Sorry to hear about this tragedy.
I loved Vic! I used to cover one of his songs. "When I Ran Off And Left Her". A few other people I know were fans of Vic too. They will be sad. I did not have many of his records but I will get them in time.
He was quite the character it seems.
kobe_snax: I just played that for K...thank you so much for posting it.
I just dug up something pretty special K/Vic related that I'd like to share. But, though I own most of Vic's albums, I'm terrible with EVERYONE's song titles (K's included, as many of you know--lyrics, too).
If you're someone familiar with Vic and K's material and can help me out with song titles, please drop me a line at scottghamilton att gmail dott com. Thanks...
good morning everyone... Vic didn't leave my mind yesterday, nor today as you can see.
i think you will love this (hope it's not what you wanted to share, ska4me). it's a soundboard recording of a Vic & Kristin show at the Old Music Hall, UW-Madison, WI on May the 20th 2000. they take turns on stage and they sing "Panic Pure" and "Your Ghost" together as an encore. i got pretty emotional yesterday listening to it, hearing them joking with each other and being impressed by their respetive performances. Vic played a superb and loose set of piano songs that night. incredible performances of "Hungry" and "Home" by Kristin. they're 320 kbps mp3. save it with utmost care.
Setlist: 01 Hysterical Bending / 02 Forthright / 03 Caffeine / 04 Kick My Ass / 05 Home (aborted) / 06 Heaven + Myrtle / 07 Hope / 08 Steve Willoughby / 09 Home / 10 Duty Free / 11 Hungry / 12 I'm Through / 13 Rabbits Dying / 14 Aunt Avis / 15 Delicate Cutters / 16 Florida / 17 Pearl / 18 Isadora Duncan / 19 Panic Pure + Your Ghost
Since people are sharing recordings here... I have been a huge fan of Vic's music for over 10 years now and have collected and recorded loads of his concerts over time. I also have a few of the shows he did with Kristin in 2000:
Lupo's Hotel, Providence, RI, 03-09-2000
Sommerville Theater, Sommerville, MA, 03-10-2000
Tin Angel, Philadelphia, PA, 03-13-2000
Variety Playhouse, Atlante, GA, 03-17-2000
Grey Eagle Tavern, Asheville, NC, 03-19-2000 (partial video recording)
Club IOTA, Arlington, VA, 05-13-2000
Park West, Chicago, IL, 05-18-2000
The Mint, Los Angeles, CA, 06-07-2000
They aren't available online at least at the moment as far as I am aware and of varying qualty (partly even on tapes), but if anyone is interested, drop me a line: ekphantos at yahoo dot com
I am still too devastated about Vic's passing to listen to his music at the moment, but if someone finds comfort in them, I can see what I can do to get them out.
Kathi
Thank you Silverfrown; listening to the first part now feeling sad
Kathi
I've sent you an email
Tony
Nice to see the Entertainment Weekly report "Kristin Hersh remembers her late friend Vic Chesnutt: 'I miss him more than I've missed anybody ever'"
Oh dear, I am really saddened by this news too. I felt priveleged to see Vic and K in the tiny basement of Johnny Foley's here in San Francisco. It truly was an inspired show. I am looking forward to downloading the above concert as it is similar to what happened here.
My condolences go out to Vic's family, friends and fans. This is a truly sad day.
A late posting, and actually not much use if you live in the US, especially on the West Coast, but I'll be doing a tribute to Vic on BLU FM 89.1 tonight, 8 - 10pm Oz Eastern Summer Time.
I'm just planning to play my personal faves from "Little" to "Skitter on Take-off", with anything else relevant to the case thrown in. Even a little Hank Williams (huh?)
See you on the net if you can make it.
cheers-
F.
Oh, and here's the URL... click on Pop up Version at right...
(Later) ...did the show... made me realize how much Vic's music's been central to Random Groove for the last 13 years. And will continue to be for as long as I can press buttons & rasp into a microphone.
Thank you so much Silverfrown.
@silverfrown. thank you for posting this show. megaupload is giving me an unavailable message for part 1. part 2 downloaded immediately. am i doing something wrong? really loving this material, i've spent most of my time this week in a christmas snowstorm wandering the house with Vic on my ipod. such a sad loss for all who knew him or of him.
I also got the "unavailable" message for part 1. Retried it later, and it worked fine.
@stevenmanik yes, i'm afraid that megaupload is doing some weird things lately, i should have uploaded it to another server :( but the file is still there, try it later as jediroller said, it should work. if i see that this continues i will upload it again, don't worry :)
edit: the message appeared when i started writing this post, but after five minutes i refreshed the page and the file is there. i guess they do those things to get some people registered :~
Vic's NPR tiny desk concert dated June 08 wherein he mentions K a couple of times (around 4:53 and 11:15):
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91190732
Brad shared this on Twitter and Facebook and I'm compelled to share this incredible video here as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rPyQFmGmb4 It was recorded in November for a TV series. It's just stunning to see musical genius at work.
I only found out about this last night - been away for Xmas - I am truly gutted. Been a fan since I heard the "Sweet Relief" compilation - bought all his albums, seen him live several times, and had the good fortune to meet him at the Union Chapel in London a few years ago - where we discussed the possibility of a future UK double header with Kristin - which tragically never happened. It saddens me of his passing, and it angers me that someone of his immense talent is taken away from us. It's also an irony (that Vic would probably have pointed out long before I did) that a man who passionately advocated the idea of atheism ended up dying on Christmas Day. Some of his lyrics could be the funniest imaginable - "Vesuvius" from "Ghetto Bells" is a case in point. Let's hope that in death, Vic is finally recognised by a mass audience as one of the most innovative lyricists ever produced - it's a tragedy that he did not get worldwide acclaim alongside the likes of Cohen et al whilst he was still alive. RIP Vic - this hurts.
@sliverfrown thanks for the vic and kristin show...i saw them on that tour...so beautiful.
With thanks and appreciation to those who've been sharing Vic-related material, I wanted to offer a little teaser of what I mentioned earlier in the week--Kristin and Vic performing "Panic Pure" on June 3, 2000, at Foley's Cellar in San Francisco:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ertes6PercI
It's fairly low resolution, since it's on YouTube, and I managed to botch it further with YouTube's new settings and don't have time to re-do it today (sorry). But I hope you won't mind.
As soon as possible, I intend to get the entire show authored for DVD and shared among those who are interested in a copy, along with offering the raw files once I find an appropriate way of hosting them. The footage was shot from the second row to mini DV with a tripod, and while I didn't use an external microphone, the sound is still pretty decent since it was a quiet acoustic show.
It's sad that we're using this occasion to share, and I wish I'd done my part sooner, as I'd intended to for years. But I hope that collectively, we can bring some comfort to those paining from Vic's death--and hopefully encourage donations to help out.
@ska4me That sounds great, I definitely have to get that show (like all other Vic shows that are available anywhere..)
Dear Kristin, thank you so much for your wonderful letter about Vic and the invitation to danate. Only today I found out about Vic's death and some of the circumstances... I am so increadibly sad. Your words helped me to take and understand the gravity of the situation. The invitation to danate is a great idea to support Tina and the family and I deeply hope that many people will follow.
Diving into your website I have also learned about the difficult times you had.
I am sending my best regards and my love to you, Billy and your boys. You are in my heart!
For all Vic fans who feel like remembering Vic and listening to his music together: I came across this great blog where the blogger plans to write about Vic's music everyday for a year. He also posts lots of song clips, including some very memorable live performances. It's a really wonderful project and worth checking out.
Thanks for the link Helen! Looks like Charles Fontaine. I was wondering where this good man was. A more passionate Vic fan I have yet to meet.
@jediroller: he also linked your cover art page ;). And yes, Charles is definitely the right person to make such a blog.
The Guardian finally got around to an obituary today:-
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/jan/04/vic-chesnutt-obituary
A moving memorial on NPR with a really illuminating interview with Michael Stipe, Jem Cohen and Guy Piccioto during the last half hour. I really appreciate how even amidst their deep grief they refused to allow their friend to be simplified but insisted on the human complexity of the whole situation.
I found this in my archive:
VicandKristinArtIsPain.pdf (91 KB)
Vic and Kristin interviewing each other, I guess it is from 1998. Quite a nice read.
kathi, thanks a lot, i had been searching for that interview during the last few weeks and all i had found was a dead link, now i'll have the chance to save it :)
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