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Todd Snider
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Portland (mul) Fassara, 11 Oktoba 1966
ƙasa Tarayyar Amurka
Mutuwa 14 Nuwamba, 2025
Yanayin mutuwa  (Ciwon huhu)
Karatu
Makaranta Beaverton High School (en) Fassara
Sana'a
Sana'a mawaƙi, singer-songwriter (en) Fassara, mai rubuta kiɗa, mawaƙi da mai rubuta waka
Artistic movement Americana (en) Fassara
country music (en) Fassara
Kayan kida murya
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Todd Daniel Snider (Oktoba 11, 1966 - Nuwamba 14, 2025) mawaƙi ɗan Amurka ne-mawaƙi wanda kiɗansa ya haɗa abubuwan jama'a, rock, blues, alt ƙasa da funk.

Rayuwar farko da aiki

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An haifi Snider a watan Oktoba 11, 1966,[1] a Portland, Oregon, kuma ya girma a kusa da Beaverton, inda ya rayu har sai da ya sauke karatu daga Beaverton High School a 1985. Bayan makarantar sakandare, ya koma Santa Rosa, California, don halartar Kwalejin Santa Rosa Junior (SRJC). Ya halarci semester kuma yayin da yake can, ya koyi wasa harmonica.[2]

Tare da taimakon ɗan'uwansa Mike wanda ya saya masa tikitin jirgin sama, Snider ya ƙaura arewa maso gabashin San Antonio zuwa San Marcos, Texas, bayan ya bar SRJC a ƙarshen faɗuwar 1985.[3] Ba da daɗewa ba bayan isa San Marcos, Snider ya ga Jerry Jeff Walker yana yin solo a Gruene Hall, wani gidan rawa na almara a New Braunfels, Texas wanda ke arewa maso gabashin San Antonio.[4] Lokacin da ya ga Walker a wannan dare, sai ya yanke shawarar ya so ya zama marubucin waƙa kuma ya fara rubuta waƙa a washegari.[5] Ya gaya wa Lone Star Music Magazine a cikin 2004, "Ban ma san yadda ake kunna guitar ba tukuna, amma na ga wasan kwaikwayonsa na tafi na sami ɗaya."[6].

Snider ya sadu da Kent Finlay a daren marubucinsa na farko, wanda yake a Finlay's San Marcos club, Cheatham Street Warehouse. Finlay, wanda ya kasance mawallafin waƙa a kansa, ya zama babban jagora kuma ya gabatar da Snider ga waƙoƙin Kris Kristofferson, Guy Clark, John Prine, da Shel Silverstein da sauransu.[7] Ba da daɗewa ba Snider ya tattara ƙananan ɗakuna a San Marcos kuma a cikin ƴan shekaru masu zuwa, ya fara jawo taron jama'a masu ɗorewa a Austin.[8].

Har ila yau, Snider ya gano Mawallafin Mawaƙin Memphis Keith Sykes yayin da yake zaune a San Marcos lokacin da abokinsa a kantin sayar da rikodin gida ya juya shi zuwa wasu nau'ikan kundi guda biyu Sykes da aka yi a farkon '70s.[9] A cikin 1989, mahaifin Snider ya koma Memphis kuma ya sadu da surukar Sykes. Ta hanyar wannan haɗin, Snider ya aika Sykes tef ɗin demo na wasu waƙoƙin sa. Sykes ya yi tunanin ɗayan waƙoƙin yana da yuwuwar, don haka Snider ya koma Memphis don ƙoƙarin yin aiki tare da Sykes.[10] Ba da daɗewa ba bayan ya isa Memphis, Snider ya sauka a mako-mako a wani kulob na gida The Daily Planet. Ba da daɗewa ba ya tattara ɗakin ɗakin, masu sauraro sun san kalmomin waƙoƙin kuma za su rera tare.[11]. Ta hanyar Sykes, Snider ya sadu da Prine a cikin 1991 yayin da yake taimakawa kan aikin samarwa Prine yana yi tare da Sykes a Memphis don kundinsa The Bace Years. Ya kasance farkon abokantakar Snider da Prine har zuwa mutuwar Prine a cikin 2020.[12] A cikin 1992, Sykes ya taimaka wa Snider ya sami ci gaba da yarjejeniyar Capitol Records. Ya rubuta ɓangarorin da dama a cikin Nashville don alamar, amma sun ƙi ɗaukar zaɓi nasa don cikakken kundi.[13]Kusan lokacin yarjejeniyar Capitol, Snider ya fara yin wasa tare da ƙaramin ƙungiyar da ke goyon bayansa wanda ya laƙaba Bootleggers.[14] Jigon ƙungiyar ya canza wasu a cikin shekara ta farko ko makamancin haka, amma a ƙarshen 1994, an saita layin tare da Will Kimbrough akan guitar, Joe Mariencheck akan bass, da Joe McLeary akan ganguna. Snider kuma ya canza sunan band din zuwa Nervous Wrecks.

Sykes ya kasance memba na Jimmy Buffett na Coral Reefer Band na Jimmy Buffett na lokaci guda kuma Buffett ya rubuta kaɗan daga cikin waƙoƙinsa, don haka lokacin da yarjejeniyar Capitol ta faɗo, ya kai madadin Snider zuwa lakabin Buffett, Margaritaville Records, wanda MCA ta rarraba. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan lakabin exec Bob Mercer ya ga Snider ya yi a wani wasan kwaikwayo na masana'antu a Memphis a cikin Afrilu 1993, Snider ya tashi zuwa California don buɗe wasan kwaikwayo ga Buffett. Bayan ganin saitin sa, Buffett ya ba Snider yarjejeniya tare da Margaritaville.[15][16]

Rayuwa ta sirri da mutuwa

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Snider kuma mai zane Melita Osheowitz, wanda ya hadu da ita a wurin gyarawa a 1997, sun yi aure.[17] A farkon shekara ta 2015, ya ce a wata hira da ya yi cewa ya yi “saki ne kawai”[18] Yawon shakatawa ya iyakance saboda yanayin kiwon lafiya ciki har da stenosis na kashin baya.[19]

A ranar 3 ga Nuwamba, 2025, wani rubutu akan Snider's Instagram ya ba da sanarwar soke sauran ranakun yawon buɗe ido bayan ya sami "mummunan raunuka a matsayin wanda aka yi masa mummunan hari a wajen otal ɗinsa." Snider ya shaida wa ‘yan sanda cewa an yi masa dukan tsiya tare da yi masa fashi a dakin taro na Commonwealth, wurin da aka shirya zai yi wasa a cikin daren.[20]Wani rahoto da aka fitar ya ce raunin da ya samu ya bukaci ya kasance da kayan abinci a kansa. Daga baya ‘yan sandan birnin Salt Lake sun tuhumi Snider da laifin rashin da’a, da laifin aikata laifuka, da kuma barazanar tashin hankali saboda rahoton da ya haifar da hargitsi yayin neman magani daga asibitin Holy Cross[21].

Snider ya mutu daga ciwon huhu a Nashville, a ranar 14 ga Nuwamba, 2025, yana da shekaru 59.[22]

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  19. Vaziri, Aidin (November 4, 2025). "Americana singer-songwriter cancels San Francisco show after 'violent assault' and arrest in Utah". San Francisco Chronicle.
  20. Todd Snider [@ToddSniderLive]; (November 4, 2025). "Update on Todd". Retrieved November 6, 2025 – via Instagram.
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