The Foxx and Little Vic

Vic Chesnutt wrote and performs this song about ‘Benjamin,’ the musician portrayed in the film Benjamin Smoke. These two renegade Southern musicians were friends that lived in the rival cities of Athens, Georgia and Atlanta and encouraged each other’s musical efforts and bad behavior. Jem Cohen and Peter Sillen brought Vic into T.Griffin’s basement studio to record and film the track.

Born in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1962. He lives in New York and is one of the United States’ most significant underground filmmakers. Until 1996, he developed an important career directing videos for groups like R.E.M., Godspeed You Black Emperor! and Elliott Smith. Shot over fifteen years, his film Instrument (1999), about the band Fugazi, made him a familiar name beyond the independent circuit. His films have been screened at festivals throughout the world, from Rotterdam to Marfici.