RIP Todd Snider

Damn!

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What happened?’

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It's a weird situation. He got jumped in Utah after a show. Went to the hospital, discharged for being combative or something, went back, got arrested for disorderly.

He went back home to Hendersonville, TN after the tour was canceled and died in the hospital there after being diagnosed with pneumonia.

A lot of articles are mentioning the incident without really explaining that it happened weeks before, so people are confused.

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Hello friends, family, and members of the Shithouse Choir.

We have some difficult news to share. After Todd returned home to recover last week, he began having trouble breathing and was admitted to the hospital in Hendersonville, TN. We learned from his doctors that he had been quietly suffering from an undiagnosed case of walking pneumonia.

Our beloved brother’s condition has become more complicated, and he's since been transferred for additional treatment. His care team and those closest to him are by his side and doing everything they can.

Right now we’re asking everyone who loves Todd to hold him in your thoughts in whatever way feels right to you. Say a prayer, light a candle, roll one up, send strength, or just keep him close in your heart. You've carried him through so much over the years, and he needs that from all of us now more than ever.

We’ll share more when there is more to tell. Thank you for surrounding him with so much love, support, and compassion.

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Todd’s Friends & Family

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I love Todd Snider. "Keep Off the Grass" is one of my all time favorites. Rip Todd.

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It keeps on getting harder to keep on keeping on
With everybody screaming orders in my ear
I want to be my own man, I would love to walk alone
But every time I leave my home this is what I hear
Keep your nose clean, your head above water
Keep your feet on the ground, hands off my daughter
Keep your back to the wind, thoughts to yourself
An eye on the clock, an eye on your health
I wish they would let me keep to myself
I'll do fine on my own

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Never heard of someone being discharged for being combative....

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Then you haven’t stayed in the hospital. They have signs hung up prominently in every room warning that abuse towards hospital staff won’t be tolerated. They will absolutely discharge your arse if you violate the policy.

I remember buying something at Paradise Records in the early 90’s and a promo cd of “Alright Guy” was thrown in the bag. I listened to it more than a few times for sure, and years later I saw Jerry Jeff at the Varsity and he covered it. I was like “hey! I remember that song from back in the day..”

Then I remember downloading a song called “Beer Run” he allegedly did on either Limewire or Kazaa and it had my foot tapping.

That’s the end of my Todd Snider exposure.

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Then you haven’t stayed in the hospital.

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I work in a hospital…

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They have signs hung up prominently in every room warning that abuse towards hospital staff won’t be tolerated.

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Pt’s can become combative for many different reasons. There’s a difference between combative and being abusive.

You can’t just D/C someone simply for being combative. Post op pts can become combative from anesthesia. People with dementia and Alzheimer’s often become combative. In this case he may have been combative from hypoxia.

His song making fun of grunge is my favorite. It came out right at the peak of the Seattle grunge scene while he was a folk hippie in Athens GA.

Man that’s terrible