Todd Snider

Snider was born in Portland, Oregon and grew up in nearby Beaverton, where he lived until he graduated from Beaverton High School in 1985. After high school, he moved to Santa Rosa, California to attend Santa Rosa Junior College. He only lasted one semester, but while there, he learned to play the harmonica.{{Cite news | last = Shapiro | first = Michael | title = Todd Snider recalls his Santa Rosa days | newspaper = The Press Democrat | date = September 21, 2014 | url = https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/entertainment/todd-snider-recalls-his-santa-rosa-days/ |access-date= August 29, 2021}}

With help from his brother Mike who bought him a plane ticket, Snider moved to San Marcos, Texas northeast of San Antonio, after leaving SRJC in the late fall of 1985.{{cite book|last=Snider |first=Todd |title=I Never Met A Story I Didn't Like: Mostly True Tall Tales |publisher=Da Capo Press |year=2014 |pages = 78–79 |isbn=978-0306822605}} Not long after arriving in San Marcos, Snider saw Jerry Jeff Walker perform solo at Gruene Hall, a legendary dance hall in New Braunfels, Texas southwest of Austin.{{cite journal |last =Skanse |first =Richard |date=July 1, 2004 |title= Q&A: Todd Snider |url= https://lonestarmusicmagazine.com/qa-todd-snider/ |journal= Lone Star Music Magazine |access-date= August 29, 2021}} When he saw Walker that night, he decided he wanted to become a songwriter and began writing songs the next day.{{cite news |last= Langer |first= Andy |date= April 14, 2012 |title= It All Started One Night in the '80s at Gruene Hall |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/us/todd-snider-records-a-tribute-to-jerry-jeff-walker.html |newspaper= The New York Times |access-date= August 29, 2021}} He told Lone Star Music Magazine in 2004, "I didn't even know how to really play guitar yet, but I saw his show and went and got one."{{cite journal |last =Skanse |first =Richard |date=July 1, 2004 |title= Q&A: Todd Snider |url= https://lonestarmusicmagazine.com/qa-todd-snider/ |journal= Lone Star Music Magazine |access-date= August 29, 2021}}

Snider met Kent Finlay at his very first writer's night, which was at Finlay's San Marcos club, Cheatham Street Warehouse. Finlay, who was a songwriter in his own right, became an important mentor and introduced Snider to the songs of Kris Kristofferson, Guy Clark, John Prine, and Shel Silverstein among others.{{cite journal |last =Skanse |first =Richard |date=July 1, 2004 |title= Q&A: Todd Snider |url= https://lonestarmusicmagazine.com/qa-todd-snider/ |journal= Lone Star Music Magazine |access-date= August 29, 2021}} Snider was soon packing small rooms in San Marcos and over the next few years began to draw enthusiastic crowds in Austin, as well.{{cite news |last= Langer |first= Andy|date= August 30, 1996 |title= The Real Y'Alternative: Todd Snider, Too Rock for Country, Too Country for Rock |url= https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/1996-08-30/532474/ |newspaper= The Austin Chronicle |access-date= August 29, 2021}}

Snider also discovered Memphis songwriter Keith Sykes while living in San Marcos when a friend at the local record store turned him on to a pair of albums Sykes made in the early ’70s.{{cite news |last= Boehm |first= Mike |date= July 29, 1995 |title= Country's Todd Snider: The Man of Still : Pop: The genre has changed over the years, but the artist remains true to traditional styles, as his 'Songs for the Daily Planet' shows |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-07-29-ca-29116-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date= August 29, 2021}} In 1989, Snider's father moved to Memphis and happened to meet Sykes’ sister-in-law. Through that connection, Snider sent Sykes a demo tape of some of his songs. Sykes thought one of the songs had potential, so Snider moved to Memphis to try to work with Sykes.{{cite book|last=Snider |first=Todd |title=I Never Met A Story I Didn't Like: Mostly True Tall Tales |publisher=Da Capo Press |year=2014 |pages = 86–87 |isbn=978-0306822605}} Not long after he arrived in Memphis, Snider landed a weekly residency at a local club The Daily Planet. He not only was soon packing the room, the audience knew the words to the songs and would sing along.{{cite book |last= White |first= Ryan |title= Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way |publisher= Atria Books |year=2014 |page= 267 |isbn= 9781501132568}} Through Sykes, Snider met Prine in 1991 while assisting on pre-production work Prine was doing with Sykes in Memphis for his album The Missing Years. It was the beginning of a friendship Snider and Prine had until Prine's death in 2020.{{cite magazine |last= Bernstein |first= Jonathan |date= April 8, 2020 |title= Todd Snider on John Prine: 'I Couldn't Believe I Knew Him'|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/todd-snider-remembers-john-prine-980532/ |magazine= Rolling Stone |access-date= August 29, 2021}} In 1992, Sykes helped Snider land a development deal with Capitol Records. He recorded a number of sides in Nashville for the label,{{cite news |last= Langer |first= Andy|date= August 30, 1996 |title= The Real Y'Alternative: Todd Snider, Too Rock for Country, Too Country for Rock |url= https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/1996-08-30/532474/ |newspaper= The Austin Chronicle |access-date= August 29, 2021}} but they declined to pick up his option for a full album.{{cite book |last= Leaver |first= Jack |date= 1997 |title= All Music Guide to Country: The Experts' Guide to the Best Country Recordings |chapter= ToddSnider |publisher= Backbeat |page= 432 |isbn= 9780879304751}}

Around the time of the Capitol deal, Snider began performing with a small band backing him which he dubbed the Bootleggers.{{cite magazine |last= Clark |first= Rick |date= May 15, 1993 |title= Crossroads Less Traveled By Major Reps: But Memphis Meet Attracts Regional Acts, Reps |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1993/1993-05-15-Billboard-Page-0016.pdf#search=%22todd%20snider%22 |magazine= Billboard |page= 16 |access-date= July 26, 2021}} The band's lineup fluctuated some over the first year or so, but by the end of 1994, the lineup was set with Will Kimbrough on guitar, Joe Mariencheck on bass, and Joe McLeary on drums. Snider also had changed the band's name to the Nervous Wrecks.

Sykes was a one-time member of Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band and Buffett had recorded a few of his songs, so when the Capitol deal fell through, he reached out on Snider's behalf to Buffett's label, Margaritaville Records, which was distributed by MCA. Not long after label exec Bob Mercer saw Snider perform at an industry showcase in Memphis in April 1993, Snider flew to California to open a show for Buffett. After seeing his set, Buffett offered Snider a deal with Margaritaville.{{cite book |last= White |first= Ryan |title= Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way |publisher= Atria Books |year=2014 |page= 268 |isbn= 9781501132568}}{{cite magazine |last= Clark |first= Rick |date= May 15, 1993 |title= Crossroads Less Traveled By Major Reps: But Memphis Meet Attracts Regional Acts, Reps |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1993/1993-05-15-Billboard-Page-0016.pdf#search=%22todd%20snider%22 |magazine= Billboard |page= 16 |access-date= July 26, 2021}}

Snider's debut album for Margaritaville, Songs for the Daily Planet, was released in 1994 and reached number 23 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart.{{cite magazine |author= |date= February 4, 1995 |title= Heatseekers Albums |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1995/1995-02-04-Billboard-Page-0026.pdf#search=%22todd%20snider%22 |magazine= Billboard |pages= 26 |access-date= July 26, 2011}} Produced by Tony Brown and Mike Utley, the album was literally composed of songs he was playing at the Daily Planet nightclub in Memphis. Although there were a few guest musicians and singers on the record, the core lineup was Snider on acoustic guitar, Joe Mariencheck on bass, Joe McLeary on drums, Utley on keyboards, Eddie Shaver on electric guitar, and Peter Hyrka on mandolin, acoustic guitar, and violin.{{cite web |url= https://www.discogs.com/Todd-Snider-Songs-For-The-Daily-Planet/release/1906404 |title= Todd Snider – Songs for the Daily Planet |author= |website= Discogs |access-date= July 26, 2021}} The record included a hidden track, "Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues," which became a minor radio hit, reaching No. 31 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart.{{cite magazine |author= |date= January 7, 1995 |title= AlbumRock Tracks |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1995/1995-01-07-Billboard-Page-0097.pdf#search=%22todd%20snider%22 |magazine= Billboard |pages= 103 |access-date= July 26, 2021}} A talking blues for Gen-X, the song mocked the early ’90s grunge scene and featured a band that refused to play. The video for another single from the album, "Alright Guy," was in rotation on VH1.{{cite magazine |author= |date= March 25, 1995 |title= Video Monitor |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1995/1995-03-25-Billboard-Page-0041.pdf#search=%22alright%20guy%22 |magazine= Billboard |pages= 43 |access-date= July 26, 2021}}

Snider's second album for Margaritaville/MCA, Step Right Up, was released on April 23, 1996, and Billboard proclaimed it to be "more stunning than his debut."{{cite magazine |last=Borzillo |first= Carrie|date= May 4, 1996 |title= Stepping Up |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=9gsEAAAAMBAJ&dq=todd+snider+%22step+right+up%22&pg=PA20|magazine= Billboard |access-date= July 26, 2021}} Brown and Utley were coproducers with Snider, and Utley backed Snider and the Wrecks on keyboards.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/step-right-up-mw0000186371/credits |title= Todd Snider – Step Right Up: Credits |author= |website= AllMusic |access-date= July 26, 2021}}

Snider's third album, Viva Satellite, represented a turning point in his career. Prior to making the record, Margaritaville left MCA and signed with Island Records for distribution. But MCA retained rights to Snider's recordings, so they would release the album. No longer recording for Margaritaville or working with Brown and Utley, Snider produced some sides at engineer Justin Niebank's studio in Franklin, Tennessee, with mixed success. Only one of the tracks he cut there would make the album, the finale "Doublewide Blues." Snider recorded the rest of the album at Ardent Studios in Memphis with producer-engineer John Hampton. He was backed by Kimbrough on guitar, Mariencheck on bass, Paul Buchignani on drums, and Rick Steff playing keyboards, and the result was a more straight-ahead rock record than his first two.{{cite web |url= https://www.discogs.com/Todd-Snider-Viva-Satellite/release/4832355 |title= Todd Snider –Viva Satellite |author= |website= Discogs |access-date= July 26, 2021}} Shortly before the album was released in May 1998, there was trouble at a private performance in L.A. for MCA execs and their staffs. Snider, who was struggling with drugs at the time, insulted those in attendance early in the set and then left the stage. Not long thereafter, MCA released him from his contract.{{cite journal |last =Skanse |first =Richard |date=July 1, 2004 |title= Q&A: Todd Snider |url= https://lonestarmusicmagazine.com/qa-todd-snider/ |journal= Lone Star Music Magazine |access-date= August 29, 2021}}

After leaving MCA, Snider disbanded the Nervous Wrecks and signed with John Prine’s independent label, Oh Boy Records. Oh Boy released his fourth album, Happy To Be Here, on April 18, 2000.{{cite journal |author= |date= April 10, 2000 |title= Upcoming Releases |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=XNPgrOvoqUkC&dq=todd+snider+happy+to+be+here&pg=PA37 |journal= CMJ New Music Report |pages= 37 |access-date= August 3, 2021}} Working with producer Ray Kennedy, Snider recorded all the songs solo acoustic, then additional instrumentation was added to his guitar and vocal tracks.{{cite news |last= Lang |first= George |date= September 21, 2001 |title= Grunge survivor Todd Snider happy to be in the music business |url= https://www.oklahoman.com/article/2755931/grunge-survivor-todd-snider-happy-to-be-in-music-business |newspaper= The Oklahoman |access-date= August 3, 2021}} Besides Kennedy who played a variety of instruments on the record, guitarists Pat Buchanan and Will Kimbrough, bassists Joey Spampinato and Keith Christopher, keyboardist Johnny Neel, drummer Paul Buchignani, multi-instrumentalist Peter Holsapple, violinist Tammy Rogers, and horn players Jim Hoke and Wayne Jackson all contributed to the album.{{cite web |url= https://www.discogs.com/Todd-Snider-Happy-To-Be-Here/release/4899891 |title= Todd Snider – Happy To Be Here |author= |website= Discogs |access-date= August 3, 2021}}

Oh Boy released Snider's second album for the label, New Connection, on May 14, 2002.{{cite web |url= https://toddsnider.bandcamp.com/album/new-connection|title= Todd Snider |author= |website= BandCamp |access-date= August 3, 2021}} Produced by R.S. Field, Billboard said of the album, "Snider has settled into a groove of consistent quality and potent observation."{{cite magazine |author= |date= May 18, 2002 |title= New Connection: On his fifth release and second for Nashville-based indie Oh Boy, Todd Snider finds himself in a comfortable, confident mode that easily taps into his often poignant, sometimes off-kilter world view |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1993/1993-05-15-Billboard-Page-0016.pdf#search=%22todd%20snider%22 |magazine= Billboard |page= 16 |access-date= July 26, 2021}}

Snider's third Oh Boy release was a live album, Near Truths and Hotel Rooms, which was released on May 13, 2003.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/near-truths-and-hotel-rooms-live-mw0000030777 |title= Todd Snider – Near Truths and Hotel Rooms |last= Ruhlman |first= William |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 3, 2021}} The record, which was recorded at half a dozen venues, captured Snider's live show post-Nervous Wrecks—just him solo with his acoustic guitar and harmonica.{{cite journal |last= Whepley |first= Brian |date= June 3, 2003 |title= Todd Snider - Near Truths And Hotel Rooms |url= https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/todd-snider/todd-snider-near-truths-and-hotel-rooms/|journal= Paste |access-date= August 3, 2021}} Robert Christgau gave the album an A− grade in his Consumer Guide.{{cite web |url= https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Todd+Snider|title= Todd Snider: Consumer Guide Reviews|last= Christgau|first= Robert |website= Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics |access-date= August 3, 2021 }}

Snider's final studio album for Oh Boy, East Nashville Skyline, was released on July 20, 2004.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/east-nashville-skyline-mw0000656524 |title= Todd Snider – East Nashville Skyline |last= Latham |first= Aaron |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 6, 2021}} For the first time, Snider took full creative control of his record-making process,{{cite journal |last= Sanders |first= Daryl |date= March 2011 |title= Todd Snider: East Nashville's Ambassador to the World |url= https://www.theeastnashvillian.com/todd-snider/ |journal= The East Nashvillian |access-date= August 6, 2021}} and the result was an album that was both a musical and cultural breakthrough. It introduced East Nashville to the larger world, and its influence reverberates to this day.{{cite journal |last= Thanki |first= Juli |date= October 5, 2016 |title= Todd Snider catches a 'Buzz' on new album |url= https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/10/05/todd-snider-catches-buzz-new-album/91219814/ |journal= The Tennessean |access-date= August 6, 2021}} Snider co-produced the record with his old Nervous Wrecks bandmate Will Kimbrough at engineer Eric McCullough's east Nashville studio. In addition to guitarist Kimbrough and multi-instrumentalist McCullough, he was backed on the sessions by a who's who of east Nashville musicians including guitarist Tim Carroll, bassists Dave Jacques and Dave Roe, drummers Paul Griffith and Craig Wright, and pianist John Deadrick. East Nashville Skyline included two iconic songs that added to the songwriting canon: "Play a Train Song" pushed the boundaries of "train" songs with the story of a man who was known for always requesting that kind of song, and "The Ballad of the Kingsmen" took the talking blues to a more contemporary place musically while connecting the censorship of "Louie Louie" culturally to the Columbine shootings.{{cite web |url= https://www.discogs.com/Todd-Snider-East-Nashville-Skyline/release/2657758 |title= Todd Snider –East NashvilleSkyline |author= |website= Discogs |access-date= August 6, 2021}} Pitchfork called the album "the wittiest and feistiest album of his career."{{cite journal |last= Deusner |first= Stephen M. |date= December 14, 2004 |title= Todd Snider: East Nashville Skyline |url= https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7797-east-nashville-skyline/ |journal= Pitchfork |access-date=August 6, 2021}} Christgau gave it an A in his Consumer Guide and called it "a slacker wakeup call."{{cite web |url= https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Todd+Snider|title= Todd Snider: Consumer Guide Reviews|last= Christgau|first= Robert |website= Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics |access-date= August 6, 2021 }} PopMatters ranked it the seventh-best album of 2004.{{cite web |url= https://www.popmatters.com/best2004-041228-gilstrap-2496022811.html |title= Best of 2004 |last= Gilstrap |first= Andrew |date= December 28, 2004 |website= PopMatters |access-date= August 6, 2021}} East Nashville Skyline reached No. 28 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart.{{cite magazine |author= |date= August 7, 2004 |title= Top Independent Albums |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=5BIEAAAAMBAJ&dq=east+nashville+skyline%2C+todd+snider&pg=PA61 |magazine= Billboard |pages= 61 |access-date= August 6, 2021}}

After East Nashville Skyline, Snider moved to Bob Mercer's New Door Records label which was distributed by Universal Music Group, but Oh Boy would issue one more album of his music. On April 3, 2007, the label released Peace, Love And Anarchy (Rarities, B-Sides And Demos, Vol. I), a compilation of previously unreleased recordings.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/peace-love-and-anarchy-rarities-b-sides-and-demos-vol-1-mw0000747312 |title= Todd Snider – Peace, Love And Anarchy (Rarities, B-Sides And Demos, Vol. I) |last= Deming |first= Mark |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 30, 2021}} Notable among the collection's fourteen tracks is the song "East Nashville Skyline" which was intended to be the title track of the album of the same name but Snider did not finish it in time to make the album.

While Snider was working on his first record for New Door, UMG released a selection of his Margaritaville and MCA back catalog. The collection, That Was Me: 1994-1998, was released on August 30, 2005,{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/that-was-me-the-best-of-todd-snider-1994-1998-mw0000417484 |title= Todd Snider – That Was Me: The Best of Todd Snider 1994-1998 |last= Monger |first= James Christopher |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 30, 2021}} through their reissue arm, Hip-O Records.{{cite web |url= https://www.discogs.com/Todd-Snider-That-Was-Me-1994-1998/release/2126555 |title= Todd Snider – That Was Me: 1994-1998 |author= |website= Discogs |access-date= August 10, 2021}} The compilation included seventeen tracks from all three of the albums distributed by MCA, including "Alright Guy" and "Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues," plus a previously unreleased cover of "Margaritaville, a breakneck rendition on which he was backed by the Nervous Wrecks.

Snider's first release for New Door was The Devil You Know, the acclaimed follow-up to East Nashville Skyline released on August 8, 2006.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-devil-you-know-mw0000571780 |title= Todd Snider – The Devil You Know |last= Ruhlman |first= William |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 30, 2021}} Working again with co-producers Will Kimbrough and Eric McConnell, who both played multiple instruments on the album, Snider also was backed on the record by guitarist Tommy Womack, bassists Billy Mercer, Robert Kearns, and Dave Jacques, drummers Paul Griffith and Craig Wright, pianist Dave Zollo, violinist Molly Thomas, and legendary steel guitarist Lloyd Green.{{cite web |url= https://www.discogs.com/Todd-Snider-The-Devil-You-Know/release/4186777 |title= Todd Snider – The Devil You Know |author= |website= Discogs |access-date= August 10, 2021}} The record went to number four on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart.{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/tln/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Heatseekers Albums |author= |date= August 25, 2006 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 13, 2021}} Christgau gave it an A in his Consumer Guide and called it "better" than its predecessor.{{cite web |url= https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Todd+Snider |title= Todd Snider: Consumer Guide Reviews|last= Christgau|first= Robert |website= Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics |access-date= August 13, 2021 }} The record was named to several critics' year-end "best" lists, including a number 33 ranking in Rolling Stone's top 50 albums of the year,{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} a number 25 ranking by No Depression magazine, and number 14 by Blender magazine.

On October 20, 2006, Snider made a solo acoustic in-store appearance at Grimey's New and Preloved Records in Nashville, performing material from The Devil You Know.{{cite web |url= https://www.discogs.com/Todd-Snider-Live-At-Grimeys-Nashville/release/2444867 |title= Todd Snider – Live With The Devil You Know At Grimey's Nashville 10.20.06 |author= |website= Discogs |access-date= August 13, 2021}} The performance was recorded and released by New Door on April 3, 2007, as Live With The Devil You Know At Grimey's Nashville 10.20.06. It was his final release on the New Door label.

In 2008, Snider launched his own independent record label, Aimless Records. The label's first release was his eight-song EP Peace Queer, the most political record of his career. The title was inspired by the ’60s avant garde rock band The Fugs who had a line about killing "peace queers."{{cite web |url= https://www.jambase.com/article/todd-snider-is-so-queer |title= Todd Snider Is So Queer |last= Cook |first= Dennis |date= October 23, 2008 |website= Jambase |publisher= |access-date= August 13, 2021 }} As Snider tells it in the press bio for the album, he was kidnapped by an international league of peace queers who forced him to write the protest songs that appeared on the record. Three of the tracks on the EP were recorded at co-producer Eric McConnell's studio with backing from some of the musicians who worked on Snider's two previous albums, including guitarist Will Kimbrough, bassist Dave Jacques, keyboardist Dave Zollo, and drummers Paul Griffith and Craig Wright. The remainder of the EP was recorded with co-producer Doug Lancio at his studio with Lancio providing musical accompaniment and Patty Griffin contributing backing vocals to two of the tracks—"Cape Henry" and the cover of John Fogerty's "Fortunate Son." Released on October 14, 2008,{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/peace-queer-mw0000795517/credits |title= Todd Snider – Peace Queer: Credits |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 13, 2021}} the record went to number one on the Americana Airplay Chart and number eight on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart.{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/tln/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Heatseekers Albums |author= |date= October 31, 2008 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 13, 2021}}

Aimless did not release Snider's next album, The Excitement Plan, because he had already committed it to Yep Roc Records, but it would be the last record he would make for another record label. Produced by Don Was and released on June 9, 2009, the album featured Snider with minimal backing: Was on upright bass, Jim Keltner on drums, and Greg Leisz on dobro and pedal steel.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-excitement-plan-mw0000817699/credits |title= Todd Snider – The Excitement Plan: Credits |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 13, 2021}} PopMatters called the record "a masterwork of intimacy" and said it "solidified his place among the masters of the form."{{cite web |url= https://www.popmatters.com/94859-todd-snider-the-excitement-plan-2496036027.html |title= Todd Snider: The Excitement Plan |last= Henderson |first= Stuart |date= June 16, 2009 |website= PopMatters |access-date= August 13, 2021}} The Associated Press called it "the finest album of his career."{{cite news |agency= Associated Press |date= June 8, 2009 |title= Music Review: Snider finds humor in tough times |url= https://www.deseret.com/2009/6/8/20322379/music-review-snider-finds-humor-in-tough-times |newspaper= Deseret News |access-date= August 13, 2021}} Rolling Stone gave it four stars.{{cite magazine |last= Hermes |first= Will |date= June 8, 2009 |title= Todd Snider: The Excitement Plan |url= http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/27999157/review/28565381/the_excitement_plan |magazine= Rolling Stone |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090613014403/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/27999157/review/28565381/the_excitement_plan |access-date= August 13, 2021|archive-date= June 13, 2009 }} Robert Christgau gave it a B+ in his Consumer Guide.{{cite web |url= https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Todd+Snider |title= Todd Snider: Consumer Guide Reviews|last= Christgau|first= Robert |website= Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics |access-date= August 6, 2021 }} The album went to number six on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart,{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/tln/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Heatseekers Albums |author= |date= June 26, 2009 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 13, 2021}} and number 31 on the magazine's Independent Albums chart.{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/ind/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Independent Albums |author= |date= June 26, 2009 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 13, 2021}}

On February 1, 2011, Aimless released a double-disc live album by Snider, Live: The Storyteller. The album featured performances of songs spanning much of Snider's career along with some of the stories that have become a staple of his live shows.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-the-storyteller-mw0002093550 |title= Todd Snider – Live: The Storyteller |last= Deming |first= Mark |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 13, 2021}} The performances were selected from recordings of concerts in 2010, primarily from shows in Nashville; Asheville, North Carolina; and Ann Arbor, Michigan, but also from his appearance that year at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. On some of the selections, Snider is backed by the jam band Great American Taxi.{{cite journal |last= Sanders |first= Daryl |date= March 2011 |title= Todd Snider: East Nashville's Ambassador to the World |url= https://www.theeastnashvillian.com/todd-snider/ |journal= The East Nashvillian |access-date= August 13, 2021}} Christgau gave the album an A− in his Consumer Guide.{{cite web |url= https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Todd+Snider |title= Todd Snider: Consumer Guide Reviews|last= Christgau|first= Robert |website= Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics |access-date= August 13, 2021 }} The Austin Chronicle said the album "does a magnificent job of capturing the onetime San Marcos scenester's genius, a heady combo of post-folk punk and stoned comedian."{{cite journal |last= Caliguiri |first= Jim |date= February 18, 2011 |title= Todd Snider, Live: The Storyteller (Aimless) |url= https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2011-02-18/todd-snider-live-the-storyteller/ |journal= The Austin Chronicle |access-date= August 13, 2021}} The album went to number seven on Billboard’s Heatseekers Albums chart{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/tln/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Heatseekers Albums |author= |date= February 18, 2011 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 13, 2021}} and reached number 36 on the magazine's Independent Albums chart.{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/ind/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Independent Albums |author= |date= February 18, 2011 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 13, 2021}}

After working with them on the road in 2010, Snider produced an album on Great American Taxi in 2011, Paradise Lost. The record was released by the band's own label on February 22, 2012.{{cite web |url= https://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/great-american-taxi-preps-todd-snider-produced-new-album |title= Great American Taxi Preps Todd Snider-Produced Album |author= |date= September 28, 2011 |website= Grateful Web |access-date= August 13, 2021 }}

Also in 2012, Aimless released a pair of albums by Snider. The first, Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables, was released on March 6 and included nine original songs plus a cover of Jimmy Buffett's "West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown."{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/agnostic-hymns-stoner-fables-mw0002299179 |title= Todd Snider – Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables |last= Deming |first= Mark |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 14, 2021}} The album's themes of economic inequality were widely noted. The East Nashvillian said Snider was a "one-man Occupy Wall Street" on the record.{{cite journal |last= Sanders |first= Daryl |date= March 2012 |title= Watch Out Wall Street |journal= The East Nashvillian }} Rolling Stone called it "Occupy Nashville."{{cite magazine |last= Rosen |first= Jody |date= March 6, 2012 |title= Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/agnostic-hymns-and-stoner-fables-205437/ |magazine= Rolling Stone |access-date= August 14, 2021 }} Snider recorded the album at Eric McConnell's studio with McConnell co-producing and engineering as well as playing bass. Snider, who played acoustic and electric guitar and harmonica, was also accompanied on the record by violinist/backing vocalist Amanda Shires, Great American Taxi keyboardist Chad Staehly, and drummer Paul Griffith. In addition, Jason Isbell contributed slide guitar and backing vocals to "Digger Dave's Crazy Woman Blues."{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/agnostic-hymns-stoner-fables-mw0002299179 |title= Todd Snider – Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables |last= Deming |first= Mark |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 14, 2021}} The record earned an A grade in Robert Christgau’s Consumer Guide.{{cite web |url= https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Todd+Snider |title= Todd Snider: Consumer Guide Reviews|last= Christgau|first= Robert |website= Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics |access-date= August 6, 2021 }} American Songwriter gave it four-and-a-half stars.{{cite journal |last= Weiss |first= Dan |date= 2012 |title= Todd Snider, Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables |url= https://americansongwriter.com/todd-snider-agnostic-hymns-stoner-fables/ |journal= American Songwriter |access-date= August 14, 2021 }} The album landed on three different Billboard charts. It was number six on the Americana/Folk Albums chart,{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/flk/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Americana/Folk Albums |author= |date= March 23, 2012 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 14, 2021}} number 15 on the Independent Albums chart,{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/ind/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Independent Albums |author= |date= March 23, 2012 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 14, 2021}} and number 23 on the Top Rock Albums chart.{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/rck/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Top Rock Albums |author= |date= March 23, 2012 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 14, 2021}} It also made a number of year-end lists, most notably number five on Christgau's "Top 102 Albums of 2012."{{cite web |url= https://www.yearendlists.com/2013/01/robert-christgau-top-102-albums-of-2012 |title= Robert Christgau: Top 102 Albums of 2012 |author= |date= January 13, 2013 |website= Year-End Lists |access-date= August 14, 2021}} It also was ranked number 11 on American Songwriter’s "Top 50 Albums of 2012,"{{cite web |url= https://www.yearendlists.com/2012/12/american-songwriter-top-50-albums-of-2012 |title= American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2012 |author= |date= December 18, 2012 |website= Year-End Lists |access-date= August 14, 2021}} number 40 on both The Village Voice’s Pazz and Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012,{{cite web |url= https://www.yearendlists.com/2013/01/pazz-jop-top-100-albums-of-2012 |title= Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012 |author= |date= January 15, 2013 |website= Year-End Lists |access-date= August 14, 2021}} Paste’s "50 Best Albums of 2012,"{{cite web |url= https://www.yearendlists.com/2012/12/paste-50-best-albums-of-2012 |title= Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2012 |author= |date= December 2, 2012 |website= Year-End Lists |access-date= August 14, 2021}} and number 47 on Rolling Stone’s "Top 50 Albums of 2012."{{cite web |url= https://www.yearendlists.com/2012/12/rolling-stone-top-50-albums-of-2012 |title= Rolling Stone: Top 50 Albums of 2012 |author= |date= December 5, 2012 |website= Year-End Lists |access-date= August 14, 2021}}

On April 24, 2012, Aimless released Snider's tribute album honoring one of his early mentors, Time As We Know It: The Songs of Jerry Jeff Walker. Produced by Don Was, Snider was backed on the album by the members of Great American Taxi (Vince Herman, acoustic guitar, mandolin, backing vocals; Chad Staehly, keyboards; Brian Adams, bass, backing vocals; Jim Lewin, electric guitar, backing vocals; and Chris Sheldon, drums, backing vocals.) In addition, Kix Brooks, Elizabeth Cook, and Amy LaVere were guest vocalists on the album.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/time-as-we-know-it-the-songs-of-jerry-jeff-walker-mw0002334086/credits |title= Todd Snider – Time As We Know It: The Songs of Jerry Jeff Walker: Credits |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 14, 2021}} PopMatters called the album "Snider's love letter to Jerry Jeff Walker."{{cite journal |last= Henderson |first= Stuart |date= May 22, 2012 |title= Todd Snider: Time As We Know It: The Songs of Jerry Jeff Walker |url= https://www.popmatters.com/158288-todd-snider-time-as-we-know-it-the-songs-of-jerry-jeff-walker-2495853846.html |journal= PopMatters |access-date= August 14, 2021 }} The album went to number 13 on the Billboard Americana/Folk Albums chart.{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/flk/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Americana/Folk Albums |author= |date= May 18, 2012 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 14, 2021}}

In 2013, Snider cofounded the jam band supergroup Hard Working Americans with Widespread Panic bassist Dave Schools. The band's lineup was Snider on vocals, Schools on bass, Neal Casal on guitar, Chad Staehly on keyboards, and Duane Trucks on drums. After they recorded their first album at Bob Weir’s TRI Studios,{{cite magazine |author= |date= November 12, 2013 |title= Todd Snider Salutes Hard Working Americans in New Band |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/todd-snider-salutes-hard-working-americans-in-new-band-118032/ |magazine= Rolling Stone |access-date= August 14, 2021 }} they added a sixth member, guitarist and lap steel player Jesse Aycock.{{cite news |last= Wofford |first= Jerry |date= Aug 26, 2015 |title= Tulsa native Jesse Aycock is a Hard Working American and he's coming home |url= https://tulsaworld.com/lifestyles/tulsa-native-jesse-aycock-is-a-hard-working-american-and-hes-coming-home/article_c4418d26-3f92-53b1-b87b-af69d92a5837.html |newspaper= Tulsa World |access-date= August 14, 2021}} The band's debut, Hard Working Americans, was released by Melvin Records on January 21, 2014, and included 11 songs written by songwriters Snider admires, including Randy Newman, Dave Rawlings and Gillian Welch, Kevn Kinney, Hayes Carll, and Will Kimbrough.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/hard-working-americans-mw0002602885 |title= Hard Working Americans – Hard Working Americans |last= Deming |first= Mark |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 14, 2021}} Later that same year on October 28, Melvin released The First Waltz, a two-disc set that included a CD featuring 11 live recordings by HWA plus a new studio recording with Rosanne Cash, "Come From The Heart," and a full-length documentary film about the band directed by Justin Kreutzmann.{{cite web |url= https://toddsnider.net/2014/09/15/the-first-waltz/ |title= 'The First Waltz' Live Album & Rockumentary |author= |date= September 15, 2014 |website= ToddSnider.net |access-date= August 14, 2021 }}

Melvin released Hard Working Americans’ second studio album, Rest in Chaos, on May 13, 2016. The record featured a dozen songs with lyrics by Snider and music by the entire band, plus a cover of Guy Clark’s "The High Price of Inspiration."{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/rest-in-chaos-mw0002933285 |title= Hard Working Americans – Rest in Chaos |last= Deming |first= Mark |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 14, 2021}} American Songwriter gave the record four stars out of five.{{cite journal |last= Gerstenzang |first= Peter |date= 2012 |title= Hard Working Americans: Rest In Chaos |url= https://americansongwriter.com/hard-working-americans-rest-chaos/ |journal= American Songwriter |access-date= August 14, 2021 }}

On August 4, 2017, Melvin Records released a live double album by Hard Working Americans, We’re All In This Together.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/were-all-in-this-together-mw0003071058 |title= Hard Working Americans – We're All In This Together |last= Monger |first= Timothy |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 14, 2021}} Robert Christgau rated the album an A− in his Consumer Guide and called it "the rock dream the hippies invented before they burned out."{{cite web |url= http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Hard+Working+Americans |title= Hard Working Americans: Consumer Guide Reviews|last= Christgau|first= Robert |website= Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics |access-date= August 14, 2021 }} In the spring of 2017, the band went into Cash Cabin Studios and recorded more than an album's worth of material written by Snider, but those recordings have yet to be released.{{Cite AV media notes |title=Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3 |first=Daryl |last=Sanders |others=Todd Snider |date=2019 |type=booklet |publisher=Aimless Records |location=Nashville}}

In between his work with Hard Working Americans, Snider finished the album Eastside Bulldog which Aimless released on October 6, 2016.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/eastside-bulldog-mw0002974376 |title= Todd Snider – Eastside Bulldog |last= Deming |first= Mark |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 14, 2021}} While it was released under Snider's name, the material grew out of his side project/alter ego Elmo Buzz and the Eastside Bulldogs who specialize in ’50s and early ’60s rock and roll. Six of the ten songs originally appeared on an EP Shit Sandwich that Aimless released in 2011 as a free download under Elmo Buzz's name. Snider was backed on those sides by Eric McConnell on bass, Jen Gunderman on piano, Mark Horn on drums, and Dennis Taylor on saxophone. In 2016, Snider cut four more sides to complete the album with backing from Aaron Lee Tasjan on guitar, Keith Christopher on bass, Paul Griffith on drums, Robbie Crowell on sax, and Rorey Carroll on percussion, among others.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/eastside-bulldog-mw0002974376/credits |title= Todd Snider – Eastside Bulldog: Credits |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 14, 2021}} The Irish Times called Eastside Bulldog "26 minutes of perfection that will rip your ears off."{{cite news |last= Breen |first= Joe |date= November 3, 2016 |title= Todd Snider - Eastside Bulldog: 26 minutes of perfection that will rip your ears off |url= https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/todd-snider-eastside-bulldog-26-minutes-of-perfection-that-will-rip-your-ears-off-1.2853348 |newspaper= The Irish Times |access-date= August 14, 2021}} The record went to number 13 on Billboard’s Americana/Folk Albums chart,{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/flk/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Americana/Folk Albums |author= |date= October 28, 2016 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 14, 2021}} number 29 on the Independent Albums chart,{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/ind/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Independent Albums |author= |date= October 28, 2016 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 14, 2021}} and number 41 on the Top Rock Albums chart.{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/rck/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Top Rock Albums |author= |date= October 28, 2016 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 14, 2021}}

On March 15, 2019, Aimless Records released Snider's 13th studio album, Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/cash-cabin-sessions-vol-3-mw0003242329 |title= Todd Snider – Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3 |last= Erlewine |first= Stephen Thomas |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 14, 2021}} Coproduced with Chad Staehly, Snider returned to his folk roots on the solo acoustic album, playing all the instruments on the 10 songs recorded at Cash Cabin Studio in the fall of 2018. Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires added backing vocals to two of the tracks, "The Blues on Banjo" and "A Timeless Response to Current Events." Isbell also added a backing vocal to the single "Like a Force of Nature." Half the songs on the record were among those he recorded with Hard Working Americans at the studio in 2017.{{Cite AV media notes |title=Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3 |first=Daryl |last=Sanders |others=Todd Snider |date=2019 |type=booklet |publisher=Aimless Records |location=Nashville}} Christgau graded the album an A in his Consumer Guide.{{cite web |url= https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Todd+Snider |title= Todd Snider: Consumer Guide Reviews|last= Christgau|first= Robert |website= Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics |access-date= August 6, 2021 }} Rolling Stone gave it four stars.{{cite magazine |last=Hermes |first=Will |date= March 14, 2019 |title= Review: Todd Snider Unplugs and Unloads on 'Cash Cabin Sessions Vol. 3' |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-todd-snider-806430/ |magazine= Rolling Stone |access-date= August 14, 2021}} The record went to number three on Billboard’s Independent Albums chart,{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/ind/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Independent Albums |author= |date= March 29, 2019 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 14, 2021}} number 11 on the Americana/Folk Albums chart,{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/flk/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Americana/Folk Albums |author= |date= March 29, 2019 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 14, 2021}} number 21 on the Vinyl Albums chart,{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/vnl/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Vinyl Albums |author= |date= March 29, 2019 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 14, 2021}} and number 23 on the Album Sales chart.{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/tsl/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Album Sales |author= |date= March 29, 2019 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 14, 2021}}

With the release of First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder by Aimless on April 23, 2021,{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/first-agnostic-church-of-hope-and-wonder-mw0003496212 |title= Todd Snider – First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 14, 2021}} Snider fulfilled his longtime vision of combining funk with folk. He produced the record and played most of the instruments on it, including electric bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo and piano. He also sang all the backing vocals. Robbie Crowell handled drums and percussion. Tchad Blake mixed the record, as well as contributed a few sonic and musical touches.{{cite journal |last= Sanders |first= Daryl |date= April 22, 2021 |title= Todd Snider Brings the Funk on His New LP |url= https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/features/todd-snider-brings-the-funk-on-his-new-lp/article_51fcd7a4-5567-57c1-b31a-6815564efa03.html |journal= Nashville Scene |access-date= August 14, 2021 }} No Depression said the record showed Snider "in all his glory."{{cite journal |last=Carrigan |first=Henry |date=April 22, 2021 |title= 'First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder' Shows Todd Snider's Carnivalesque World |url= https://www.nodepression.com/album-reviews/first-agnostic-church-of-hope-and-wonder-shows-todd-sniders-carnivalesque-world/ |journal= No Depression |access-date= August 14, 2021}} Rolling Stone said it was "a raw portrait of a world-class songwriter processing calamity and chaos in real time."{{cite magazine |last=Bernstein |first=Jonathan |date=April 29, 2021 |title= Todd Snider Processes Tragedy with Freewheeling Storytelling on 'First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder,' |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/todd-snider-first-agnostic-church-of-hope-and-wonder-1162837/ |magazine= Rolling Stone |access-date= August 14, 2021}} Robert Christgau gave the album a B+ in his Consumer Guide.{{cite web |url= https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Todd+Snider |title= Todd Snider: Consumer Guide Reviews|last= Christgau|first= Robert |website= Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics |access-date= August 6, 2021 }} The album reached number 21 on Billboard’s Americana/Folk Albums chart{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/flk/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Americana/Folk Albums |author= |date= May 7, 2021 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 14, 2021}} and number 36 on the Album Sales chart.{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/tsl/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Album Sales |author= |date= May 7, 2021 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 14, 2021}}

In addition to his own recordings, Snider has contributed covers to a number of tribute albums during his career beginning in 1996 when he teamed with Joe Ely on a cover of "Oh Boy" for the Buddy Holly tribute album, Not Fade Away (Remembering Buddy Holly).{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-Not-Fade-Away-Remembering-Buddy-Holly/release/2543654 |title= Various – Not Fade Away (Remembering Buddy Holly) |author= |website= Discogs |access-date= July 26, 2021}}

On August 16, 2004, Snider appeared at a tribute concert at the Paramount Theater in Austin, Texas, to honor Billy Joe Shaver on his 65th birthday.{{cite web |url= https://www.popmatters.com/various-tributebillyjoeshaver-2496142077.html |title= Various Artists: A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver — Live |last= Horowitz |first= Steve |date= July 4, 2005 |website= PopMatters |access-date= August 6, 2021}} Snider's performance of Shaver's "Waco Moon" was included on A Tribute To Billy Joe Shaver - Live, an album documenting the concert which was released on May 17, 2005.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-tribute-to-billy-joe-shaver-mw0000655432 |title= Billy Joe Shaver – A Tribute To Billy Joe Shaver |last= Jurek |first= Thom |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 30, 2021}} In 2006, three tribute albums were released that included sides by Snider. He recorded "Maybe You Heard" for The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson released on June 27 of that year.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-pilgrim-a-celebration-of-kris-kristofferson-mw0000418620 |title= Various Artists – The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson |last= Tamarkin |first= Jeff |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 13, 2021}} He contributed "They Ain’t Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore" to Why the Hell Not: The Songs of Kinky Friedman released on September 26.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/why-the-hell-not-the-songs-of-kinky-friedman-mw0000457189 |title= Various Artists – Why the Hell Not: The Songs of Kinky Friedman |last= Deming |first= Mark |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 13, 2021}} And he covered "Traveling Light" for A Case for Case: A Tribute to the Songs of Peter Case released on October 2.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-case-for-case-a-tribute-to-the-songs-of-peter-case-mw0000720720 |title= Various Artists – A Case for Case: A Tribute to the Songs of Peter Case |last= Horowitz |first= Hal |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 13, 2021}}

Snider contributed a cover of "A Boy Named Sue" to the 2010 album, Twistable Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein. The record also included covers by Kris Kristofferson, John Prine, Bobby Bare, Lucinda Williams, Nanci Griffith, and Black Francis.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/twistable-turnable-man-a-musical-tribute-to-the-songs-of-shel-silverstein-mw0001993455 |title= Various Artists – Twistable Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein |last= Allen |first= James |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 13, 2021}} In 2017, Snider covered "It Sure Was Better Back Then" for the tribute album An American Troubadour: The Songs of Steve Forbert which was released on October 6 of that year.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/an-american-troubadour-the-songs-of-steve-forbert-mw0003086881 |title= Various Artists – An American Troubadour: The Songs of Steve Forbert |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 14, 2021}}

In addition to the music videos and promotional videos he's appeared in for his own recordings, Snider has made numerous appearances on television and in films.

Over the years, Snider has appeared a number of times on the late night network talk shows. On March 6, 1995, Snider performed "Alright Guy" with the Nervous Wrecks on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. On January 29, 1996, Snider and Joe Ely performed Buddy Holly's "Oh, Boy" on Late Show with David Letterman. He returned to O’Brien's show for a performance of "I Am Too" that aired on May 13, 1998.{{cite web |url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4224128/?ref_=filmo_li_tt |title= Late Night with Conan O'Brien |author= |date= May 13, 1998 |website= IMDb |access-date= August 20, 2021}} In 2006 he performed "Looking for a Job" on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on August 9.{{cite web |url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0854635/?ref_=filmo_li_tt |title= The Tonight Show With Jay Leno |author= |date= August 9, 2006 |website= IMDb |access-date= August 20, 2021}} A few weeks later, he appeared on the Letterman show again, performing "Unbreakable" on September 1.{{cite web |url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0866204/?ref_=filmo_li_tt |title= Late Show with David Letterman |author= |date= September 1, 2006 |website= IMDb |access-date= August 20, 2021}}

Snider has also performed on several music programs during his career. In 1995, he appeared on ABC’s In Concert and performed "This Land Is Our Land" and John Fogerty's "Fortunate Son" with backing from the Nervous Wrecks. In 1996, he performed on Austin City Limits with the Wrecks in an episode headlined by John Prine that aired on January 20.{{cite web |url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1048369/?ref_=ttep_ep3 |title= Austin City Limits |author= |date= January 20, 1996 |website= IMDb |access-date= August 20, 2021}} Also in 1996, Snider performed "Alright Guy" solo acoustic on VH1’s Crossroads.{{cite web |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5gWtg1aioY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/Y5gWtg1aioY |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title= Todd Snider - VH1 Crossroads interview and "Alright Guy" solo acoustic |author= |date= 1995 |website= YouTube |access-date= August 20, 2021}}{{cbignore}} In 1998, he performed "Rocket Fuel," "My Generation, Part 2," and "I Am Too"on HBO’s Reverb, backed by the Wrecks.

Snider made three appearances in 2010 on Squidbillies during the fifth season of the Adult Swim TV series. He sang the show's theme song in episode seven, "Fatal Distraction," which aired on June 27, 2010.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1682073/?ref_=ttep_ep7 |title= Squidbillies: Fatal Distraction |author= |date= June 27, 2010 |website= IMDb |access-date= August 20, 2021}} He voiced the character Lobster Freak in episode eight, "Clowny Freaks," which aired on July 4, 2010.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1682073/?ref_=ttep_ep7 |title= Squidbillies: Clowny Freaks: Full Cast & Crew |author= |date= July 4, 2010 |website= IMDb |access-date= August 20, 2021}} He appeared as himself in the season finale, the half-hour, all-star musical special, "America: Why I Love Her," which aired on July 18, 2010, and also included Lucinda Williams, Drive-By Truckers, and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, among others.* {{cite journal |last= Young |first= Craig |date= July 17, 2010 |title= The Making Of A Squidbillies All-Star Musical! |url= https://www.nodepression.com/the-making-of-a-squidbillies-all-star-musical/ |journal= No Depression |access-date= August 20, 2021}}

Snider met the filmmaking brothers Brad and Todd Barnes in 2003 when they made a promotional film for his live album Todd Snider Live: Near Truths And Hotel Rooms. During a break in the making of Tension: On the Road With Todd Snider, Snider composed and performed a short instrumental piece for the Barnes brothers’ comedic short, Long Road Home, released that same year.{{cite web |url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1557769/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm |title= The Locksmith |author= |date= 2010 |website= IMDb |access-date= August 20, 2021}} He also composed the music for their 2010 film, The Locksmith.{{cite web |url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397081/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm |title= Long Road Home |author= |date= 2003 |website= IMDb |access-date= August 20, 2021}} Snider also has starred in two "mockumentaries" directed by brothers. The first was 2009's Peace Queer: The Movie. The 42-minute film allegedly offering proof that peace queers had kidnapped Snider and made him write the anti-war protest songs that appeared on his Peace Queer EP.{{cite web |url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1601216/ |title= Peace Queer: The Movie |author= |date= 2009 |website= IMDb |access-date= August 20, 2021}} He also starred in the Barnes brothers’ 2013 feature-length, stoner musical mockumentary, East Nashville Tonight, alongside Elizabeth Cook.{{cite web |url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2815498/ |title= East Nashville Tonight |author= |date= 2013 |website= IMDb |access-date= August 20, 2021}}

In 1997, Snider performed a cover of Steve Goodman’s "This Hotel Room" at a tribute concert in Goodman's honor at the Medinah Temple in Chicago.{{cite journal |author= |date= March 1, 2008 |title= Larger Than Life: A Celebration of Steve Goodman and his Music |url= https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/steve-goodman/larger-than-life-a-celebration-of-steve-goodman-an/ |journal= Paste |access-date= August 20, 2021}} The concert was filmed, and a decade later, a DVD documenting the concert, Larger Than Life: A Celebration of Steve Goodman and His Music, was released on November 6, 2007. In addition to Snider's performance, the DVD includes performances by John Prine, Arlo Guthrie, Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne, Lyle Lovett, Iris Dement, and Goodman himself.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/larger-than-life-a-celebration-of-steve-goodman-and-his-music-mw0001160092 |title= Various Artists – Larger Than Life: A Celebration of Steve Goodman and His Music |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 20, 2021}}

Snider starred along with his Hard Working Americans bandmates in The First Waltz, director Justin Kreutzmann's documentary that captures the formation of Hard Working Americans and their first performances together in late 2013.{{cite web |url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4172442/?ref_=filmo_li_tt |title= The First Waltz |author= |date= 2014 |website= IMDb |access-date= August 20, 2021}} The film was released by Melvin Records on October 28, 2014, as part of a two-disc set (CD/DVD).{{cite web |url= https://toddsnider.net/2014/09/15/the-first-waltz/ |title= 'The First Waltz' Live Album & Rockumentary |author= |date= September 15, 2014 |website= ToddSnider.net |access-date= August 20, 2021 }} In 2020, the film Hard Luck Love Song, which is based on Snider's song, "Just Like Old Times" and includes the song in the film, made a limited release.{{cite web |url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8709338/?ref_=filmo_li_tt |title= Hard Luck Love Song |author= |date= 2020 |website= IMDb |access-date= August 20, 2021}} Then in 2021, the film was picked up by Roadside Attractions for wider distribution with a release date of October 15, 2021.{{cite web |url= https://deadline.com/2021/07/roadside-attractions-acquires-hard-luck-love-song-release-date-set-sophia-bush-michael-dorman-1234796096/ |title= Roadside Attractions Acquires 'Hard Luck Love Song', Sets Fall Release For Romantic Thriller Starring Michael Dorman & Sophia Bush |last= Grobar |first= Matt |date= July 19, 2021 |website= Deadline |access-date= August 20, 2021}}

On April 22, 2014, Da Capo Press released Snider's quasi-memoir, I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like: Mostly True Tall Tales.{{cite book|last=Snider |first=Todd |title=I Never Met A Story I Didn't Like: Mostly True Tall Tales |publisher=Da Capo Press |year=2014 |isbn=978-0306822605}} Lone Star Music Magazine called it "one of the most charmingly witty memoirs to come down the literary pike in quite some time."{{cite journal |last=Margolis |first=Lynne |date= July 1, 2014 |title= Book Review: 'I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like: Mostly True Tall Tales' |url= https://lonestarmusicmagazine.com/todd-snider-i-never-met-a-story-i-didnt-like-mostly-true-tall-tales/ |journal= Lone Star Music Magazine |access-date= August 20, 2021}} That same year, Snider contributed a chapter to a book about his first mentor, Kent Finlay. The book, Kent Finlay, Dreamer: The Musical Legacy behind Cheatham Street Warehouse, was published on February 3, 2016, by Texas A&M University Press {{cite book |last1= Atkinson |first1= Brian T. |last2=Finlay |first2= Jenni |date= February 3, 2016 |title= Kent Finlay, Dreamer: The Musical Legacy behind Cheatham Street Warehouse |url= https://www.tamupress.com/book/9781623493783/kent-finlay-dreamer/ |publisher= Texas A&M University Press |pages= 168–173 |isbn=9781623493783}}

Over the course of his career, Snider has written and cowritten a large number of songs which were covered by other artists.

His first cut was by Rick Trevino who recorded Snider's "She Just Left Me Lounge" for his 1994 eponymous release.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/rick-trevino-mw0000109319 |title= Rick Trevino – Rick Trevino |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 20, 2021}} Then the following year, Mark Chesnutt covered "Trouble" for his album Wings.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/wings-mw0000179882 |title= Mark Chesnutt – Wings |last= Erlewine |first= Stephen Thomas |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 20, 2021}} Terry McMillan covered "Somebody's Comin’," a spiritual number which Snider cowrote with Mark Marchetti and Shannon Hills, on his 1997 release Somebody's Comin’ .{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/somebodys-comin-mw0000089537 |title= Terry McMillan – Somebody's Comin' |author= |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 20, 2021}} Subsequently, that song was covered by numerous artists, including Russ Taff on his 1999 album, Right Here Right Now.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/right-here-right-now-mw0000671263 |title= Russ Taff – Right Here Right Now |last= Huey |first= Steve |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 20, 2021}}

In 1997, Jack Ingram recorded "Airways Motel," for the album Livin' or Dyin', the first of several songs he would cowrite with Snider.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/livin-or-dyin-mw0000091973 |title= Jack Ingram – Livin' or Dyin' |last= Chrispell |first= James |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 21, 2021}} Two years later, Ingram recorded a pair of songs they cowrote, "Feel Like I'm Falling In Love" and "Barbie Doll," for 1999's Hey You.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hey-you-mw0000252220 |title=Jack Ingram – Hey You |last=Ruhlman |first=William |website=AllMusic |access-date=August 21, 2021}} Snider and Jason Ringenberg cowrote "This Town Isn't Keeping You Down," which appeared on Jason & The Scorchers' 1998 release, Midnight Roads & Stages Seen.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/midnight-roads-stages-seen-mw0000030620 |title=Jason & The Scorchers – Midnight Roads & Stages Seen |last=Sheridan |first=Tim |website=AllMusic |access-date=August 21, 2021}}

Snider and BR-549's Gary Bennett cowrote "Better Than This," which appeared on BR-549's 2000 live album, Coast to Coast Live.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/coast-to-coast-live-mw0000055038 |title= BR-549 – Coast to Coast Live |last= Erlewine |first= Stephen Thomas |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 21, 2021}} Charlie Robison recorded the Snider-Ingram cowrite “Barbie Doll" for the 2000 album Unleashed Live.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/unleashed-live-mw0000099342 |title= Charlie Robison – Unleashed Live |last= Ruhlman |first= William |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 21, 2021}} Both Gary Allan and Jerry Jeff Walker covered Snider's "Alright Guy" in 2001. Allan's recording of the song appeared on his album of the same name,{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/alright-guy-mw0000013790 |title= Garyl Allan – Alright Guy |last= Gallucci |first= Michael |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 21, 2021}} while Walker's version appeared on his album Gonzo Stew.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/gonzo-stew-mw0000588170 |title= Jerry Jeff Walker – Gonzo Stew |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 21, 2021}}

Snider collaborated with Jason Ringenberg again on "James Dean's Car," which appeared on Ringenberg's 2002 solo album, All Over Creation.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/all-over-creation-mw0000221423 |title=Jason Ringenberg – All Over Creation |last=Deming |first=Mark |website=AllMusic |access-date=August 21, 2021}} Billy Joe Shaver recorded two songs he and Snider cowrote: "Deja Blues," which was included on his 2002 album, Freedom's Child,{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/freedoms-child-mw0000228449 |title= Billy Joe Shaver – Freedom's Child |last= Deming |first= Mark |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 21, 2021}} and "The Real Deal," which appeared on his 2005 record of the same name.{{cite web |url= https://www.discogs.com/Billy-Joe-Shaver-The-Real-Deal/release/2667099 |title= Billy Joe Shaver – The Real Deal |author= |website= Discogs |access-date= August 21, 2021}} Cross Canadian Ragweed has covered two of Snider's songs: "Late Last Night" on their 2005 album Garage{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/garage-mw0000641920 |title= Cross Canadian Ragweed – Garage |last= Monger |first= James Christopher |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 21, 2021}} and "I Believe You" on 2007's Mission California.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/mission-california-mw0000486219 |title= Cross Canadian Ragweed – Mission California |last= Deming |first= Mark |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 21, 2021}}

Keith Sykes, one of Snider's early mentors, recorded a song they cowrote "Tearing the House Down," and released it on his 2006 album, Let It Roll.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/let-it-roll-mw0000570501 |title=Keith Sykes – Let It Roll |last=Ruhlman |first=William |website=AllMusic |access-date=August 21, 2021}} Snider's former Nervous Wrecks bandmate Will Kimbrough has recorded several songs he and Snider cowrote. Two of their collaborations, "I Want Out" and "Cape Henry," were included on Kimbrough's 2006 compilation, Godsend (Unreleased Songs, 1994-2002).{{cite web |url= https://www.discogs.com/Will-Kimbrough-Godsend-Unreleased-Songs-1994-2002/master/1490709 |title= Will Kimbrough – Godsend (Unreleased Songs, 1994-2002) |author= |website= Discogs |access-date= August 21, 2021}} He recorded two others, "Horseshoe Lake" and "Half a Man," for his 2007 EP Will Kimbrough.{{cite web |url= https://www.discogs.com/Will-Kimbrough-Will-Kimbrough-EP/release/4972433 |title= Will Kimbrough – Will Kimbrough |author= |website= Discogs |access-date= August 21, 2021}}

Jack Ingram recorded ”Easy as 1, 2, 3 (Part II)," another of his collaborations with Snider, for his 2007 album. This Is It,{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/this-is-it-mw0000550429 |title= Jack Ingram – This Is It |last= Jurek |first= Thom |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 21, 2021}} T. Graham Brown covered Somebody's Comin’ for his 2008 release, From A Stronger Place.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/from-a-stronger-place-mw0003392632 |title=T. Graham Brown – From A Stronger Place |website=AllMusic |access-date=August 20, 2021}}

Snider cowrote half an album of songs with Jason D. Williams, a vocalist and pianist from Memphis for Williams’ 2010 album Killer Instincts, which Snider produced. Some of those songs had additional cowriters including Dan Baird and Bobby Bare Jr.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/killer-instincts-mw0002050818 |title= Jason D. Williams – Killer Instincts |last= Allen |first= James |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 21, 2021}} Will Kimbrough included another of his cowrites with Snider, "It Ain’t Cool," on his 2010 release Wings.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/wings-mw0001976015 |title= Will Kimbrough – Wings |last= Henderson |first= Alex |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 21, 2021}} Willie Braun's band Reckless Kelly recorded a song he cowrote with Snider, "I Never Liked St. Valentine," which appeared on his 2011 album Good Luck & True Love.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/good-luck-true-love-mw0002189672 |title= Reckless Kelly – Good Luck & True Love |last= Ruhlman |first= William |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 21, 2021}}

Texas music legends, Robert Earl Keen and Pat Green have recorded Snider's songs. Keen covered "Play a Train Song" on his 2011 album Ready For Confetti.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ready-for-confetti-mw0002143021 |title=Robert Earl Keen – Ready For Confetti |last=Jurek |first=Thom |website=AllMusic |access-date=August 21, 2021}} Green covered "I Am Too," which was written by Snider and Kimbrough, on his 2012 release Songs We Wish We'd Written II.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/songs-we-wish-wed-written-vol-2-mw0002365458 |title= Pat Green – Songs We Wish We'd Written II |last= Leggett |first= Steve |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 21, 2021}} Somebody's Comin’ has been a favorite among Christian artists, and gospel legends Bill and Gloria Gaither covered the song on their 2011 record, Alaskan Homecoming.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/alaskan-homecoming-mw0002080874 |title= Bill and Gloria Gaither – Alaskan Homecoming |last= Monger |first= James Christopher |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 20, 2021}} Dash Rip Rock covered the Snider-Shaver cowrite "The Real Deal (as "Real Deal") on 2013's Dash Does Shaver.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/dash-does-shaver-mw0002562032 |title= Dash Rip Rock – Dash Does Shaver |last= |first= |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 21, 2021}} Country legend Loretta Lynn recorded a song she cowrote with Snider, "Everything It Takes," for her 2016 album Full Circle.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/full-circle-mw0002898188 |title= Loretta Lynn – Full Circle |last= Erlewine |first= Stephen Thomas |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 21, 2021}}

In the same year, a song Snider cowrote with singer-songwriter Elizabeth Cook and Dexter Green, "Cutting Diamonds," was released on Cook's Exodus of Venus album.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/exodus-of-venus-mw0002936208 |title= Elizabeth Cook – Exodus of Venus |last= Jurek |first= Thom |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 21, 2021}} Jack Ingram released a pair of songs he wrote with Snider, "Alright Alright Alright" and "Everybody Wants To Be Somebody" (also cowritten with Jon Randall Stewart), on 2019's Ridin’ High...Again.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ridin-highagain-mw0003251777 |title=Jack Ingram – Ridin' High...Again |website=AllMusic |access-date=August 21, 2021}}

In 2021, Tom Jones released an eclectic cover of Snider's "Talking Reality Television Blues" on his 2021 album Surrounded By Time.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/surrounded-by-time-mw0003473492 |title= Tom Jones – Surrounded By Time |last= Jurek |first= Thom |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 21, 2021}} In 2022, Corb Lund released a cover of Snider's "Age Like Wine" on his 2022 album "Songs My Friends Wrote".{{cite web |title=Corb Lund - Age Like Wine - (Official Visualizer) | website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3uW78blKdI|language=en}}

After the success of The Devil You Know in 2006, Snider was nominated for Artist of the Year at the sixth annual Americana Honors & Awards in 2007. The nominees in the category included Lucinda Williams, Patty Griffin, and Joe Ely.{{cite web |url= http://www.cmt.com/news/1562877/griffin-williams-avett-brothers-lead-americana-nominees/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170616114049/http://www.cmt.com/news/1562877/griffin-williams-avett-brothers-lead-americana-nominees/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= June 16, 2017 |title= Griffin, Williams, Avett Brothers Lead Americana Nominees |author= |date= June 19, 2007 |website= CMT.com |access-date= September 2, 2021}} Hard Working Americans was nominated for an award in the Best Duo/Group category at the Americana Honors & Awards in 2014.{{cite web |url= https://americanamusic.org/news/americana-announces-2014-award-nominees-cash-ellis-isbell-lead-nominations |title= AMERICANA ANNOUNCES 2014 AWARD NOMINEES; CASH, ELLIS, & ISBELL LEAD NOMINATIONS |author= |date= May 12, 2014|website= Americana Music Association |access-date= August 20, 2021}}

On October 9, 2021, Snider was inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Aladdin Theater in Portland.{{cite journal |last= Vondersmith |first= Jason |date= August 3, 2021 |title= Bits & Pieces: Oregon Music Hall of Fame induction set for Oct. 9 |url= https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/11-features/517226-413229-bits-and-pieces-oregon-music-hall-of-fame-induction-set-for-oct-9?wallit_nosession=1 |journal= Portland Tribune |access-date= August 20, 2021}}

• The Devil You Know (2007)

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