On his latest album, Silver Lake, Chesnutt seems to say that's all behind him now.
Chesnutt has recorded over fifteen albums and is known for his "Southern Gothic" storytelling style.
Chesnutt and Picciotto join host Terry Gross to discuss their latest album together, At The Cut.
Chesnutt also spoke about learning (and re-learning) the guitar, his health situation and flirting with death.
On the song Band Camp, Chesnutt tells the story of a high school romance spoiled by graduation.
It's a complicated formula that has both worked and failed for Chesnutt in his 15 years as a recording artist.
Few songwriters can match Chesnutt's gift for uncluttered, but deeply evocative poetry.
Others are turned off by Chesnutt's unpredictable live performances, famously ruined in the past by his chronic bouts with depression, anxiety and alcohol abuse.
M. discovered Chesnutt playing at a club in Athens, Ga. and went on to produce Chesnutt's first two albums, Little and West of Rome.
Mr Chesnutt said he was investigating if he could take legal action against the landlord, who he said had "manufactured evidence and lied under oath".
But they got a bunch of other musicians to sing the tracks, like Iggy Pop, James Mercer of The Shins, Vic Chesnutt and Jason Lytle of Grandaddy.
Dark Night of the Soul is about as strange and gloomy as you might expect from David Lynch or Mark Linkous, who tragically took his own life earlier this year. (One of the guest vocalists on the album, Vic Chesnutt, also committed suicide last December.) But Dark Night has its uplifting moments, too, with catchy pop and rock hooks and rhythms.
In addition to Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse, other artists appearing on Dark Night of the Soul include The Flaming Lips, Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals, Jason Lytle of Grandaddy and Admiral Radley, Frank Black of Pixies, Nina Persson of The Cardigans, Suzanne Vega, Vic Chesnutt, David Lynch and Scott Spillane of Neutral Milk Hotel, and The Gerbils.
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