Comments on: Vic Chesnutt. http://slowcoustic.com/2009/12/27/vic-chesnutt/ The unhurried side of music Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:29:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Drunk Country http://slowcoustic.com/2009/12/27/vic-chesnutt/comment-page-1/#comment-3652 Drunk Country Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:50:21 +0000 http://slowcoustic.com/?p=3798#comment-3652 He was a good man. Full of sharp & well executed wit. I won't pretend to be a fan of all his stuff, but his last 2 albums, released this year, were excellent. I think my first encounter with him was his cover version of REM's "Shiny Happy People" on the REM tribute album SURPRISE YOUR PIG released back in the early '90s. I really liked its awkward slant, given its primarily an in your face HAPPY upbeat ditty, & it (& the sleevenotes re: Stipe 'discovering' him & producing his first albums) was enough for me to investigate further. It was only recently I discovered he was Liz Durrett's uncle, having prioduced her first two & guest appeared on a few recordings. Their duet of "Somewhere" from Westside Story is quite lovely. Very sad, all told, but from what I've read over the years his was a troubled soul & this wasn't his first attenpt at gaining some peace. Now he has it. He was a good man. Full of sharp & well executed wit. I won’t pretend to be a fan of all his stuff, but his last 2 albums, released this year, were excellent.

I think my first encounter with him was his cover version of REM’s “Shiny Happy People” on the REM tribute album SURPRISE YOUR PIG released back in the early ’90s. I really liked its awkward slant, given its primarily an in your face HAPPY upbeat ditty, & it (& the sleevenotes re: Stipe ‘discovering’ him & producing his first albums) was enough for me to investigate further.

It was only recently I discovered he was Liz Durrett’s uncle, having prioduced her first two & guest appeared on a few recordings. Their duet of “Somewhere” from Westside Story is quite lovely.

Very sad, all told, but from what I’ve read over the years his was a troubled soul & this wasn’t his first attenpt at gaining some peace. Now he has it.

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