Vic Chesnutt

Vic Chesnutt moves me in a way few artists do. A singer-songwriter raised in Zebulon and based in Athens, Georgia, he made music while living with disability, and that hard-won fragility seeped into every song he wrote. His 1990 debut Little and the 1996 tribute record, where peers covered his work, tell me how deeply he was loved within his community. Losing him on Christmas Day 2009 at just 45 still feels like a wound to American songwriting. I believe the artists who carry pain often leave behind the gentlest, most honest songs. He deserves to be rediscovered and quietly cherished.

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Name (English)

Vic Chesnutt

Name (Japanese)

ヴィック・チェスナット

Reading

ゔぃっく・ちぇすなっと

Born

November 12, 1964 – December 25, 2009

Origin

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Occupation

singer-songwriter / singer / actor / composer / guitarist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Dragon

• Official sitehttp://www.vicchesnutt.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic%20Chesnutt
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q525698

Tags

• Florida
• singer-songwriter
• singer
• actor

Last updated

September 28, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.