Michael Stipe of R.E.M. produced West of Rome.
Stipe had also produced Chesnutt’s debut album Little.
Related Notes
- Michael Stipe championed Vic Chesnutt and produced his first two albums
- Vic Chesnutt released 15 studio albums between 1990 and 2009
- Five songs from West of Rome ended up on a tribute album
- West of Rome marked a turn toward oblique songwriting for Vic Chesnutt
- Vic Chesnutt used a wheelchair after a car accident at eighteen left him partially paralyzed
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