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RIP, Chris Whitley

posted by: Christopher Bahn
November 23, 2005 - 3:17pm

Sad news: Texas songwriter Chris Whitley died of lung cancer this week at age

45, which is a damn shame. His newest record,

href=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009R1SOG/theonion-20>Soft Dangerous Shores, is still unheard by

me, but I was a big fan of his two discs from last year,

href=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002609XA/theonion-20>Weed and

href=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00024I2KY/theonion-20>War Crimes Blues. Here are the The A.V.

Club's reviews of some of his earlier discs, Terra

Incognita, Dirt Floor,

href=http://avclub.com/content/node/12741>Rocket House, and

href=http://avclub.com/content/node/14206>Hotel Vast Horizon.

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