Vic Chesnutt touched many folks, like Patti Smith, Michael Stipe—who produced his first two albums—and Throwing Muses’ Kristin Hersh—who is trying to raise money for his family—but the man who could play rhythm and lead with only two fingers has passed on. Unable to pay for kidney surgery and seemingly at his tether’s end, Chesnutt O.D.’d on muscle relaxers last week and died on Dec 25. R.I.P.