Silver Lining

Is the songwriter happy? The freewheelin' Vic Chesnutt strums on.

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With Andrew Bird
8:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 6
Fox Theatre, 1135 13th Street, Boulder
$12-$14, 303-443-3399

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• Vic Chesnutt
• Staten Island
• Silver Lake (Staten Island)
• Mark Howard
• Athens (Georgia)

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But that's part of the fun: Everyone gets to see in his or her own way. The most important thing Chesnutt can do is write songs that unlock something inside the listener's mind. He'll communicate with you, but you've got to work for it.

"To me, ambiguity is a tool," he says. "It's like a Rorschach test sometimes, my songs. I'm working with the listener to elicit some kind of response from them. I work with their imagination to get something to pop."