"Where do we find the words for the one who always had the right words, who knew how to distill everything down to its essence with words and song while delivering the most devastating, hilarious, and impactful turn of phrases? the statement read. Always creating rhyme and meter that immediately felt like an old friend or a favorite blanket. Someone who could almost always find the humor in this crazy ride on Planet Earth."
"The diagnosis came on the heels of the cancellation of a tour after Snider had been the victim of a violent assault in the Salt Lake City area, according to a Nov. 3 statement from his management team. But Salt Lake City police later arrested Snider himself when he at first refused to leave a hospital and later returned and threatened staffers, the Salt Lake Tribune reported."
"Snider combined elements of folk, rock and country in a three-decade career. In reviews of his recent albums, The Associated Press called him a singer-songwriter with the persona of a fried folkie and a stoner troubadour and cosmic comic. His songs were recorded by artists including Jerry Jeff Walker, Billy Joe Shaver and Tom Jones."
Todd Snider died Friday at age 59. His record label described him as a lyricist able to distill experience into devastating, hilarious and impactful turns of phrase. He had been diagnosed with pneumonia after a hospitalization that followed the cancellation of a tour prompted by an earlier violent assault in the Salt Lake City area. Salt Lake City police later arrested Snider after an incident in which he initially refused to leave a hospital, returned, and threatened staffers. Snider released High, Lonesome and Then Some in October and spent three decades blending folk, rock and country, with songs recorded by notable artists.
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