Todd Snider (1966-2025)
Todd Snider is not ok...
Todd Snider is dead.
At the tender young age of just 59 short, well lived years, master tunesmith, storyteller, folksinger, barefoot hippie Todd Daniel Snider passed away at his home in East Nashville, Tennessee, of an undiagnosed case of walking pneumonia aggravated by injuries sustained during an assault on his person in Utah. Snider's medical conditioned worsened after police refused to take him to hospital following the assault, a condition made even worse by a night in jail after Snider protested his conceived premature discharge from hospital.
In this episode, we hear from Todd himself, on mortality, songwriting, trying to get it right and how he lived his life
Todd is joined by beloved friends and neighbors...
Predeceased by both his heroes Jerry Jeff Walker and John Prine, Todd was at one time signed to Prine's Oh Boy Records after initially working for him as a runner while Prine recorded his 1991 album The Missing Years
Grammy nominated collaborator and one time ward Aaron Lee Tasjan (one of Sir Elton John's favourites). There's alotta water under the bridge between Tasjan and Todd who enjoyed a near 20 year friendship. Snider called upon Aaron to work alongside him as counterpart co-producer on what will historically be regarded as Todd's final album, High, Lonesome and Then Some, released just weeks before Todd's tragic passing
The One, The Only, The Patron Saint Of Rock N Roll herself, rock n roll royalty, literally, the one time Marquise Des Barres, Miss Pamela Des Barres.
Pamela is the renowned best selling author of books:
I'm With The Band: Confessions Of A Groupie
Take Another Little Piece Of My Heart: A Groupie Grows Up
Rock Bottom: Dark Moments In Music Babylon
Let's Spend The Night Together: Backstage Secrets Of Rock Muses And Supergroupies
One Night Bands
Let It Bleed: How To Write A Rockin' Memoir
Miss Pamela is the one time long suffering wife (now ex-wife) and loving friend to the 26th Marquis Des Barres, known to fans as Michael Des Barres (To Sir With Love, Silverhead, MacGyver, Lois & Clark, The Power Station, Live Aid, Little Steven's Underground Garage)
Join us as we do our best to get through this one, a real, shock to the system, this sudden, completely unexpected loss of a giant...
King Of The Devil's Backbone Highway...
Holding Court At The Devil's Backbone Tavern...
All this AND MORE!
On the latest episode of The GXO - Generation X Offender, your trusted, insider source for everything music, art and pop culture.
Due to the usage of some colorful language on Todd's part in some of his songs, as well as certain subject matter LISTNER DISCRETION IS ADVISED
TRACKS FEATURED IN THIS EPISODE:
Jesus, The Missing Years by John Prine https://music.apple.com/ca/album/jesus-the-missing-years/1769024046?i=1769024806 from his 1991 album The Missing Years. Snider helped friend/mentor Prine in his capacity as a runner for Prine during the making of this album.
Working On A Song https://music.apple.com/ca/album/working-on-a-song/1446500759?i=1446500765 from Todd's 13th studio album Cash Cabin Sessions Vol 3 released in 2019
Story Behind Cash Cabin Sessions https://music.apple.com/ca/album/story-behind-cash-cabin-sessions-purple-version/1757701413?i=1757701640 from Todd's 2024 re-recording of the album of the same name Aimless Records Presents: Cash Cabin Sessions Vol 3 Recorded At The Purple Building Purple Version
Age Like Wine https://music.apple.com/ca/album/age-like-wine-purple-version/1737004413?i=1737004590 from Todd's 2024 re-recording of the album of the same name Aimless Records Presents: East Nashville Skyline Recorded At The Purple Building Purple Version
Enjoy Yourself https://music.apple.com/ca/album/enjoy-yourself-purple-version/1737004413?i=1737005903 from Todd's 2024 re-recording of the album of the same name Aimless Records Presents: East Nashville Skyline Recorded At The Purple Building Purple Version. Todd's is a cover of the 1949 original made famous the following year in 1950 by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians
Conservative Christian, Right-Wing Republican, Straight, White, American Males https://music.apple.com/ca/album/conservative-christian-right-wing-republican-straight/1104406792?i=1104407340 from Todd's original recording of his sixth studio album, East Nashville Skyline released on John Prine's Oh Boy Records in 2004.
Ballad Of The Kingsmen https://music.apple.com/ca/album/ballad-of-the-kingsmen-purple-version/1737004413?i=1737004833 from Todd's 2024 re-recording of the album of the same name Aimless Records Presents: East Nashville Skyline Recorded At The Purple Building Purple Version
Louie Louie https://music.apple.com/ca/album/louie-louie/121695681?i=121695005 by Portland, Oregon's favorite sons, The Kingsmen, released in 1963, three years before Snider's birth in 1966. The song was originally composed in 1956 by African American singer/songwriter/musician Richard Berry and released in 1957. The song is based on the tune "El Loco Cha Cha" popularized by Cuban bandleader Rene Touzet and is an early example of the Afro-Cuban influence on American popular music.
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