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Todd Snider

Todd Daniel Snider (born October 11, 1966 in Portland, Oregon) is an American singer-songwriter with a musical style that combines Americana, alt-country, and folk. When he was 15, he ran away from home with a friend and went back to Portland. After high school, he moved to Santa Rosa, Calif., to be a harmonica player. Then his brother, who lived in Austin, Texas, bought him a ticket to move there. After seeing Jerry Jeff Walker in a local bar, ... Snider decided that he didn't need a band to be a musician. After moving to Memphis in the mid-1980s and establishing residency at a club named the Daily Planet, he was discovered by Keith Sykes, a member of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band. A longtime acquaintance of John Prine and Walker, Sykes began to work with Snider to help advance his career. Prine hired him as an assistant and then invited him to open shows. In time, Buffett heard Snider's demo tapes and signed him to his own label. On his music, Snider has said "I was just trying to come up with the best... most open hearted ... well-thought-out lyrics I could come up with. I wanted every song to be sad and funny at the same time, vulnerable and entertaining at the same time, personal and universal at the same time. I wanted every song to be as uniquely written as possible and then I wanted to perform them in a studio loose and rugged and hopefully as uniquely as I could. My hope is to be hard to describe and/or new…I'm not saying I am. I'm just saying that's the hope." See more [+]

Play A Train Song |||||

Smokin long black Cadillac, the engine's windin down He'd pa...

Enough |||||

after first verse) Baby we were out behind the pool hall Som...

Missing You |||||

I feel like missing you today Sometimes I just get this way ...

Conservative Christian Right Wing Republican |||||

Conservative christian, right wing republican, straight whit...

Ballad Of The Kingsmen |||||

The Kingsmen came together in a garage, they could hardly ev...

Enjoy Yourself |||||

Enjoy yourself it's later than you think, Enjoy yourself whi...

You Think You Know Somebody |||||

You think you know somebody. You think they know you. You th...

Constantly |||||

Hey lady, I'm nothin' without you Hey baby, you're nothin' w...

D.B. Cooper |||||

D.B. Cooper was 43 when we first heard his name. 47 miles aw...

Dona Maria |||||

chupa cana do Jose(2x) todo dia dona maria chupa cana do Jo...

Doublewide Blues |||||

Double Wide Blues I got the blues Double wide Verses- V-neck...

Easy Money |||||

He tried to look like he had a little bit of money A drifter...

Godsend |||||

Trailer door Drink one more Life goes on Hotel walls Wakeup ...

Good News Blues |||||

We-e-e-e-ll, My woman left me and I?m so glad she did You kn...

Happy To Be Here |||||

All of my neighbors are all up in arms About something they ...

I Can't Complain |||||

A little out of place, a little out of time Sorta lost in sp...

I Spoke As A Child |||||

Everyone has days like I'm having, Holdin on to anything tha...

Iron Mike's Main Man's Last Request |||||

Hey little buddy, don't even worry Everything is going to be...

Just In Case |||||

You oughta know by now this love of mine is real. Honey, wor...

Keep Off The Grass |||||

It keeps on getting harder to keep on keeping on with everyb...

Late Last Night |||||

Well could you try to keep it down I was up kinda late late...

Long Year |||||

I came in off a dead end street Walked in slow and took a ba...

Looking For a Job |||||

You can't talk to me like that boss I don't care who you are...

Maybe You Heard |||||

Maybe you heard your old buddy's gone crazy Searchin' for wo...

Moondawg's Tavern |||||

Moondawgs Tavern Thats whare i'm a gonna go Moondawgs Tave...

New Connection |||||

Running out of gas where a gas station's hard to find These ...

Plastic Girl |||||

Well I knew I had to have her when I sent off in the mail Wh...

Prison Walls |||||

These prison walls there cold and hard The fences tall acros...

Rose City |||||

We wrote our names in the tunnel back when Coos Bay was as f...

Sideshow Blues |||||

My landlady treats me like I don't pay my rent Gave my car t...

Somebody's Coming |||||

Tell anybody that ain't got nobody Somebody's coming Tell al...

Statistician Blues |||||

They say 3 percent of the people use 5 to 6 percent of their...

Stuck All Night |||||

Stuck all night in a hotel room Stuck on rock and roll time ...

Tension |||||

Tension Tension Tension it's all that I know I got tension o...

That Was Me |||||

Remember back about five years ago Drivin' down the highway ...

Tillamook County Jail |||||

I'm sittin? here waiting in the Tillamook County Jail I'm ho...

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