From Treble:
Chunklet has reported that Jason Molina, songwriter and singer of Songs:Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co., died Saturday night of organ failure brought on by alcohol. His most recent release was 2012′s Autumn Bird Songs.
Molina had been struggling, off and on, with alcohol problems of late, which was brought to public attention in 2011 when his family posted a plea to fans and supporters to help with his medical bills. Molina did not have insurance, and was in and out of rehab over the past couple of years. He had most recently been recovering while working on a farm in West Virginia.
Per Chunklet, “For as intense as he wrote, he was a goofball. But maybe, just maybe, his music was eluding [sic] to what was fighting inside him. The demons. The ghosts. The pain. The disease.”
• Jason Molina: http://content.magnoliaelectricco.com
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