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Todd Snider
12+ albums
singer-songwriterAlt-countryamericanafolkcountry
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Todd Snider (born Todd Daniel Snider in Portland, OR, on 11 October 1966; died 14 November 2025) was an American singer-songwriter remembered for incorporating elements of folk, rock, blues, alt country, and funk. In 2013, Snider co-founded the jam band supergroup Hard Working Americans. Over the course of his career, Snider wrote and co-wrote a large number of songs that were covered by other artists. On 9 October 2021, Snider was inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame. Snider headed to northern California after graduating high school, then drifted to Texas during the 1980s. There he crossed paths with Jerry Jeff Walker, who became an important mentor. By the 1990s, Snider had settled in Nashville, where he became a defining figure of the gritty east Nashville scene. Best known for his wry humor, Snider was a fixture on the Americana, alt-country, and folk scene since his debut on MCA, entitled Songs for the Daily Planet, named for the bar where Snider used to play regularly in Memphis. On that album were the minor hits "Talkin' Seattle Grunge Rock Blues", a folk song about the early '90's grunge scene, featuring a band that "refused to play", and "Alright Guy", which later became the title cut of Gary Allan's 2001 album. He released two more albums for MCA, Step Right Up and Viva Satellite, the latter often sparking colorful debate amongst fans for its comparisons to Tom Petty. He moved to John Prine's Oh Boy Records where he made Happy to Be Here, New Connection
