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November 4, 1998

Vic Chesnutt Provides Sweet Relief

Folk Singer Strips Down to Basics
November 3, 1998

Vic Chesnutt

St. Ann's Church, Brooklyn, NY, Oct. 30, 1998
October 22, 1998

Vic Chesnutt Sweats the Music Biz

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October 21, 1998

Widespread Panic

Folk artist Vic Chesnutt worries about the future after getting dropped by Capitol

Recordings and Reviews

Ghetto Bells

With post-jazz guitarist Bill Frisell working up elegant whispers, the twelfth album from Chesnutt proves alluring even when the tunes are undercooked. Chesnutt hasn't lost his edge: His harrowing story-songs strike somewhere between a Flannery O'Connor novel and a junkie's lament.

2005 RS: 3of 5 Stars

Left To His Own Devices

2001

The Salesman And Bernadette

1998

About to Choke

1996

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Biography

"I'm not an optimist/I'm not a realist/I might be a subrealist," sings Vic Chesnutt on About to Choke's "Myrtle," a darkly comic, self-effacing riddle in a career filled with dark comedy, self-deprecation, and poetic riddles. Chesnutt, who was confined to a wheelchair after a car crash at age 18, has been one of the most prolific and enigmatic songwriters of his generation, writing in a simple...

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