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Todd Snider Singer/songwriter Todd Snider got bit by the troubadour bug after hearing of the music of Luckenbach poet laureate Jerry Jeff Walker. Inspired by Walker's simple yet evocative tales, Snider took to playing guitar and writing his own songs in the time-honored singer/songwriter tradition, adding his own boyish charm and self-depreciating sense of humor to the mix. A native of Portland, O.R., Snider spent much of his formative years bumming around Austin, Houston, LA and Atlanta, writing songs and living on tips -- he relocated to Memphis in the '80s, and set up residency at a local music club called The Daily Planet. Snider released his first record,Songs for the Daily Planet, on Jimmy Buffet's MCA imprint Margaritaville Records in 1994. The record became a minor hit thanks to the ghost track inclusion of "Talkin' Seattle Grunge Blues," a charmingly little acoustic ditty that lampooned both the grunge scene of the time and the aging folkie response to its popularity. Snider and his band the Nervous Wrecks -- guitarist Will Kimbrough, bassist Joe Mariencheck, keyboardist David Zollo, and drummer Joe McLeary -- returned for 1996's Step Right Up, continuing Snider's brand of singer/songwriter folk-pop with sharper songs and less-heavy handed production than the first album. Although Step was critical success, and garnered Snider a loyal grassroots following, the record sold poorly, as did 1998's Viva Satellite, which resulted in Snider being dropped from MCA. Snider split with the Wrecks soon after, finally relocating to Nashville to regroup. He resurfaced in early 2000 with his best album to date, Happy to Be Here, on John Prine's Oh Boy! label. Featuring guest shots from such heavyweights as NRBQ bassist Joey Spaminato, Memphis hornman Jim Hoke and former Greg Allman keyboardist Johnny Neel, Happy shows Snider's growth as a writer, and his disarming stage presence has won him opening spots for such luminaries as Steve Earle and Willie Nelson. |
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