RIP Todd Snider

[dmn23]

I just hate this and I feel like there's a bigger story that's going to emerge over the coming weeks. He had his struggles and his health issues, but there was a lot of weird stuff going on recently, including his arrest in SLC.

If your only exposure to Todd was stuff like "Beer Run" you're missing out.

 

[Pine Apple Slim]

Damn, this sucks.
Everybody play a train song.

 

[dodgechargerfan]

Yeah, this sucks.

 

[jrockbridge]

R.I.P.

 

[Chicken Man]

Usually when a musician dies, it's sad because someone is dead. But Todd was still writing great tunes and I looked forward to every new release. This is a real loss of great new art. However, he's been living on borrowed time given his lifestyle. It's looked like he was back on pills for the past couple years.

 

[Porfirio]

Goddammit.

 

[shoeless]

I agree, the whole situation is a bit odd..sad, but odd. RIP Todd. I thought you were an alright guy.

 

[Lerxst]

The perplexing circumstances and depressing body cam footage of him trying to get help compound the sadness.

Someone has already scrawled a tribute to him in the dirt on the walls of the vista ridge tunnel

https://www.reddit.com/r/Portland/s/EIfEgtTZBj

 

[dmn23]

Here's more information straight from the source, or at least as close as we can probably expect to get. Start at 5:32 if the timestamp doesn't work.

 

[dmn23]

 

[shoeless]

Not sure why this popped up for me today, but I thought it was pretty classic representation of who Todd was.