Turnpike Troubadours Honor Todd Snider With ‘Just Like Old Times’ Cover

Turnpike Troubadours paid tribute to late singer-songwriter Todd Snider by sharing a cover of his song, “Just Like Old Times.” Sinder died on November 14 at age 59.

Turnpike Troubadours’ frontman Evan Felker issued a statement accompanying the cover’s release:

“This song, to me, was really eye-opening when I heard it. When that record came out, it’s the first song I remember hearing that described characters that well with that little information. I learned a lot from it. I didn’t know you could even do that.

“Todd was larger than life. And you sort of think he’ll be around forever, but unfortunately that’s not the way the world works. The guy was just in a league of his own as a storyteller.

“Sometimes it was in the song, sometimes it was in the monologue, and then he’d play the song, which was like the extra punch after he’d finished some great story setting it all up. An old school prize fighter setting up the knockout blow. I don’t know that there’s ever been, or ever will be, anyone better at that than him.

“I forget how much, especially in the early days, we tried to learn from him. To be like him. Everything from talking on stage to writing a song. He wrote all kinds of songs. Every genre of music there was. He wrote funny songs. He wrote some of the saddest songs I’ve ever heard. Deeply personal stuff. Random observations, and he made that into art.

“He was always like a cat playing with a mouse with everybody else. One of the few people where you always felt like he knew something you didn’t. Had something up his sleeve. He preached the idea of being a lifer.

“He had this quote where he was like, ‘I don’t even know how to log into my bank account.’ We took that to heart.

“A barefoot hippie in an old truck, driving around East Nashville. He built a community. East Nashville was Todd Snider to us. The first time we ever went to Nashville, we wanted to go to East Nashville. We wanted to see where Todd Snider hung out. He built the legend.

“Music Row, Broadway, that’s cool for the tourist. But we wanted to see East Nashville. Todd Snider’s Nashville. I’m glad we got to know it.”

Snider released “Just Like Old Times” on his 2006 album, The Devil You Know. Turnpike Troubadours enlisted Shooter Jennings to produce their cover of the song.

Watch the video for “Just Like Old Times” recorded by Turnpike Troubadours in honor of Todd Snider below: