Singer known for his roots music, has died at the age of 59. He was diagnosed with pneumonia after being the victim of a violent assault. His songs were recorded by many artists.
, a singer whose thoughtfully freewheeling tunes and cosmic-stoner songwriting made him a beloved figure in American roots music , has died. He was 59. His record label said Saturday in a statement posted to his social media accounts that Snider died Friday.
“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.” Snider’s family and friends had said in a Friday statement that he had been diagnosed with pneumonia at a hospital in Hendersonville, Tennessee, and that his situation had since grown more complicated and he was transferred elsewhere. 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 The scrapped tour was in support of his most recent album, “High, Lonesome and Then Some,” which released in October. 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. His songs were recorded by artists including Jerry Jeff Walker, Billy Joe Shaver and Tom Jones. And he co-wrote a song“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,” the Saturday statement from his label read. “He got up every morning and started writing, always working towards finding his place among the songwriting giants that sat on his record shelves, those same giants who let him into their lives and took him under their wings, who he studied relentlessly.” Snider would do his best-known and most acclaimed work for Prine’s independent label Oh Boy in the early 2000s. It included the albums “New Connection,” “Near Truths and Hotel Rooms” and “East Nashville Skyline,” a 2004 collection that’s considered by many to be his best.Snider was born and raised in Oregon before settling and making his musical chops in San Marcos, Texas. He eventually made his way to Nashville, and was dubbed by some the unofficial “mayor of East Nashville,” assuming the title from a friend memorialized thusly in his “Train Song.” In 2021, Snider said a tornado that ripped through the neighborhood home to a vibrant arts scene severely damaged his house., who signed the young artist to his record label, Margaritaville, which released his first two albums, 1994’s “Songs for the Daily Planet” and 1996’s “Step Right Up.”WATCH -- NC: DHS Begins Arresting Illegals in 'Operation Charlotte's Web'Report: More Than 70 % Palisades Fire Victims Still in Temporary HousingTrump Calls for House Republicans to ‘Vote to Release’ Epstein Files U.S. Ambassador to U.N. Mike Waltz Praises Nicki Minaj for Using Her ‘Platform to Spotlight the Atrocities Against Christians in Nigeria’Fed Study Vindicates Trump Trade Policy: 150 Years of Evidence Shows Tariffs Lower InflationOJ Simpson Estate Agrees to Pay Up Wrongful Death Judgment Decades After Famous Double MurderIndian Man on Student Visa in Texas Sent to Prison for Financial Scheme Targeting Elders
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