another one gone at his own time with his own hands...

i just found out last night from a good buddy of mine named 'l-train' that singer/songwriter vic chesnutt killed himself on christmas this year. its super sad to realize that the tortured brilliance that brewed inside of this dude finally caught up to him and not being able to see through despair he took his own life like david foster wallace, hunter s thompson, and kurt cobain .

i got turned on to chesnutt through widespread panic and their covers of some of his tunes. here is on entitled 'aunt avis' and him playing one of his own tunes entitled 'independence day' ... you can feel the passion marred with the pain.

'aunt avis' covered by widespread panic featuring vic chesnutt


'independence day'