September 28, 2015 • Musicians Kristin Hersh and Vic Chesnutt were friends and tour buddies for years before his death from an overdose in 2009; Don't Suck is Hersh's haunting memoir of her lost ...

Vic Chesnutt, a singer-songwriter of spare, idiosyncratic folk songs tinged with melancholy, died Christmas Day in Athens, Ga., after taking an overdose of prescription muscle relaxants ...

Vic Chesnutt, a singer-songwriter of spare, idiosyncratic folk songs tinged with melancholy, died Christmas Day in Athens, Ga., after an intentional overdose of prescription muscle relaxants ...

Vic Chesnutt's label, Constellation Records, has released a statement confirming that the 45-year-old singer-songwriter has died. "Surrounded by family and friends, Vic Chesnutt died in Athens ...

Vic Chesnutt, a singer-songwriter of spare, idiosyncratic folk songs tinged with melancholy, died Christmas Day in Athens, Ga., after an intentional overdose of prescription muscle relaxants ...

Vic Chesnutt’s attraction to the darker side of life may or may not stem from the teenage accident that left him in a wheelchair. In any case, he’s hardly confined to that wheelchair ...

ATHENS, Ga. - Vic Chesnutt, the folk-rocker whose sometimes dark reflections on life were influenced in part by a car wreck that left him paralyzed, has died. He was 45. Family friend Christina ...

Born James Victor Chesnutt, “Vic” always had a healthy interest in music. It wasn’t until after a car accident at the age of 18 left him paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair that Chesnutt ...

In 1983, Vic Chesnutt, an obscure country misfit, was 18, drunk again, and crashing his car in America's southern state of Georgia. When he woke from his coma, his body was confined to a wheelchair.

The 2025 Vic Chesnutt Songwriter of the Year Award finalists will perform at the 40 Watt Club on May 1. The winner receives $1,500 in studio recording time, a photoshoot, and a promotional package.

Vic Chesnutt, a singer-songwriter from Athens, Ga. known for his painful and poignant songs, died on Friday after an apparent suicide attempt. He was 45. By M. Tye Comer, Billboard, The Associated ...