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If you"ve never heard of Todd Snider+ then <i>That Was Me: Todd Snider 1994-1998 </i> is an introduction. If you"re already a fan+ then his first compilation+ following seven critically acclaimed albums+ is a tribute to the wry+ honest+ brutal and yet funny Snider. Featuring 17 tracks culled from his first three albums plus a previously unreleased cover of Jimmy Buffett"s "Margaritaville"--all digitally remastered from the original master tapes--<i>That Was Me</i> was created with Snider"s full participation and includes his own liner notes and detailed songography.<p></p>An iconoclastic hero of alt-country+ Americana+ college radio and modern folk+ Snider"s influences are the likes of Randy Newman+ Bob Dylan and Neil Young. Born in Portland+ OR+ he moved to Santa Rosa+ CA+ after high school and learned to play the harmonica. His brother+ living in Austin+ TX+ figured Todd might find a job in a band there so he sent him a plane ticket. After seeing Jerry Jeff play in a local bar+ Snider indeed decided that was what he wanted to do with his life.<p></p>During a mid-"80s stint in Memphis where he established a residency at the Daily Planet club+ he was discovered by Keith Sykes+ a member of Jimmy Buffett"s Coral Reefer Band. John Prine then hired Snider as an assistant and eventually had him open shows. When Buffett heard Snider"s demos+ he signed him to his MCA imprint Margaritaville Records. His debut album+ 1994"s <i>Songs for the Daily Planet</i>+ starred "Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues" as well as "Alright Guy+" "Trouble+" "You Think You Know Somebody+" "Easy Money" and "That Was Me."<p></p>For 1996"s <i>Step Right Up</i>+ Snider and his band+ the Nervous Wrecks+ continued blending bluegrass+ blues+ folk-rock and country-rock to forge their own distinctive sound. <i>That Was Me</i> reprises its "Enough+" "Hey Hey+" "Moon Dawg"s Tavern+" "Horseshoe Lake+" "Tension+" "Better Than Ever Blues (Part Two)+" "Late Last Night" and "Side Show Blues." 1998"s <i>Viva Satellite</i> contributes "Can"t Complain+" "Guaranteed" and "Doublewide Blues." Snider has since issued four albums on Prine"s indie Oh Boy Records+ including 2004"s <i>East Nashville Skyline</i>+ and he continues to tour across the country.
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Todd Snider's Albums
A Little on the CD Side Volume 21
Spread the Jam #17
A Taste of &quot;98
The Devil You Know
That Was Me: The Best of Todd Snider 1994-1998

Todd Snider Album Editorial:
If youve never heard of Todd Snider then iThat Was Me: Todd Snider 1994-1998 is an introduction. If youre already a fan then his first compilation following seven critically acclaimed albums is a tribute to the wry honest brutal and yet funny Snider. Featuring 17 tracks culled from his first three albums plus a previously unreleased cover of Jimmy Buffetts Margaritaville--all digitally remastered from the original master tapes--iThat Was Me was created with Sniders full participation and includes his own liner notes and detailed songography.p/pAn iconoclastic hero of alt-country Americana college radio and modern folk Sniders influences are the likes of Randy Newman Bob Dylan and Neil Young. Born in Portland OR he moved to Santa Rosa CA after high school and learned to play the harmonica. His brother living in Austin TX figured Todd might find a job in a band there so he sent him a plane ticket. After seeing Jerry Jeff play in a local bar Snider indeed decided that was what he wanted to do with his life.p/pDuring a mid-80s stint in Memphis where he established a residency at the Daily Planet club he was discovered by Keith Sykes a member of Jimmy Buffetts Coral Reefer Band. John Prine then hired Snider as an assistant and eventually had him open shows. When Buffett heard Sniders demos he signed him to his MCA imprint Margaritaville Records. His debut album 1994s iSongs for the Daily Planet starred Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues as well as Alright Guy Trouble You Think You Know Somebody Easy Money and That Was Me.p/pFor 1996s iStep Right Up Snider and his band the Nervous Wrecks continued blending bluegrass blues folk-rock and country-rock to forge their own distinctive sound. iThat Was Me reprises its Enough Hey Hey Moon Dawgs Tavern Horseshoe Lake Tension Better Than Ever Blues (Part Two) Late Last Night and Side Show Blues. 1998s iViva Satellite contributes Cant Complain Guaranteed and Doublewide Blues. Snider has since issued four albums on Prines indie Oh Boy Records including 2004s iEast Nashville Skyline and he continues to tour across the country.
East Nashville Skyline

Todd Snider Album Editorial:
East Nashville lies just across the Cumberland River from the mansions and skyscrapers Music Row built but for Todd Snider it may as well be in outer space. On his seventh album he paints a word-drunk smart-ass but always affectionate portrait of this gritty neighborhood--the dead-end dives low-rent bungalows and musicians barely scraping by--with a freewheeling comedic spirit as true to country as it is to rock roll. He gives Mike Tyson a chummy hug flips off the moral majority fails to decipher Louie Louie and turns an attempted suicide into a bittersweet recognition of human folly. Producer Will Kimbrough keeps the sound loose and tipsy sometimes whittling back to a single acoustic guitar which is just right for Sniders funniest sharpest and most life-affirming album yet. Roy Kasten
Near Truths and Hotel Rooms Live

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Todd Snider has built a reputation as a great live performer who tours relentlessly. Near Truths and Hotel Rooms his third release for Oh Boy Records (his sixth overall) is an all live collection of songs and stories that represents a typical evening with Snider his guitar and his imagination. Co-produced by Snider this 23-song disc combines his witty songwriting with his engaging storytelling. Recorded in several different locations over eighteen months. It includes an alternate version of Beer Run recorded on the air during one of Todds many appearances on the syndicated morning radio program Bob Tom. 2003.


Todd Snider Album Editorial:
Todd Snider really knows how to work a room. As a storytelling troubadour for the slacker set he takes inspiration from the likes of Jerry Jeff Walker (as he explains in one of this solo concert albums deadpan introductions) and Robert Earl Keen and applies it to a selection of shaggy-dog stories talking blues and slices-of-life gone askew. One of his earliest signature tunes Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues has now outlived grunge by too long but the more recent Waco Moon inspired by the death of guitartist Eddy Shaver shows that Sniders songwriting is good for a whole lot more than laughs. Some of his most engaging songs such as Beer Run seem to have practically written themselves while others such as Tension and Statisticians Blues sound like songs that were just waiting to be written. Its an integral part of Sniders engaging appeal that he makes it all seem so effortless. As with Keen the challenge for Snider is balancing the easy laughs with his more serious progression as a songwriter. Don McLeese
New Connection

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Todd Sniders fifth disc opens with a pleasant chugging roots-rock sing-along--the title track--then kicks into a jokey folk number Vinyl Records. In a tongue-twisting tumble of a chorus Snider shuffles through his record collection name-checking classic rockers and country stars longhaired hippies and softheaded folkies. The balance of the disc bears out these diverse influences: INew Connections is a stylistic smorgasbord serving up earnest introspection (Rose City Class of 85) and heavy-hearted ballads (Close Enough to You Waco Moon) alongside wisecracking novelty cuts (Beer Run Statisticians Blues). Theres even a taste of clarinet-addled swing in Broke and a cover of John Prines Crooked Piece of Time to which Prine himself adds his unmistakable vocal scrape. In all its occasional flaws--production thats sometimes too rich arrangements a tad too dense a couple of middling tunes--dont derail a solid likable album. Anders Smith Lindall
Happy to Be Here

Todd Snider Album Editorial:
Singer-songwriter Todd Snider is nothing if not an individualist. For his trouble hes alienated more than one label not to mention a few potential fans. IHappy to Be Here his Oh Boy debut follows three 1990s albums for MCA that seemed to produce a very polar response: he developed a strong cult following although many Americana fans those predisposed to like him seemed oddly turned off by his smug sarcasm. IHappy seems like just the album to break him however. Produced by Ray Kennedy the record is sonically rich well developed and diverse and Snider shows a knack for surprisingly accessible pop melodies. Snider pulls no punches in his lyrics--whether being ironic and cynical or sweet and sincere--and he uses an array of musical settings: there are gentle romantic ballads boasting only acoustic guitar and harmonica; scorching scathing country-rockers; rambling folk stories; and horn-fueled blues workouts. Sniders voice is full bodied emotive and resonant even if his pain-and-twang sometimes seems a tad bit forced. Still Snider emerges with a deeply soulful and mature record that turns his individuality into a true asset. Marc Greilsamer
Viva Satellite
Step Right Up
Songs for the Daily Planet

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