The Salesman and Bernadette is one of my favorite albums ever. I used to stare at the wall, drink Knob Creek and listen to this when I was depressed in college.

NY Times:
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/25/vic-chesnutt-singer-dies/?hp

Vic Chesnutt, a singer-songwriter whose music dealt with mortality and black humor, died on Friday in a hospital in Athens, Ga., a spokesman for his family said. He was 45 and lived in Athens.

He had been in a coma after taking an overdose of muscle relaxants earlier this week, said the family spokesman, Jem Cohen.

 

In a two-decade career, Mr. Chesnutt sang darkly comic and often disarmingly candid songs about death, vulnerability, and life’s simple joys. A car accident when he was 18

Favorite song: "Square Room."

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Just got an e-mail from Constellation with some nice thoughts about Vic Chesnutt from a number of artists (Patti Smith, Jeff Mangum). It's on the label homepage: http://cstrecords.com/.

Also, those who want to donate can do so here: http://kristinhersh.cashmusic.org/vic/.