30 years ago today (9/12/95), Vic Chesnutt, backed by Widespread Panic, released the collaborative album Nine High a Pallet. Chesnutt’s brutally honest lyrics and cracked voice, backed by Panic’s muscular musicianship, made this album a worthy and impressionistic listen. Several brute. songs have been covered by Widespread Panic over the years prior to and since Vic’s death in late 2009, including “Protein Drink/Sewing Machine,” “Let’s Get Down to Business,” “Blight,” and “Bastards in Bubbles.” Check out the always powerful “Protein Machine” off Nine High a Pallet.