KDHX Welcomes Todd Snider

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w/ Special Guest Elizabeth Cook

Friday, February 26 • Doors 8pm Show 9pm • $20 Advance • $22 Day of show • Over 21 Only • Buy Tickets

Saturday, February 27 • Doors 8pm Show 9pm • $20 Advance • $22 Day of show • Over 21 Only • SOLD OUT!

Fans of rock ‘n’ roll, folk, country and Americana music have long been held in Todd Snider’s sway. His last full length album, 2006′s “The Devil You Know” landed him on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and Late Night With David Letterman, and it appeared on numerous year-end Top 10 lists including Spin, Blender and Rolling Stone.

With the success of his heralded 2008 EP, “Peace Queer” and “Peace Queer: The Movie”, Snider is now prepping for its follow up, “The Excitement Plan”, which will be released on Yep Roc in June. Recorded with Rolling Stones producer Don Was, the record, already hailed as Snider’s next masterpiece, features a smokin’ duet with Loretta Lynn, “Don’t Tempt Me” and “America’s Favorite Pastime,” a song that combines sports and LSD and is based on legendary baseball player Doc Ellis.

Snider answers the famous Proust Questionnaire to give some insight into the music and the madness:

What is your idea of perfect happiness? A heaven full of dogs and beaches where everyone goes and never dies

What is your greatest fear? Perfect happiness

Which historical figure do you most identify with? The gypsys

Which living person do you most admire? Bob Dylan

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Looking back

What is the trait you most deplore in others? Closed mind

What is your greatest extravagance? Great pot

What is your favorite journey? The Steve Perry version….though I never really cared much for any version of the group

What do you consider the most overrated virtue? Confidence

On what occasion do you lie? Every…

What do you dislike most about your appearance? The way it looks

Which living person do you most despise? None

Which words or phrases do you most overuse? What times is it?

What is your greatest regret? Not recording my father’s prayer before he died

What or who is the greatest love of your life? My wife

Which talent would you most like to have? Surfing

What is your current state of mind? Stoned

If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be? Skin color

What do you consider your greatest achievement? Making it to 42

If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be? A rainstorm

If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be? An ocean

What is your most treasured possession? My father’s old sweater

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Desire

Where would you like to live? Heaven

What is your favorite occupation? Rollling stone

What is your most marked characteristic? My broken nose

What is the quality you most like in a man? The ability to dig Mick Jagger as is

What is the quality you most like in a woman? The ability to dig Bob Dylan as is

What do you most value in your friends? Open heart

Who are your favorite writers (music and literature)? Chuck Berry and Hunter S. Thompson

Who is your favorite hero of fiction? Andy Kaufman

Who are your heroes in real life? Bums

What are your favorite names? Mercury, Knute, Elvis, Yogi, Nanker.

What is it that you most dislike? Goals

How would you like to die? Peacefully in my sleep like my grandpa did and not screaming and crying like everybody else in the car

What is your motto? Wear bright colors and stay low

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