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Todd Snider really knows how to work a room. As a storytelling troubadour for the slacker set, he takes inspiration from the likes of Jerry Jeff Walker (as he explains in one of this solo concert album's deadpan introductions) and Robert Earl Keen and applies it to a selection of shaggy-dog stories, talking blues, and slices-of-life gone askew. One of his earliest signature tunes, "Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues," has now outlived grunge by too long, but the more recent "Waco Moon," inspired by the death of guitartist Eddy Shaver, shows that Snider's songwriting is good for a whole lot more than laughs. Some of his most engaging songs such as "Beer Run" seem to have practically written themselves, while others such as "Tension" and "Statistician's Blues" sound like songs that were just waiting to be written. It's an integral part of Snider's engaging appeal that he makes it all seem so effortless. As with Keen, the challenge for Snider is balancing the easy laughs with his more serious progression as a songwriter. --Don McLeese
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Todd Snider has built a reputation as a great live performer who tours relentlessly. Near Truths and Hotel Rooms, his third release for Oh Boy Records (his sixth overall) is an all live collection of songs and stories that represents a typical evening with Snider, his guitar, and his imagination. Co-produced by Snider, this 23-song disc combines his witty songwriting with his engaging storytelling. Recorded in several different locations over eighteen months. It includes an alternate version of 'Beer Run' recorded on the air during one of Todd's many appearances on the syndicated morning radio program Bob & Tom. 2003.
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Near Truths and Hotel Rooms Live [Live]
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ASIN: B0000950X6 Release Date: 2003-05-13 |
Tracks:
- Tension
- D.B. Cooper
- Lonely Girl
- Beer Run
- Statistician's Blues
- Waco Moon
- I Can't Complain
- The Ballad Of The Devil's Backbone Tavern
- Easy Money
- Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues
- Long Year
- Side Show Blues
- I Spoke As A Child
- Doublewide Blues
- Broke
- Beer Run (Bob and Tom version)
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Todd Snider really knows how to work a room. As a storytelling troubadour for the slacker set, he takes inspiration from the likes of Jerry Jeff Walker (as he explains in one of this solo concert album's deadpan introductions) and Robert Earl Keen and applies it to a selection of shaggy-dog stories, talking blues, and slices-of-life gone askew. One of his earliest signature tunes, "Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues," has now outlived grunge by too long, but the more recent "Waco Moon," inspired by the death of guitartist Eddy Shaver, shows that Snider's songwriting is good for a whole lot more than laughs. Some of his most engaging songs such as "Beer Run" seem to have practically written themselves, while others such as "Tension" and "Statistician's Blues" sound like songs that were just waiting to be written. It's an integral part of Snider's engaging appeal that he makes it all seem so effortless. As with Keen, the challenge for Snider is balancing the easy laughs with his more serious progression as a songwriter. --Don McLeeseAlbum Description
Todd Snider has built a reputation as a great live performer who tours relentlessly. Near Truths and Hotel Rooms, his third release for Oh Boy Records (his sixth overall) is an all live collection of songs and stories that represents a typical evening with Snider, his guitar, and his imagination. Co-produced by Snider, this 23-song disc combines his witty songwriting with his engaging storytelling. Recorded in several different locations over eighteen months. It includes an alternate version of 'Beer Run' recorded on the air during one of Todd's many appearances on the syndicated morning radio program Bob & Tom. 2003.Customer Reviews:
Amazing Quality! Powerful Performances! PERFECTION!.......2007-04-02
A real treat and
I predict soon to be huge
"the singer"
will be very well known and widely accepted.
cheers to Todd Snider for a well dressed future
your fifteen years of not working finally paid off!
Wait a minute!
this album plays almost as a greatest hits collection
it's very well done and nicely sequenced. A rarity for today.
Pick this one up first and I promise it will enhance your
buying power and mind control you into buying ALL the
Todd Snider releases.
You Have Been Warned!
Contains High Quality Singer Songwriter Backward Messages
Used To Trick You Into Thinking Long Enough To Buy More
Todd Snider Records.
see him live........2006-09-12
Todd Snider "LIVE" cd.......2005-08-17
Near Truths and hotel rooms live.......2005-08-03
Best out there.......2005-05-17
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