November 4Nov 4 Author 6 minutes ago, Ten Bears said: I think the real headline here is that he got the shit beat out of him. Apparently there is no assault investigation going on. Doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. But it is interesting.
November 4Nov 4 1 hour ago, Al_4_ISU said: Apparently there is no assault investigation going on. Doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. But it is interesting. Yeah, it's all a little suspect.
November 10Nov 10 There is body cam footage of his arrest on YouTube. It's very sad. He is in a very bad place. I hope that he is able to get the help he needs. Whatever that might be.
November 10Nov 10 Author 18 minutes ago, BottleRocket said: There is body cam footage of his arrest on YouTube. It's very sad. He is in a very bad place. I hope that he is able to get the help he needs. Whatever that might be. It was painful watching people in the Shithouse Wire Facebook group screeching about how drugs played no part in this. I don’t know why people want to believe that.
November 15Nov 15 I think he has passed. At least the Shithouse Choir thinks so. I'm fucking crushed. Like losing a brother. I'm gonna literally cry myself to sleep in my favorite tshirt that I happened to wear to Stop Making Sense at the Paramount tonight with my only child who grew up singing todd songs with me on road trips. I hope it's a dream. Fuck Edited November 15Nov 15 by Ten Bears
November 15Nov 15 Author I think he has passed. At least the Shithouse Choir thinks so. I'm fucking crushed. Like losing a brother. I'm gonna literally cry myself to sleep in my favorite tshirt that I happened to wear to Stop Making Sense at the Paramount tonight with my only child who grew up singing todd songs with me on road trips. I hope it's a dream. FuckCame here to post this.Play a mother fucking train song, y’all.
November 15Nov 15 I saw that message above and it sure sounded like he was about to give up the ghost. Sad. Edited November 15Nov 15 by Celery Man
November 15Nov 15 Man. Terrible. It sounds like a hyperbolic cliche, but he was one of the great American song writers- he definitely wasn’t as famous and he probably wasn’t as accessible, but imo he was every bit the equal of John Prine, Tom T Hall and Kris Kristofferson. It seems like his demons took him and that’s a shame. He went way too soon.
November 15Nov 15 Author 25 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said: Man. Terrible. It sounds like a hyperbolic cliche, but he was one of the great American song writers- he definitely wasn’t as famous and he probably wasn’t as accessible, but imo he was every bit the equal of John Prine, Tom T Hall and Kris Kristofferson. It seems like his demons took him and that’s a shame. He went way too soon. Agreed. At his best he was an absolute genius.
November 15Nov 15 Gruene 2019. He was also my first real show after covid at half capacity Paramount. I think my favorite TS show was Hard Working Americans at the parish.
November 15Nov 15 This might be my most treasured musical moment ever. Recorded at the Moody where I dragged my group of friends down to see some dude that I had been going on and on about as if he were Eddie Van Halen and the Eddie Van Halen Band. I've made close lifelong friends by going to Todd's shows and they are all crushed this morning. To me these lines are some of the best poetry ever written and seem fitting today: Good lord if you're up there you sure got some nerve Seems that even the wicked get worse than they deserve We're afraid to die Every goddamned one of us I swear to god it's like you're making fun of us Not worth keepin', or too good to keep You got a better kinda secret, better wait 'til I'm asleep And if you're so God almighty well then what's with all this mystery? Yes, I wanna trust you, buddy, but you're clearly keeping secrets from me Too soon to tell. Sail on Todd.
November 15Nov 15 43 minutes ago, 4th&Five said: Gruene 2019. He was also my first real show after covid at half capacity Paramount. I think my favorite TS show was Hard Working Americans at the parish. Saw him in Gruene Hall in 2021. Only time I saw him live and wanted to see him again. RIP Edited November 15Nov 15 by texasdago
November 15Nov 15 Popular Post Near Truths and Hotel Rooms got stuck in the CD player just outside of Abilene when we headed north to Alaska We listened to that CD for 11 days through the plains, into and across Canada, and into Alaska Soundtrack of good memories for me Vaya con dios
November 15Nov 15 Looking for a Job might be my favorite Todd Snider song . Micky and the motor cars covered it at Musicfest in 2010 and it was almost better than the original.MMC cover
November 15Nov 15 This sucks. The last time I saw Todd was at this show in Luckenbach. RIP troubadour. Hold on to that banana real tight like buddy. Love you.
November 16Nov 16 Anyone else at the Gruene Halloween show where his costume was Jerry Jeff Walker and he (JJW) told his life story and played JJW songs songs all night. No one knew he was going to that and some people were pissed and called out for TS songs. He would just say "HEY! I'M JERRY JEFF WALKER!" He did play one Todd sojg because it was one that JJW recorded. Maybe Alright Guy?
November 16Nov 16 32 minutes ago, Ten Bears said: Anyone else at the Gruene Halloween show where his costume was Jerry Jeff Walker and he (JJW) told his life story and played JJW songs songs all night. No one knew he was going to that and some people were pissed and called out for TS songs. He would just say "HEY! I'M JERRY JEFF WALKER!" He did play one Todd sojg because it was one that JJW recorded. Maybe Alright Guy? That is the most Todd Snider thing I’ve heard in a long time. Maybe ever.
November 16Nov 16 17 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said: That is the most Todd Snider thing I’ve heard in a long time. Maybe ever. What was even cooler was Brian his manager came over to us right before the show and asks us for weed because "We brought an ounce yesterday and he's smoked it all and he is melting down." I only had one joint on me so I tore it in two, gave him half and Todd got his head right so, you know, I pretty much saved the show. The news was good.
November 16Nov 16 30 minutes ago, Ten Bears said: What was even cooler was Brian his manager came over to us right before the show and asks us for weed because "We brought an ounce yesterday and he's smoked it all and he is melting down." I only had one joint on me so I tore it in two, gave him half and Todd got his head right so, you know, I pretty much saved the show. The news was good. They probably did that with the whole crowd, and collected a lot of free weed.
November 16Nov 16 4 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said: They probably did that with the whole crowd, and collected a lot of free weed.
November 16Nov 16 What was even cooler was Brian his manager came over to us right before the show and asks us for weed because "We brought an ounce yesterday and he's smoked it all and he is melting down." I only had one joint on me so I tore it in two, gave him half and Todd got his head right so, you know, I pretty much saved the show. The news was good.I was walking past George Clinton’s PFunk Allstars’ tour buss out in front of Stubbs and Sir Nose A lot popped out of the buss and asked if I had some weed. Crazy.
November 16Nov 16 Last of the 20 or so times i saw him. If you're in the men's bathroom at dbt and see Todd Snider Rulz written on the wall, you're welcome.
November 16Nov 16 Author 1 hour ago, Ten Bears said: Last of the 20 or so times i saw him. If you're in the men's bathroom at dbt and see Todd Snider Rulz written on the wall, you're welcome. God damn it, Spike
November 16Nov 16 56 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said: God damn it, Spike It wasn't written as much as rubbed out with a towel.
November 16Nov 16 3 hours ago, Ten Bears said: Last of the 20 or so times i saw him. If you're in the men's bathroom at dbt and see Todd Snider Rulz written on the wall, you're welcome. I was at that show too. Great.
November 16Nov 16 He died from pneumonia if that hadn’t been shared yet. god dammit I wanted to see him once more, one of my sons loves him. Fuck. Edited November 16Nov 16 by scramblyn
November 17Nov 17 Man, this sucks. I saw him open for John Price at the Paramount a long while back. Man that was a great show.
November 17Nov 17 RIP to a spirit animal. He was the GOAT of stoner songwriters. I hope there will be some wild celebration of life in East Nashville where his fans can come dressed as a character from one of his songs....
November 17Nov 17 2 hours ago, Chad Fuck said: Man, this sucks. I saw him open for John Price at the Paramount a long while back. Man that was a great show. Imagine how much better that show would have been if he'd have opened for John Prine.
November 17Nov 17 7 minutes ago, Deej said: Imagine how much better that show would have been if he'd have opened for John Prine. Derp. No matter how thin my fingers get, they seem to still type fatty style.
November 17Nov 17 Author I remember seeing Isbell open for Todd a few months before Southeastern dropped. Seems wild to say that now, but it made total sense at the time.
November 17Nov 17 2 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said: I remember seeing Isbell open for Todd a few months before Southeastern dropped. Seems wild to say that now, but it made total sense at the time. Funny, I just read about this yesterday: Quote The following year, I saw him play in Milwaukee with Jason Isbell. At the time, Todd was, by default, the one who was ascendant. His 2009 record, The Excitement Plan, was made with Don Was, the producer of Voodoo Lounge, a bit of trivia only Stones freaks like me and Todd Snider care about. It was the closest he came to maybe kinda sorta becoming a mainstream proposition. Isbell, meanwhile, had been flushed out of Drive-By Truckers and for years played sloppy shows as a notorious drunk. Though at this gig, it was apparent he had cleaned up his act and was now playing with clarity, precision, and professionalism. It was about six weeks before Southeastern came out. He had figured it out. He was on his way. https://stevenhyden.substack.com/p/todd-snider-runaway-locomotive-rip
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