Everything about Vic Chesnutt totally explained
Vic Chesnutt (born on
January 1,
1964) is a
singer-songwriter living in
Athens, Georgia.
Career
Around 1985, Chesnutt moved to Athens and joined the band,
The La-Di-Da's He also appeared as a guest musician on
Cowboy Junkies' 2007 album
Trinity Revisited, a 20
th anniversary edition of their classic album
The Trinity Session.
Drug use
In his youth he was a fairly serious drug and
alcohol user; his third album
Drunk (1993) was recorded mostly while drunk. He has overcome his alcoholism in recent years, though.
Chesnutt has also been a supporter of
medical marijuana, which he claims helps with his medical problems. He contributed the track
Weed to the Rescue to the
1998 Hempilation II charity album, with proceeds going to
NORML, the national organization for the reform of marijuana laws. Chesnutt is also a self-confessed
shoplifter, a topic he's sung about and referred to in interviews.
Discography
As
brute.
2002 Co-Balt
1995 Nine High a Pallet
Personal life
An adoptee, Chesnutt was raised in Zebulon, Georgia, where he first started writing songs at the age of five. At 18, a car accident left him partially paralyzed, though it wasn't long afterwards that he realized he could still play guitar.Further Information
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