Editing Todd Snider (section)

===2010s===
====Aimless label years====
On February 1, 2011, Aimless released a double-disc live album by Snider, ''Live: The Storyteller''. The album featured performances of songs spanning much of Snider's career along with some of the stories that have become a staple of his live shows.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-the-storyteller-mw0002093550 |title= Todd Snider – ''Live: The Storyteller'' |last= Deming |first= Mark |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 13, 2021}}</ref> The performances were selected from recordings of concerts in 2010, primarily from shows in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]]; [[Asheville, North Carolina]]; and [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]], but also from his appearance that year at the [[Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival]]. On some of the selections, Snider is backed by the jam band Great American Taxi.<ref>{{cite journal |last= Sanders |first= Daryl |date= March 2011 |title= Todd Snider: East Nashville's Ambassador to the World |url= https://www.theeastnashvillian.com/todd-snider/ |journal= The East Nashvillian |access-date= August 13, 2021}}</ref> Christgau gave the album an A− in his Consumer Guide.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Todd+Snider |title= Todd Snider: Consumer Guide Reviews|last= Christgau|first= Robert |website= Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics |access-date= August 13, 2021 }}</ref> ''[[The Austin Chronicle]]'' said the album "does a magnificent job of capturing the onetime San Marcos scenester's genius, a heady combo of post-folk punk and stoned comedian."<ref>{{cite journal |last= Caliguiri |first= Jim |date= February 18, 2011 |title= Todd Snider, ''Live: The Storyteller'' (Aimless) |url= https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2011-02-18/todd-snider-live-the-storyteller/ |journal= The Austin Chronicle |access-date= August 13, 2021}}</ref> The album went to number seven on ''Billboard''’s Heatseekers Albums chart<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/tln/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Heatseekers Albums |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= February 18, 2011 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 13, 2021}}</ref> and reached number 36 on the magazine's Independent Albums chart.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/ind/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Independent Albums |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= February 18, 2011 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 13, 2021}}</ref>

After working with them on the road in 2010, Snider produced an album on Great American Taxi in 2011, ''Paradise Lost''. The record was released by the band's own label on February 22, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/great-american-taxi-preps-todd-snider-produced-new-album |title= Great American Taxi Preps Todd Snider-Produced Album |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= September 28, 2011 |website= Grateful Web |access-date= August 13, 2021 }}</ref>

Also in 2012, Aimless released a pair of albums by Snider. The first, ''[[Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables]]'', was released on March 6 and included nine original songs plus a cover of Jimmy Buffett's "West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown."<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/agnostic-hymns-stoner-fables-mw0002299179 |title= Todd Snider – ''Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables'' |last= Deming |first= Mark |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref> The album's themes of economic inequality were widely noted. ''The East Nashvillian'' said Snider was a "one-man Occupy Wall Street" on the record.<ref>{{cite journal |last= Sanders |first= Daryl |date= March 2012 |title= Watch Out Wall Street |journal= The East Nashvillian }}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' called it "Occupy Nashville."<ref>{{cite magazine |last= Rosen |first= Jody |date= March 6, 2012 |title= Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/agnostic-hymns-and-stoner-fables-205437/ |magazine= Rolling Stone |access-date= August 14, 2021 }}</ref> Snider recorded the album at Eric McConnell's studio with McConnell co-producing and engineering as well as playing bass. Snider, who played acoustic and electric guitar and harmonica, was also accompanied on the record by violinist/backing vocalist [[Amanda Shires]], Great American Taxi keyboardist Chad Staehly, and drummer Paul Griffith. In addition, [[Jason Isbell]] contributed slide guitar and backing vocals to "Digger Dave's Crazy Woman Blues."<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/agnostic-hymns-stoner-fables-mw0002299179 |title= Todd Snider – ''Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables'' |last= Deming |first= Mark |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref> The record earned an A grade in Robert Christgau’s Consumer Guide.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Todd+Snider |title= Todd Snider: Consumer Guide Reviews|last= Christgau|first= Robert |website= Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics |access-date= August 6, 2021 }}</ref> ''[[American Songwriter]]'' gave it four-and-a-half stars.<ref>{{cite journal |last= Weiss |first= Dan |date= 2012 |title= Todd Snider, ''Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables'' |url= https://americansongwriter.com/todd-snider-agnostic-hymns-stoner-fables/ |journal= American Songwriter |access-date= August 14, 2021 }}</ref> The album landed on three different ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' charts. It was number six on the Americana/Folk Albums chart,<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/flk/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Americana/Folk Albums |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= March 23, 2012 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref> number 15 on the Independent Albums chart,<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/ind/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Independent Albums |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= March 23, 2012 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref> and number 23 on the Top Rock Albums chart.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/rck/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Top Rock Albums |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= March 23, 2012 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref> It also made a number of year-end lists, most notably number five on Christgau's "Top 102 Albums of 2012."<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.yearendlists.com/2013/01/robert-christgau-top-102-albums-of-2012 |title= Robert Christgau: Top 102 Albums of 2012 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= January 13, 2013 |website= Year-End Lists |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref> It also was ranked number 11 on ''American Songwriter''’s "Top 50 Albums of 2012,"<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.yearendlists.com/2012/12/american-songwriter-top-50-albums-of-2012 |title= American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2012 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= December 18, 2012 |website= Year-End Lists |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref> number 40 on both ''[[The Village Voice]]''’s Pazz and Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012,<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.yearendlists.com/2013/01/pazz-jop-top-100-albums-of-2012 |title= Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= January 15, 2013 |website= Year-End Lists |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref> ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]''’s "50 Best Albums of 2012,"<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.yearendlists.com/2012/12/paste-50-best-albums-of-2012 |title= Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2012 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= December 2, 2012 |website= Year-End Lists |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref> and number 47 on ''Rolling Stone''’s "Top 50 Albums of 2012."<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.yearendlists.com/2012/12/rolling-stone-top-50-albums-of-2012 |title= Rolling Stone: Top 50 Albums of 2012 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= December 5, 2012 |website= Year-End Lists |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref>

On April 24, 2012, Aimless released Snider's tribute album honoring one of his early mentors, ''Time As We Know It: The Songs of Jerry Jeff Walker''. Produced by [[Don Was]], Snider was backed on the album by the members of Great American Taxi ([[Vince Herman]], acoustic guitar, mandolin, backing vocals; Chad Staehly, keyboards; Brian Adams, bass, backing vocals; Jim Lewin, electric guitar, backing vocals; and Chris Sheldon, drums, backing vocals.) In addition, [[Kix Brooks]], [[Elizabeth Cook]], and [[Amy LaVere]] were guest vocalists on the album.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/time-as-we-know-it-the-songs-of-jerry-jeff-walker-mw0002334086/credits |title= Todd Snider – ''Time As We Know It: The Songs of Jerry Jeff Walker'': Credits |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref> ''[[PopMatters]]'' called the album "Snider's love letter to Jerry Jeff Walker."<ref>{{cite journal |last= Henderson |first= Stuart |date= May 22, 2012 |title= Todd Snider: Time As We Know It: The Songs of Jerry Jeff Walker |url= https://www.popmatters.com/158288-todd-snider-time-as-we-know-it-the-songs-of-jerry-jeff-walker-2495853846.html |journal= PopMatters |access-date= August 14, 2021 }}</ref> The album went to number 13 on the ''Billboard'' Americana/Folk Albums chart.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/flk/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Americana/Folk Albums |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= May 18, 2012 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref>

====Hard Working Americans====
In 2013, Snider cofounded the jam band supergroup [[Hard Working Americans]] with [[Widespread Panic]] bassist [[Dave Schools]]. The band's lineup was Snider on vocals, Schools on bass, [[Neal Casal]] on guitar, Chad Staehly on keyboards, and [[Duane Trucks]] on drums. After they recorded their first album at [[Bob Weir]]’s [[Tamalpais Research Institute|TRI Studios]],<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= November 12, 2013 |title= Todd Snider Salutes Hard Working Americans in New Band |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/todd-snider-salutes-hard-working-americans-in-new-band-118032/ |magazine= Rolling Stone |access-date= August 14, 2021 }}</ref> they added a sixth member, guitarist and lap steel player Jesse Aycock.<ref>{{cite news |last= Wofford |first= Jerry |date= Aug 26, 2015 |title= Tulsa native Jesse Aycock is a Hard Working American and he's coming home |url= https://tulsaworld.com/lifestyles/tulsa-native-jesse-aycock-is-a-hard-working-american-and-hes-coming-home/article_c4418d26-3f92-53b1-b87b-af69d92a5837.html |newspaper= Tulsa World |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref> The band's debut, ''[[Hard Working Americans]]'', was released by Melvin Records on January 21, 2014, and included 11 songs written by songwriters Snider admires, including [[Randy Newman]], [[David Rawlings|Dave Rawlings]] and [[Gillian Welch]], [[Kevn Kinney]], [[Hayes Carll]], and Will Kimbrough.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/hard-working-americans-mw0002602885 |title= Hard Working Americans – ''Hard Working Americans'' |last= Deming |first= Mark |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref> Later that same year on October 28, Melvin released ''The First Waltz'', a two-disc set that included a CD featuring 11 live recordings by HWA plus a new studio recording with [[Rosanne Cash]], "Come From The Heart," and a full-length documentary film about the band directed by Justin Kreutzmann.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://toddsnider.net/2014/09/15/the-first-waltz/ |title= 'The First Waltz' Live Album & Rockumentary |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= September 15, 2014 |website= ToddSnider.net |access-date= August 14, 2021 }}</ref>

Melvin released Hard Working Americans’ second studio album, ''Rest in Chaos'', on May 13, 2016. The record featured a dozen songs with lyrics by Snider and music by the entire band, plus a cover of [[Guy Clark]]’s "The High Price of Inspiration."<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/rest-in-chaos-mw0002933285 |title= Hard Working Americans – ''Rest in Chaos'' |last= Deming |first= Mark  |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref> ''[[American Songwriter]]'' gave the record four stars out of five.<ref>{{cite journal |last= Gerstenzang |first= Peter |date= 2012 |title= Hard Working Americans: ''Rest In Chaos'' |url= https://americansongwriter.com/hard-working-americans-rest-chaos/ |journal= American Songwriter |access-date= August 14, 2021 }}</ref>

On August 4, 2017, Melvin Records released a live double album by Hard Working Americans, ''We’re All In This Together''.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/were-all-in-this-together-mw0003071058 |title= Hard Working Americans – ''We're All In This Together'' |last= Monger |first= Timothy |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref> Robert Christgau rated the album an A− in his Consumer Guide and called it "the rock dream the hippies invented before they burned out."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Hard+Working+Americans |title= Hard Working Americans: Consumer Guide Reviews|last= Christgau|first= Robert |website= Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics |access-date= August 14, 2021 }}</ref> In the spring of 2017, the band went into Cash Cabin Studios and recorded more than an album's worth of material written by Snider, but those recordings have yet to be released.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3 |first=Daryl |last=Sanders |others=Todd Snider |date=2019 |type=booklet |publisher=Aimless Records |location=Nashville}}</ref>

====Elmo Buzz and the Eastside Bulldogs====
In between his work with Hard Working Americans, Snider finished the album ''Eastside Bulldog'' which Aimless released on October 6, 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/eastside-bulldog-mw0002974376 |title= Todd Snider – ''Eastside Bulldog'' |last= Deming |first= Mark |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref> While it was released under Snider's name, the material grew out of his side project/alter ego Elmo Buzz and the Eastside Bulldogs who specialize in ’50s and early ’60s rock and roll. Six of the ten songs originally appeared on an EP ''Shit Sandwich'' that Aimless released in 2011 as a free download under Elmo Buzz's name. Snider was backed on those sides by Eric McConnell on bass, Jen Gunderman on piano, Mark Horn on drums, and [[Dennis Taylor (musician)|Dennis Taylor]] on saxophone. In 2016, Snider cut four more sides to complete the album with backing from [[Aaron Lee Tasjan]] on guitar, Keith Christopher on bass, Paul Griffith on drums, Robbie Crowell on sax, and Rorey Carroll on percussion, among others.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/eastside-bulldog-mw0002974376/credits |title= Todd Snider – ''Eastside Bulldog'': Credits |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref> ''The Irish Times'' called ''Eastside Bulldog'' "26 minutes of perfection that will rip your ears off."<ref>{{cite news |last= Breen |first= Joe |date= November 3, 2016 |title= Todd Snider - Eastside Bulldog: 26 minutes of perfection that will rip your ears off |url= https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/todd-snider-eastside-bulldog-26-minutes-of-perfection-that-will-rip-your-ears-off-1.2853348 |newspaper= The Irish Times |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref> The record went to number 13 on ''Billboard''’s Americana/Folk Albums chart,<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/flk/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Americana/Folk Albums |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= October 28, 2016 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref> number 29 on the Independent Albums chart,<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/ind/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Independent Albums |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= October 28, 2016 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref> and number 41 on the Top Rock Albums chart.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/rck/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Top Rock Albums |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= October 28, 2016 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref>

====Return to folk roots====
On March 15, 2019, Aimless Records released Snider's 13th studio album, ''Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3''.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/cash-cabin-sessions-vol-3-mw0003242329 |title= Todd Snider – ''Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3'' |last= Erlewine |first= Stephen Thomas |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref> Coproduced with Chad Staehly, Snider returned to his folk roots on the solo acoustic album, playing all the instruments on the 10 songs recorded at Cash Cabin Studio in the fall of 2018. Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires added backing vocals to two of the tracks, "The Blues on Banjo" and "A Timeless Response to Current Events." Isbell also added a backing vocal to the single "Like a Force of Nature." Half the songs on the record were among those he recorded with Hard Working Americans at the studio in 2017.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3 |first=Daryl |last=Sanders |others=Todd Snider |date=2019 |type=booklet |publisher=Aimless Records |location=Nashville}}</ref> Christgau graded the album an A  in his Consumer Guide.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Todd+Snider |title= Todd Snider: Consumer Guide Reviews|last= Christgau|first= Robert |website= Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics |access-date= August 6, 2021 }}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' gave it four stars.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hermes |first=Will |date= March 14, 2019 |title= Review: Todd Snider Unplugs and Unloads on 'Cash Cabin Sessions Vol. 3' |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-todd-snider-806430/ |magazine= Rolling Stone |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref> The record went to number three on ''Billboard''’s Independent Albums chart,<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/ind/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Independent Albums |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= March 29, 2019 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref> number 11 on the Americana/Folk Albums chart,<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/flk/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Americana/Folk Albums |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= March 29, 2019 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref> number 21 on the Vinyl Albums chart,<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/vnl/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Vinyl Albums |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= March 29, 2019 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref> and number 23 on the Album Sales chart.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/tsl/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Album Sales |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= March 29, 2019 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 14, 2021}}</ref>