{"artistName":"Vic Chesnutt","artistId":2067,"artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/655/655264f5d157d297ee54b34d38952e35_xl.jpg","srcset":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/655/655264f5d157d297ee54b34d38952e35_sm.jpg 50w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/655/655264f5d157d297ee54b34d38952e35_md.jpg 80w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/655/655264f5d157d297ee54b34d38952e35_lg.jpg 200w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/655/655264f5d157d297ee54b34d38952e35_xl.jpg 340w","artistBio":"\u003cp\u003eJames Victor \"Vic\" Chesnutt (November 12, 1964 – December 25, 2009) was an American singer-songwriter from Athens, Georgia. His first album, Little, was released in 1990, but his breakthrough to commercial success didn't come until 1996 with the release of Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation, a tribute album of mainstream artists covering his songs.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChesnutt released seventeen albums during his career, including two produced by Michael Stipe, and a 1996 release on Capitol Records. His musical style has been described by Bryan Carroll of allmusic.com as a \"skewed, refracted version of Americana that is haunting, funny, poignant, and occasionally mystical, usually all at once\".\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInjuries from a 1983 car accident left him partially paralyzed; he used a wheelchair and had limited use of his hands.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Vic+Chesnutt","playStationPath":"/stations/115035323/play","stationId":115035323,"bioPath":"/music/Vic+Chesnutt/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Jolie+Holland","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/501/50179ed22d651c01fca2710eeb6c48fa_md.jpg","artistName":"Jolie Holland","artistId":1229,"station_id":113368647},{"musicPath":"/music/Karen+Dalton","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/431/431ed404872fa05dc75009362c3ab01d_md.jpg","artistName":"Karen Dalton","artistId":12646,"station_id":115638236},{"musicPath":"/music/John+Cale","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d67/d6768ed02a9b137dfe520e89c6e501e9_md.jpg","artistName":"John Cale","artistId":5934,"station_id":113392125},{"musicPath":"/music/Centro+matic","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/cfb/cfbe8bc393d60641f3246824a0d7fa86_md.jpg","artistName":"Centro-matic","artistId":89322,"station_id":271647619},{"musicPath":"/music/Scout+Niblett","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c6e/c6eb6b33df552ca4bdbfe3c36421ebc7_md.jpg","artistName":"Scout Niblett","artistId":12532,"station_id":114285773},{"musicPath":"/music/Jason+Molina","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/141/1416aabe3954b0e0c54d1c58ad15bdae_md.jpg","artistName":"Jason Molina","artistId":452159,"station_id":401181352},{"musicPath":"/music/Alela+Diane","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b85/b854dc7f64622f6efb06bfdb4c8ca1ae_md.jpg","artistName":"Alela Diane","artistId":13804,"station_id":114284381},{"musicPath":"/music/J+Mascis","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/26b/26b6c66dfd56f09118fcb83519f27ece_md.jpg","artistName":"J Mascis","artistId":6549,"station_id":113330631},{"musicPath":"/music/Laura+Veirs","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/dab/dabf87b3b789302aa30fbad7fc3bef98_md.jpg","artistName":"Laura Veirs","artistId":10443,"station_id":113461145},{"musicPath":"/music/Steve+Gunn","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9e5/9e5c1be4a30f29e23474986c83da187d_md.jpg","artistName":"Steve Gunn","artistId":363368,"station_id":394182681},{"musicPath":"/music/Tim+Buckley","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/54e/54e6165711323eb6775afeb3b3f00b8b_md.jpg","artistName":"Tim Buckley","artistId":8226,"station_id":113477326},{"musicPath":"/music/Cowboy+Junkies","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f17/f1784049f8082739960a760a6a51aeae_md.jpg","artistName":"Cowboy Junkies","artistId":992,"station_id":113315335},{"musicPath":"/music/Josh+Rouse","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0ce/0ce44149f2d9dd59c4099e7ac4aa336a_md.jpg","artistName":"Josh Rouse","artistId":6374,"station_id":113866867},{"musicPath":"/music/Neil+Young","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e46/e46c912cca63a9e82bbd4284e4dc51c2_md.jpg","artistName":"Neil Young","artistId":1173,"station_id":113262678},{"musicPath":"/music/Robyn+Hitchcock","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d95/d95cb95bad2526430f5752751fcff906_md.jpg","artistName":"Robyn Hitchcock","artistId":7449,"station_id":113653410},{"musicPath":"/music/Strand+of+Oaks","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/114/1149ce4753cb2c5e11243275f6d6fc3d_md.jpg","artistName":"Strand of Oaks","artistId":334270,"station_id":389065270},{"musicPath":"/music/Josh+Ritter","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/79a/79accbe624756cbc6b2f47a32c5053ca_md.jpg","artistName":"Josh Ritter","artistId":12341,"station_id":113266181},{"musicPath":"/music/Mark+Eitzel","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/163/163ef96dc7ca784ab182c8d6f9df2422_md.jpg","artistName":"Mark Eitzel","artistId":1259,"station_id":118827882}]}