Posted on 11/15/2025 10:50:38 AM PST by thegagline
Americana music icon Todd Snider has died at 59, his label confirmed Saturday.
The singer-songwriter, known for hits like Alright Guy, had been a defining voice in the genre for more than three decades, captivating fans with his tender, witty, and deeply human songs.
His label, Aimless Records, shared the heartbreaking news on Facebook Saturday morning.
Our beloved Todd Daniel Snider has departed this world,' they wrote. 'He relayed so much tenderness and sensitivity through his songs, and showed many of us how to look at the world through a different lens.
'We love you Todd, sail on old friend, we’ll see you again out there on the road somewhere down the line. You will always be a force of nature.'
The news came less than 24 hours after his family revealed Friday that he had been hospitalized due to an 'undiagnosed case of walking pneumonia.'
'Our beloved Todd Daniel Snider has departed this world,' they wrote. 'He relayed so much tenderness and sensitivity through his songs, and showed many of us how to look at the world through a different lens.
'We love you Todd, sail on old friend, we’ll see you again out there on the road somewhere down the line. You will always be a force of nature.'
The news came less than 24 hours after his family revealed Friday that he had been hospitalized due to an 'undiagnosed case of walking pneumonia.' *** 'Say a prayer, light a candle, roll one up, send strength, or just keep him close in your heart.
'You’ve carried him through so much over the years, and he needs that from all of us now more than ever.'
No official cause of death has been released. ***
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"Statistician's Blues"
They say 3 percent of the people use 5 to 6 percent of their brain
97 percent use 3 percent and the rest goes down the drain
I'll never know which one I am but I'll bet you my last dime
99 percent think we're 3 percent 100 percent of the time
I’ve never heard of him.
Well, congratulations, now you have.
In recent photos, he looks to be the picture of health.
I guess a fatal condition can happen to anyone and at any time.
“...I fought the law...
...and the law won...”
“Mystery Illness” and “Pneumonia” doesn’t really compute.
😄 I listen to country music off and on. Maybe only the more famous ones.
Here is his most recent encounter with the police. His brain chemistry is off kilter. He doesn’t look like he is fairing well.
https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2025/11/13/im-not-homeless-bodycam-footage-of-todd-sniders-arrest-shows-him-begging-officers-to-go-back-to-the-hospital/
He was more in the genre of Americana. Think Ray Wylie Hubbard, John Prine, Townes Van Zandt etc.
News outlets have a weird habit of labeling everyone either a legend or an icon. I’ve never heard of this one.
Thanks. Love all those guys. I’ll give him a listen.
I’m 76 years old and from the hills of East Tennessee...I’ve listened to country music all my life and I have never heard of him...
He was in a group recently named Hard Working Americans that had a song Black Land Farmer which was quite good:
https://open.spotify.com/track/7nb6XCGEEfZmJrV0LLVphj?si=tGpYfy7MQxq8LG5t2wyZCA
Todd Snider was a well respected Americana artist who was covered by Jerry Jeff Walker, Billy Joe Shaver, Robert Earl Keen to name a few.
Entertaining enough but a super hate filled leftist who put it in his music.
He chose to live a miserable Godless life. It’s sad but somehow not surprising.
He should have listened to Billy Joe Shaver.
“...flaunt their ignorance...”
Sorry that it upset you that not everyone listens to the same singer that you listen to.....
Another icon I completely missed.
I enjoyed his songs and overlooked the fact he was a raging leftie.
I’m with you. Never heard of him. To be called an “Americana music icon” kinda infers he’s famous or well known. Whatever.
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