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Friend, asshole, angel, mutant, singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt came along and made us gross and broken people seem . . . I dunno, cooler, I guess. A quadriplegic who could play only simple chords on his guitar, Chesnutt recorded seventeen critically acclaimed albums before his death in 2009, including About to Choke , North Star Deserter , and At the Cut . In 2006, NPR placed him in the top five of the ten best living songwriters, along with Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Paul McCartney, and Bruce Springsteen. Chesnutts songs have also been covered by many prominent artists, including Madonna, the Smashing Pumpkins, R.E.M., Sparklehorse, Fugazi, and Neutral Milk Hotel. Kristin Hersh toured with Chesnutt for nearly a decade and they became close friends, bonding over a love of songwriting and mutual struggles with mental health. In Dont Suck, Dont Die , she describes many seemingly small moments they shared, their free-ranging conversations, and his tragic death. More memoir than biography, Hershs book plumbs the sources of Chesnutts pain and creativity more deeply than any conventional account of his life and recordings ever could. Chesnutt was difficult to understand and frequently dif

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Author

Chesnutt, Vic;Hersh, Kristin

Publisher

Texas] : University of Texas Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781477311363

Category

music

Subjects

Memoir, Literary Fiction, Fiction

Rating

3.92 / 5 (442 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14