“When the Bottom Fell Out” is featured on At the Cut, Vic’s second album for Montreal’s Constellation records backed by a super-group including Guy Picciotto of Fugazi and members of A Silver Mt. Zion and Godspeed. This is one of the few songs to feature just Vic and his guitar however.
When the bottom fell out, there wasn't any doubt
I just suddenly found myself free falling
And from such a height, the wind, it had a bite
And it took all my might to fight the fright
The flailing spread-eagled
Must've formed an airfoil or some kind of wing
And I gained some equilibrium
And caught myself gliding
When the bottom fell out, observers heard me shout
"So long, it's been good to know ye!"
But when I finally smash into that verdant grass
I will say it's been pretty great going
When The Bottom Fell Out was written by Vic Chesnutt.
When The Bottom Fell Out was produced by Guy Picciotto.
From the Onion’s AV Club:
AVC: Several songs are just you and acoustic guitar.
VC: Unfortunately.
AVC: Why unfortunately?
VC: I’m just kidding. “When The Bottom Fell Out” was a song that I played solo as an encore once or twice when we were on tour. And they all liked it, so they were like, “You...