The awards show will include featured performances by Ben de la Cour, Sarah Zuniga, last year’s winners and the five finalists for the awards. The award carries a cash prize and is presented by the Rotary Club of the Classic City of Athens. The Vic Chesnutt Songwriter of the Year Award was established in 2016 to celebrate and amplify the unique creative voices within the Athens songwriting community. “I don’t want to die, especially just because I don’t have enough money to go in the hospital,” he said. In his final interview which aired on NPR just 24 days before his death, Chesnutt said being “uninsurable” due to his quadriplegia, he was $50,000 in debt for his medical bills and had been putting off a surgery for a year. Chesnutt died at 45 on Christmas Day 2009 from an overdose of muscle relaxants.
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