Mary Van Notes

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Every once and a while I get a song stuck in my head. I had to look up the lyrics on the web, because I forgot the name of the artist.  Then I found him.  Vic Chesnutt.  Unfortunately, I couldn’t find the song available on YouTube (I was looking for the song titled “Bug”).  When I looked further, I found out he had died on December 25, 2009.  This SF Examiner article does a good job of describing how inspiring and talented Chesnutt was and also the sad state of our health care system.

I first heard of Chesnutt when I took a southern lit class in college.  Our professor made us mixed cds with southern music.  Vic Chesnutt’s song “Bug” was on the cd.  I would play that track over and over again.  I remember loving the melody and his haunting voice, the storytelling lyrics.  Vic Chesnutt, you will be missed.

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