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Features a session with East Nashville-based alt. country musician Todd Snider.

Tonight's programme features a session with East Nashville based alt country hero Todd Snider.

"Todd Snider is a true songwriter, with the heart and humor of John Prine, the wild unpredictability of Roger Miller, and a fresh, original spirit and freedom of imagination that's absolutely his own" - Kris Kristofferson

In a session recorded in Nashville last September as part of Radio 2's Americana music awards coverage, Todd Snider plays tracks from his latest album 'The Excitement Plan' which he recorded in Los Angeles with Grammy winning record producer Don Was ( Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones). With a narrative and often humorous style Snider's songs are laced with his observations on politics, religion and culture, alongside his own autobiographical experiences from a life of hard living and the odd brush with the law.

Born in Portland, Oregon, Todd Snider moved to California after leaving school and learned to play the harmonica. His brother, living in Austin, Texas, thought Todd might find a job in a band there so he sent him a plane ticket. After seeing original Texan Outlaw Jerry Jeff Walker play in a local bar, Snider decided that was what he wanted to do with his life.

Championed by singer-songwriters Jimmy Buffett and John Prine Snider has recorded on both their labels during a career which has seen him release twelve albums in the past fifteen years. His 2006 album 'The Devil you know' was his most successful album to date and led to appearances on 'The Tonight Show' with Jay Leno and 'Late Night with David Letterman' . His latest album 'The Excitement plan' takes on themes such as war, unsolved murders and baseball, and includes a duet with country music legend Loretta Lynn.

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Thu 14 Jan 2010 19:00
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Big House

    Cold Outside

    • Big House.
    • MCA.

  • Sid King & The Five Strings

    Let 'Er Roll

    • Rollin' The Rock.
    • El Toro.

  • Nanci Griffith

    Sing

    • The Loving Kind.
    • Rounder.

  • Patty Griffin

    Little Fire

    • Downtown Church.
    • EMI.

  • Steve Martin

    Daddy Played The Banjo

    • The Crow.
    • ROUNDER.

  • Carolina Chocolate Drops

    Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine

    • Genuine Negro Jig.
    • Nonesuch.

  • James Hand

    Don't Want Me Too

    • Shadow On The Ground.
    • DECCA/ROUNDER.

  • Marty Robbins

    El Paso

    • Columbia Country Classics Vol. 3.
    • Columbia.

  • Todd Snider

    Slim Chance

  • Todd Snider

    Unorganised Crime

  • Todd Snider

    Don't Tempt Me

    • The Excitement Plan.
    • Continental Song City.

  • Willy Clay Band

    Stay Down

    • Blue.
    • Blackstone Records.

Broadcast

  • Thu 14 Jan 2010 19:00
    大象传媒 Radio 2