Wednesday is Todd Snider Day

While I possess none of the executive powers necessary to actually do so... I hereby declare Wednesday, May 27 to be Todd Snider Day in the city of Knoxville.

Todd will be performing twice in Knoxville on Wednesday, and both performances will be aired live on WDVX.

First is an appearance on The Blue Plate Special at noon. It's a live, lunch-hour concert that we put on every weekday downtown. Todd will be one of three guests on Wednesday's show and will probably play for roughly twenty minutes. You can listen in live at noon eastern at http://www.wdvx.com/.

Later in the night, Todd will be onstage at the Bijou Theatre for Tennessee Shines. This time he'll share the stage with Pieta Brown, Blue Moon Rising, The Danny Barnes Acoustic Trio, and Tennessee Shines host Jim Lauderdale. The show begins at 7:00 eastern and will also be broadcast on WDVX.

There's no reason to miss these performances. I'll be attending the Blue Plate in person and running the board in the studio for Tennessee Shines. I hope you'll all be listening too.

I should, of course, mention that Todd is out promoting his upcoming album The Excitement Plan that's due to hit stores next month. I've got the whole thing streaming here... so I'm not going to post anything from the new album. But I will say that the new disc features Todd at his best, and I've been enjoying it quite a bit.

Here's a classic tune from Todd that is one of my favorites, and might just reveal a few of his influences as well.

Todd Snider: Vinyl Records (Buy Album)