As with north star deserter, the album was recorded in montreal and released on constellation records. Aug 27, 2007 being a longtime vic chesnutt fan, i was excited when i first heard about north star deserter back in june. Playing via spotify playing via youtube playback options. But he could also kick into high gear with a great band behind him. Listen online 9 songs from north star deserter 2007 vic chesnutt. Stream ad free or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app.
Black emperor, witchies and guy picciotto from fugazi who also coproduced the record with howard bilerman of arcade fire fame picks up where north star deserter 2007 left off, with an explosive group of arrangers and players allowing vic to conjure snarling spittle and devastating. Vic chesnutt north star deserter mp3 album download. Complete your purchase to save the mp3 version to your music library. On 2007s north star deserter and this years at the cut, he was backed by members of. The musicians backing chesnutt are flexible and ego free, giving his lyrics appropriate settings without insisting on gratuitous solo spots and often leaving the music spare. Everything i say builds into a vortex of distortion. Vic chesnutt north star deserter 2007, vinyl discogs. North star deserter was released on september 11th, almost 3years after his last album, ghetto bells.
Chesnutt s second album to feature musicians from thee silver mt. Around 1985, chesnutt moved to athens and joined the band, the ladidas. Vic chesnutt about to choke full album free music streaming. However, dont let the guest appearances fool you, this album is all about the smooth and. Warm rouses his 11th album, north star deserter, with intimations of. Vic chesnutt february 19, 2008 lepicerie moderne lyon, france soundboard sony mzr90 mdm kenwood dmf9020 pioneer pdr609 eac traders little helper 2. Get a low price and free shipping on thousands of items.
Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Vic chesnutt, efrim menuck, guy picciotto, jessica moss, thierry amar and. A precocious child, he composed his first song at the age of five, and enjoyed listening to. You can always count on his albums to contain some of the most. North star deserter is a 2007 album by vic chesnutt. And the ensemble created here by guy picciotto was probably the best backing of vic s career. Vic chesnutt silver lake limited edition clear silver. Together with nadia moss and chad jones, this same troupe reunited for 2009 followup at the cut, and was again recorded. The song flirted with you all my life alludes to chesnutts own attitude toward suicide, including his previous attempts to take his own life. In memoriam vic chesnutt performed his song over off his album north star deserter, released on constellation records in 2007. Playing with these guys live, for one thing, is one of the. Vic chesnutt november 12, 1964 december 25, 2009 was a singersongwriter and multiinstrumentalist who lived in athens, georgia, united states. Vic chesnutt was the real deal, a man who lived for music and who tirelessly deployed his impish, surly, witty, unflinching perspective in hundreds of songs featuring brilliantly unique wordsmithery and a profound playfulness that thumbed its nose at a life of seriously hard knocks.
This is an album which deserves wider attention than it will doubtless receive, and should be in the end of year lists of great albums in 2009, which, again it might not. Vics words are very carefully constructed to both surprise the listener with unexpected combinations and a mastery of the english language. At the cut reunites vic chesnutt with several of the collaborators who helped make his extraordinary 2007 album, north star deserter, and while you cant force lightning to strike twice in the same place, chesnutt and this group of gifted musicians have managed to create something similarly powerful and affecting that also has a personality of its own. A haunting ode to a lost friend, this memoir by the acclaimed author of rat girl offers the most personal, empathetic look at the creative genius and oftentormented life of singersongwriter vic chesnutt that is ever likely to be written. My happiness was doubled when i learned that his supporting cast was to include various members of godspeed you.
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Dec 26, 2009 in memoriam vic chesnutt performed his song over off his album north star deserter, released on constellation records in 2007. In 2009, chesnutt worked with many of the same contributors to the album north star deserter to release the album at the cut in september. It was released on constellation records on august 27, 2007 europe, september 11, 2007 rest of world reception. Singer and songwriter whose work tackled issues of mortality. Concerts in the live music archive are available for download and streaming in formats including flac, mp3, and ogg vorbis. The video surfaced on youtube eventually called what doesnt kill me, but seems gone now. Vic chesnutt download all alternative songs vic chesnutt. Some strange openletter battle happened between vics partner tina chesnutt and scott stuckey, who wanted to put out a movie about vic.
The gangs all here on north star deserter, vic chesnutt s first release for montreal giant, constellation records, as contributions are made by members of godspeed you. This mysterious iconoclast has a strange, almost selfmocking delivery. Vic chesnutt north star deserter album track listing. Vic chesnutt band the somerville theatre somerville, ma 20091025 source. It was his penultimate album release before his death on december 25, 2009, from an overdose of muscle relaxants. North star deserter by vic chesnutt, released 11 september 2007 on constellation constellation. Watch the video for glossolalia from vic chesnutts north star deserter for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists.
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