Another great one goes too soon..

[scadet]

R.I.P., Vic Chesnutt

Why do they have to die for me to discover them?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps8-dXpJFoE&feature=related

Reminds me of Chris Whitley, with that raw, pure totally sincere sound and undeniable grit. I know what I will be listening to in 2010..

scadet

 

[TNO]

Me too. You HAVE to pick up a copy of his latest album, put on headphones and read the lyrics.

I'm still missing CW. I saw him twice the year before he died.

Another great one who's gone-Rainer Ptacek.

 

[hubberjub]

I only knew him through his work with Widespread Panic but I always thought it was great.

 

[A-Bone]

Somehow I missed this news altogether. I'm sorry to hear this.

 

[snarkle]

Very sad news...we saw Vic perform about a month ago, and had a long chat with him prior to that. He seemed very positive about what he was doing, and deservedly so; his new record, At the Cut, ranks with his best work, and the live show was stunning.

But he'd struggled with suicidal depression for a long time, and the financial burden placed on him by the American health-care system seems to have pushed him over the edge. (Or so it seems; of course, we'll never know everything he was thinking...)

This song is so gorgeous I cried when I first heard it (well before his death), and then played it five or six times in a row:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4Z-kjr4BLs

I wish he'd stayed "not ready" a little longer...


(Guitar obsessives might also want to check out Ghetto Bells, which features exceptionally beautiful playing from Bill Frisell, and Silver Lake, with Doug Pettibone handling the leads...)

 

[scadet]

Thanks Guys,

I'm glad to see that I am not mourning alone. I was starting to wonder. He was certainly less popular than he should have been despite his monster talent.

I will check out the new album and the YouTube link. Besides the new album, which other albums of his should I check out? He had a bunch so I won't be able to afford all of them for a while. Please let me know your favorites.

scadet