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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Todd Snider, a vocalist whose thoughtfully freewheeling tunes and cosmic-stoner songwriting made him a beloved fig successful American roots music, has died. He was 59.
His grounds statement said Saturday successful a connection posted to his societal media accounts that Snider died Friday.
“Where bash we find the words for the 1 who ever had the close words, who knew however to distill everything down to its essence with words and opus portion delivering the astir devastating, hilarious, and impactful crook of phrases?” the connection read. “Always creating rhyme and metre that instantly felt similar an aged person oregon a favourite blanket. Someone who could astir ever find the wit successful this brainsick thrust connected Planet Earth.”
Snider's household and friends had said successful a Friday connection that helium had been diagnosed with pneumonia astatine a infirmary successful Hendersonville, Tennessee, and that his concern had since grown much analyzable and helium was transferred elsewhere. The diagnosis came connected the heels of the cancellation of a circuit aft Snider had been the unfortunate of a convulsive battle successful the Salt Lake City area, according to a Nov. 3 connection from his absorption team.
But Salt Lake City constabulary aboriginal arrested Snider himself erstwhile helium astatine archetypal refused to permission a infirmary and aboriginal returned and threatened staffers, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.
The scrapped circuit was successful enactment of his astir caller album, “High, Lonesome and Then Some,” which released successful October. Snider combined elements of folk, stone and state successful a three-decade career. In reviews of his caller albums, The Associated Press called him a “singer-songwriter with the persona of a fried folkie” and a “stoner troubadour and cosmic comic.”
He modeled himself connected — and astatine times met and was mentored by — artists similar Kris Kristofferson, Guy Clark and John Prine. His songs were recorded by artists including Jerry Jeff Walker, Billy Joe Shaver and Tom Jones. And helium co-wrote a opus with Loretta Lynn that appeared connected her 2016 album, “Full Circle.”
“He relayed truthful overmuch tenderness and sensitivity done his songs, and showed galore of america however to look astatine the satellite done a antithetic lens,” the Saturday connection from his statement read. “He got up each greeting and started writing, ever moving towards uncovering his spot among the songwriting giants that sat connected his grounds shelves, those aforesaid giants who fto him into their lives and took him nether their wings, who helium studied relentlessly.”
Snider would bash his best-known and astir acclaimed enactment for Prine's autarkic statement Oh Boy successful the aboriginal 2000s. It included the albums “New Connection,” “Near Truths and Hotel Rooms” and “East Nashville Skyline,” a 2004 postulation that's considered by galore to beryllium his best.
Those albums yielded his champion known songs, “I Can't Complain,” “Beer Run” and “Alright Guy.”
Snider was calved and raised successful Oregon earlier settling and making his philharmonic chops successful San Marcos, Texas. He yet made his mode to Nashville, and was dubbed by immoderate the unofficial “mayor of East Nashville,” assuming the rubric from a person memorialized thusly successful his “Train Song.” In 2021, Snider said a tornado that ripped done the vicinity location to a vibrant arts country severely damaged his house.
Snider had an aboriginal instrumentality in Jimmy Buffett, who signed the young creator to his grounds label, Margaritaville, which released his archetypal 2 albums, 1994's “Songs for the Daily Planet” and 1996's “Step Right Up.”
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