Todd Snider, live at the Largo, was a non-stop hell of a good time had by all in attendance. His wit, transcending many generations and walks of life, brought everyone to the level of a vagabond rambling man who’s “been driving around fifteen years hoping someone will listen to this sh-t.” To keep up the rambling man persona, Todd declared that “I can be outta here in fifteen minutes.” The infamous Aaron Allen bestowed this “gone in fifteen minutes” mantra upon him. Not holding quite to his word, he played an hour and a half long set.
Delving into current political and cultural issues, he made a mockery of those in positions of greed and their lackluster efforts for a better future. After a short Woody Guthrie or Bob Dylan rant, he quickly reminded everyone that “life is to short to worry.” He covered work from his whole career including early hits like “Easy Money,” “Tension”, and from his song inspired by Judge Judy, “Nobody suffers like poor people suffer.” Most of those tracks are on a new collection on Hip-O records, That Was Me 1994-1998 Honestly, you see to SEE Todd live to experience what we did. He’s an exceptionally talented and humble guy who was just as appreciative of an audience as they were of him.
