Sunken mountain Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Vic Chesnutt will play next Saturday near my town.I only listened his last LP and,honestly, I find it a little -I don Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brianjeremy Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 West of Rome is a great album. He's playing with Elf Power on this tour in support of their upcoming album. Both a great live. I'd check 'em out and plan to once they tour the states in the fall/winter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 I think Vic is great. I second the "West of Rome" nod, and will add "Drunk," "About to Choke," "Is the Actor Happy?"... honestly, it's easier to list the ones to avoid as that's a smaller pile . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brianjeremy Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 I listen to Is the Actor Happy more these days. One reason I got into Vic was the song "Bug" from West of Rome because it's about my very small hometown in SC, Walhalla. In the song he incorrectly identifies the "hotel full of Pakistanis" when they are actual Indian. One of the "greasy, greasy grannies" is actually my aunt, who worked at the run-down motel in Walhalla. The detail in the song is so great... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 -I don Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 He opened a lot for Bob Mould in the early and mid 90s. I never understood his acclaim. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pillowy star Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Vic Chesnutt is brilliant when you're in the mood for it. I'd love to go with you, Bea Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sunken mountain Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 Vic Chesnutt is brilliant when you're in the mood for it. I'd love to go with you, Bea Come on! Air Berlin flies here! Tomorrow night!I don Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gato Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I suggest that you give "The Salesman and Bernadette" a listen. Mostly because my brother is playing bass on it. And then give lambchop's "What Another Man Spills" a spin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jakobnicholas Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I love a line from Panic Pure" off West of Rome: My earliest memoryIs of holding up a sparklerHigh up to the darkest skySome 4th of July spectacular I shook it with an urgencyI'll never ever be able to repeat As for the "sad" quality of music, I can only imagine how tough it must be to rebound after an accident many years ago to leave him in a wheelchair. I'm not sure one ever comes to grips with something like that. He surely has many ups and downs still, and all that is reflected in his music. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pillowy star Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Come on! Air Berlin flies here! Tomorrow night!I don Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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