Alt-Country Star Todd Snider Dead at 59

Todd Snider — identified for majorly influencing the alt-country and Americana music genres — has died.

His label, Aimless Records, shared the unhappy information on Facebook Saturday morning after his household revealed Friday he had been hospitalized because of an “undiagnosed case of walking pneumonia.”

Aimless mentioned he handed on Friday and remembered him as “the one who always had the right words, who knew how to distill everything down to its essence with words and song while delivering the most devastating, hilarious, and impactful turn of phrases.”

When they introduced his hospitalization Friday, Snider’s household defined he started having bother respiratory and was admitted to a hospital in Hendersonville, Tennessee, after which was “transferred” for “additional treatment” as his state of affairs grew to become “more complicated.”

The musician was born in Oregon, however started his music journey in Texas within the Nineteen Eighties, the place Jerry Jeff Walker mentored him in songwriting. Once he landed in Nashville, he grew to become the face of the town’s alt-country and various rock music scene.

His 2004 album “East Nashville Skyline” introduced eyes on the choice spirit of East Nashville and cemented his place as a key determine within the alt-country scene. He based his personal document label, Aimless Records, in 2008.

In addition to being a solo artist, the “Beer Run” hitmaker fronted the group Hard Working Americans, which fashioned in 2013. He continued making music and touring over time whilst he struggled with substance abuse points.

He launched his “High, Lonesome and Then Some” album this 12 months and was planning on touring, however canceled it lower than 2 weeks in the past after he allegedly “sustained severe injuries as the victim of a violent assault.”

He was then arrested when he obtained aggressive with cops following his discharge from a Salt Lake City, Utah hospital.

He was 59.