I wanted to start running my best of 2009 lists this week. Instead, I’ve sadly spent the past two days writing a Vic Chesnutt obituary. So I’ve spent a lot of time recently thinking about him and his work; here are my favorite Chesnutt albums in order.
Also, Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses) is collecting donations at http://kristinhersh.cashmusic.org/vic to be given to Chesnutt’s family. Her heartfelt and highly personal tribute/reaction is well worth reading.
Little (Texas Hotel, 1990)
North Star Deserter (Constellation, 2007)
At the Cut (Constellation, 2009)
Skitter on Take-Off (Vapor, 2009)
Is the Actor Happy? (Texas Hotel, 1995)
Drunk (Texas Hotel, 1993)
West of Rome (Texas Hotel, 1991)
Silver Lake (New West, 2003)
About to Choke (Capitol, 1996)
The Salesman and Bernadette (Capricorn, 1998)
or maybe ghetto bells (New West, 2005)
