Salesman & Bernadette [Original recording reissued]

Vic Chesnutt | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 21, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Velocette
• ASIN: B00005NGW3
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #352,920 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best cd I've heard in the last 5 years (and I buy 1 a week!), August 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Salesman and Bernadette (Audio CD)

An astonishing album - beautiful musicianship courtesy of Lambchop coupled with top-of-form Chestnutt means that this is music with longetivity written all over it. Vic can die happy - he's now recorded a certifiable masterpiece. I don't think I'll ever tire of it.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Southern Gothic, October 24, 2001

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Bryan (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Salesman and Bernadette (Audio CD)

Athens, GA is one of those southern artsy/fartsy cities that is a creative well of talent. It has that art house aura that draws attention from, but still protects against, the guardians of morals that inhabit the bible belt that runs through the south and the midwest. Vic Chestnut might have ended up as a wheelchair bound, bible thumper spouting hellfire and brimstone, but instead we get a man who can play a convincing role as a contemplative drunk that can pen a damn good song.

The Salesman and Bernadette is Vic Chestnut's sixth album. Lambchop is the backing band on this album. The collaboration is similar to the one Chestnut did on the album Nine High a Pallet, which involved Chestnut and members of the bands Widespread Panic and Cracker. Lambchop is an indie band out of Nashville that plays everything from country to the avant-garde.If you are familiar with Vic Chestnut's other work then I can say this is one of his more upbeat albums. If you're not familiar with Chestnut's work let me just say it is a somber album with upbeat moments. Think Faulkner... Tennessee Williams... Lush greenery thriving in humidity under weeping willows. Think of plantations past their prime and southern cities grappling with their heritage and changing times. Think bourbon and the occasional Valium.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow....wow..., January 4, 2000

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Nungesser (The USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Salesman and Bernadette (Audio CD)

Somewhere between Woody Guthrie, Victoria Williams, and R.E.M. sits Vic Chestnutt in his wheelchair, making some of the most unique folk I've ever heard. This original and literate 'concept' album grows on you with each listen, until Vic's sitting there in your living room strumming a guitar. Nearly every song's a mini-masterpiece, but I love "Parade"...it builds and builds until Vic's nearly rising out of his chair with the intensity of emotion.