Mike

My kids, My friends, Red Dirt Music and Husker Football!!

[todd snider @ToddSnider]

My Second Rodeo. October 9.

This is a story about a man who told everybody he was looking for something that didn't exist.

"But I guess seeking is fun," he said.

Last September, Todd Snider went back to the Purple Building on 11th Street in East Nashville with an idea he could not shut up about. He called it the sound of country music 10 years from now. Country music pulled apart and put back together slow and swampy, with New Orleans horns on it. He believed in it so hard he was planning a double album.

And he cut it the old way. The stubborn way. Voice and guitar first, alone in the room. No click track. No band. The band came in later and had one instruction: follow him. Wherever the song swerved, whatever he did to the time — follow him.

October 1, in an email to his producer: "i honestly think we're doing something important that is going to affect this town for a long time."

October 9: "ive never been more excited about art i was working on."

A little over a month later he was gone.

But here's the thing about a man who insists on being recorded first. He was still there. On every song — his voice, his guitar, out front, leading. He'd left emails, voice memos, demos. A whole map. So his band went back into the Purple Building and did the only thing Todd ever asked of them.

They followed him.

The song where he found the sound is called "Solid Country Gold," and it's out today.

The album arrives October 9. The same day he wrote he'd never been more excited. Two days before his 60th birthday.

His last album. His second rodeo.

https://t.co/urZ63o4XU0

[Mike @mlr_91]

@RpsAgainstTrump Triple Douche Sandwich

[Mike @mlr_91]

@joncoopertweets Easily tRUMP

[Mike @mlr_91]

@RockNRoLL_85 Stevie Nicks

[Mike @mlr_91]

@RonnyJacksonTX Stupidest comment today,,, but it's still early

[Mike @mlr_91]

@elliotcwilliams 3- unless you need him for something otherwise just a wast of your time

[Marcus Lemonis @marcuslemonis]

Current total $402,000 … Goal= $1,000,000
RETWEET THE BELOW ... @GrameenAmerica and the amazing women can use your support

[Mike @mlr_91]

@finebaum Nebraska! GBR

[Mike @mlr_91]

@MicahhParsons11 It's not like he just bought her a ticket, Russia has to be willing to trade, Biden said they will stay fully engaged in negotiations to bring all Americans home. We should celebrate this homecoming and keep the pressure on for all the ones still out there

[Mike @mlr_91]

@nathaliejacoby1 Appetite for destruction while dragging main

[Mike @mlr_91]

@GregAbbott_TX You shouldn't brag about being a piece of shit

[Mike @mlr_91]

@benshapiro Thank God!

[Mike @mlr_91]

@RepMTG I own guns, been hunting and shooting for as long as I can remember. I find you, the NRA and all your like minded 2nd amendment attention freaks disgusting and the number one threat to gun ownership. You should look in the mirror before calling anyone a coward or an idiot

[Mike @mlr_91]

@TheJordanMaxx Fuck the hater's

[Mike @mlr_91]

@93xashley You definitely cause the most

[Providence Eastern WA 😷 @providence_phc]

It's amazing how much good one little mask can do! Check out how a normal, everyday mask keeps respiratory droplets from spreading outside your body, potentially sharing viruses.

[Governor Bob Ferguson @GovBobFerguson]

I’m not going to let personal attacks from the president distract me from what matters: beating this virus and keeping Washingtonians healthy.

[Mike @mlr_91]

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[Chuck Schumer @SenSchumer]

Because Democrats insisted on these changes, the assistance to people, workers in businesses small, medium, large, the self-employed, freelancers, or gig workers is not just a one-shot deal, but a paycheck that will go on for as long as the crisis lasts.

https://t.co/92NNUJVVey

[NY AG James @NewYorkStateAG]

Despite a last minute appeal, today courts have twice blocked the NRA from participating in interviews of board members in our ongoing investigation.

We will continue our fight to uncover the truth, because no one is above the law.

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