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August 11, 2006
Todd Snider @ the Troubadour: August 10, 2006
If James McMurtry and Lyle Lovett had a baby, it would be Todd Snider, whose latest CD The Devil You Know was released earlier this week. In support of its release, Todd made a rare LA appearance, which included a showing on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Wednesday night. Although Todd sometimes struggled with some of his new lyrics at his Troubadour show, his self-deprecation made it forgiveable ("Let me play some stuff that I know now"). Todd has political views comparable to James McMurtry, but shares Lyle Lovett's dry sense of humor. In one statement, he'll have you rolling on the floor laughing, but also left thinking about his point ("People who are afraid of gay marriage have nothin' else to be scared of" - also check out his song "The Ballad of the Kingsman.") At SXSW earlier this year, one of the panelists on the "10 Things You Can Do to Change the World" said, "The difference between art and craft is politics." Todd Snider well exceeds this definition of art, while at the same time being extraordinarily entertaining.
Posted by darlin at August 11, 2006 8:48 AM
