A Tribute and an Apology to Vic Chesnutt
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A Tribute and an Apology to Vic Chesnutt

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 23, 202611 min
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In this bonus episode, Jim remembers Vic Chesnutt’s music and an encounter he’s been thinking about ever since. Content advisory: This episode includes discussion of self-harm. Join our Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3sivr9T Become a member on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3slWZvc Sign up for our newsletter: https://bit.ly/4frcVZo Make a donation via PayPal: https://bit.ly/3dmt9lU Send us a Voice Memo: Desktop: bit.ly/2RyD5Ah Mobile: sayhi.chat/soundops See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pr...

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Welcome back to Sound Opinions, Jim. You're going to share an embarrassment with us. I am. While adding this track to the Desert Island jukebox.

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Yeah, let me start by saying Vic Chestnut was really one of a kind artist, and he popped up on my radar because our old friend Mark Kemp resurrected his writing about Chestnut over the years in his sub-stack, right? Some of our favorite colleagues from the years.

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I worked with Mark briefly at Rolling Stone, which is sort of like saying, you know, we We got shut out of the lifeboats right before the Titanic sank when we were at Rolling Stone. And I've always had a huge friendship with Mark. We had him on the show talking about his book about Southern Rock years ago, Dixie Lullaby.

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