Check out the now sadly deceased Vic Chestnutt’s compelling performance of Granny. The singer songwriter from Georgia (Athens to be exact) was left partially paralyzed after a car crash at the age of 18. As a result he could only form simple chord structures to accompany his rather unique and captivating voice. the minimalism sets a raw and honest tone. ‘Granny’ is a great example of Vic’s poetic lyricism of the mundane.
More Vic Chestnutt at his website. http://vicchesnutt.com/site/
by the by Vic’s niece Liz Durrett is also a singer songwriter and as it turns out she is also rather good. The hypnotic Mezzanine evokes a sense of movement.
