out xx show at Neumos, it shouldn't have surprised me that the Crocodile appeared just over half full for Vic Chesnutt .