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A memorial service is taking place today in tribute to singer-songwriter Vic Chestnutt, who died from a suspected overdose on Christmas Day.
"We have lost one of our great ones," said REM's Michael Stipe, who produced two of the 45-year-old US musician's albums.
Chestnutt passed away in his hometown of Athens, Georgia, on December 25, having been in a coma after overdosing on muscle relaxers, The New York Times reports.
He had released 17 LPs, including his most recent At The Cut and Skitter On Take-Off. Madonna, Sparklehorse, The Smashing Pumpkins and REM covered his songs on the 1996 tribute album Sweet Relief II: Gravity Of The Situation.
Stipe told radio station NPR: "He was able to bring levity to very dark emotions and feelings, and he had a humour that was really quite unusual. I said recently that I thought he was one of our greatest songwriters and one of our greatest voices."
"We have lost one of our great ones," said REM's Michael Stipe, who produced two of the 45-year-old US musician's albums.
Chestnutt passed away in his hometown of Athens, Georgia, on December 25, having been in a coma after overdosing on muscle relaxers, The New York Times reports.
He had released 17 LPs, including his most recent At The Cut and Skitter On Take-Off. Madonna, Sparklehorse, The Smashing Pumpkins and REM covered his songs on the 1996 tribute album Sweet Relief II: Gravity Of The Situation.
Stipe told radio station NPR: "He was able to bring levity to very dark emotions and feelings, and he had a humour that was really quite unusual. I said recently that I thought he was one of our greatest songwriters and one of our greatest voices."
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