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"[Snider] combines the sly phrasing of a stoner, the perfect timing of a stand-up comedian, and a mastery of the tiny detail."—The New Yorker"Todd Snider's compressed story songs are so vivid and knowing that they seem completely plausible.... But the most compelling character may be Snider: a lowlife Randy Newman."—Rolling Stone
"Okay, so he looks a bit like Beck, twangs and rambles like John Prine or Bob Dylan, crafts a song like Arlo Guthrie, and tells a deadpan joke in the vein of Zach Galifianakis, but Tennessee songwriter's songwriter Todd Snider is a rare performer who can at once channel tradition and still step poignantly—and hilariously—out of its shadow.... He's a king-hell musical storyteller, possibly the greatest of his generation.”—Paste Magazine
“In I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like, Snider compiles ‘mostly true tall tales’ that will appeal to fans of his loopy, yet common sense-laden onstage banter. The book reads like a loose-limbed memoir with recollections of an inauspicious high school football career mixed with music business encounters with Jimmy Buffett, Garth Brooks, and others. Often genuinely hilarious."—Orlando Sentinel
“[Gives] devout fans more insight into the man and his music...[a] memoir that’s a lot like being at a very long Snider show, without the melodies."—Kirkus
Playboy, “Book of the Month”, May 2014
"[A] riotous memoir...Todd Snider calls himself a folk singer, but he’s what your dad would refer to as a card...Basically this undeservedly unpopular singer has led a life like Keith Richard’s without the fame and money to hold him down."
USAToday.com, 4/25/14
“If I can’t sit on this guy’s porch for a few hours and chat over some brews, this is the next best thing.”
Chapter 16, 4/30/14
“A sort of freewheeling musician’s Künstlerroman
Snider writes candidly, matter-of-factly
He’s affably aware of who he is and who he owes, and a gratitude for his life is evident on every page. Well-known in his field, comfortable in the company of the greats, but just shy of the point where fame sours into a daily burden, Snider knows he’s hit the sweet spot...Todd Snider’s fans will adore I Never Met a Story I Didn’t Like, and the book is sure to add to their ranks. Newcomers, welcome to Snider’s world. You may forget you had to be anywhere else. Snider has a story or three, and you’re almost guaranteed to get broke out in belly laughs over one of them. Start a tab and sit the hell down.”
Telegraph, 5/9/14
“An entertaining read.”
Blurt!, 5/20/14
“I Never Met a Story I Didn’t Like is pure Snider, self-deprecating, often rambling and funny as hell.”
TheBoot.com, 6/4/14
“Todd Snider‘s new book is required reading for anyone who’s a fan of his left-of-center, observational style of songwriting
.Part autobiography, part modern folklore and all purely entertaining.”
Austin Chronicle, 5/30/14
“The shaggy stoner inheritor of Arlo Guthrie and Jeff Walker infuses this quasi-memoir with the relatable cadence of a pint-soden pub ramble.”
Missoula Independent, 5/29/14
“I Never Met a Story
blazes like a cross-joint dipped in Sterno. Snider is like that friend you always hope shows up to the party—a virtuoso storyteller with endless material that's just crazy enough to be true
[his] series of episodes that had me laughing, cringing, squinting in disbelief and shedding a few tears. But mostly laughing. This book could be an exercise program for your face. This is no genteel memoir
. I cannot recommend this book highly enough for those who enjoy unvarnished views of the music business from the inside, humor that's rowdy and wry, and a writer who treats the English language like origami made from a tab of acid.”
Relix, July 2014
“The stoner-alt-folk-country-hippie version of Bob Dylan’s Chronicles.”
Country Weekly, 9/15/14
“Mark Twain hooked on morphine couldn’t have written a more curious book.”
Overview
For years, Todd Snider has been one of the most beloved country-folk singers in the United States, compared to Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, John Prine, and dozens of others. He's become not only a new-century Dylan but a modern-day Will Rogers, an everyman whose intelligence, self-deprecation, experience, and sense of humor make him a uniquely American character. In live performance, Snider's monologues are cheered as much as his songs. But never before has he told the whole story. Running the gamut from personal memoir...