OK Someone posted a messege saying that we (Texas) were trying to claim Todd Snider. Well, actually Todd did get turned onto songwriting while living in San Marcos. In fact he used play at Cheatham Street Warehouse and he has a song on his new CD about the Devil's Backbone Tavern (A dive out Hwy 32 outside of San Marcos). He will tell you that listening to artists like Jerry Jeff Walker is what got him into this. So ease up.... He wasn't born in Texas but Texas definately influenced his music.
OK, It's bad enough that all you Texans try to claim Stilllwater, Oklahoma's Red Dirt Music (CCR, Great Divide, Jason Boland, etc.) as your own, but Todd Snider?? Todd's from Oregon and lives in Tenn. Happy To Be Here is one of the top 3 discs of the year for me, along with Steve Earle and Bill Bragg / Wilco's latest releases.
Todd is at the top of his game.
"Happy To Be Here" is one of the best CDs that I've bought this year.
Snider, one of the best young songwriters in the country, gets back to his roots on his latest release.
The songs reflect his life, (he recently settled down and got married), from "Happy To Be Here" to a song about a prenuptual agreement, "Just In Case".
This release is on John Prine's Oh Boy record label. So you can see definately see the Prine influence on the catchy "Keep Off The Grass".
