Folksinger and storyteller Todd Snider was only 16 years old when he ran away from home in Portland, Ore. In his early 20s, Snider’s perpetual road trip led him to Austin where he saw Texas troubadour Jerry Jeff Walker perform his candid brand of songwriting. Thus began three decades of crisscrossing the county with little more than a guitar in hand.
“I like my job,” says Snider. “It’s kind of like being a suspended adolescent. When I was young, I was seduced by that Hunter S. Thompson lifestyle. If someone offered me a drug, I’d take it. If someone opened their car door, I’d jump in and see where the road took me.”
So far, Snider has survived and written some damn good songs along the way. He is joined by consummate Nashville songwriter Jim Lauderdale who released “The Long and Lonesome Letting Go” with the Po’ Ramblin’ Boys earlier this year.
The two American folk music legends will perform together on Nov. 4 at Bally’s Lake Tahoe in Stateline, Nev. Read Tahoe Guide’s 2018 interview with Snider at YourTahoeGuide.com. | casinos.ballys.com
