Scheduled to transpire at Willie Nelson\u2019s Luck, Texas just outside of Austin, the \u201cTodd Snider Rules!\u201d tribute will see some 25+ artists take the stage to pay homage to a songwriting patron saint as part of the greater festivities surrounding SXSW. The tribute will happen the day after Willie Nelson\u2019s annual Luck Reunion<\/a><\/strong>, both of which will take advantage of the superb talent in town. <\/p> \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be anywhere in music if I hadn\u2019t stumbled onto\u00a0Todd\u00a0when I was a teenager. The coolest, the funniest, the wittiest. There\u2019s a hole in my family\u2019s heart without him here,\u201d<\/em> says Cody Canada, who is scheduled to perform, and hasn\u2019t taken a stage since Todd\u2019s passing without singing one of his songs in tribute. <\/p> \u201cThe impact the loss of\u00a0Todd\u00a0Snider\u00a0has had on the music community and on me personally cannot be overstated,\u201d<\/em> says East Nashville poet laureate Aaron Lee Tasjan. \u201cFor over 20 years he was my friend, mentor and one of my closest and most trusted allies, and so the opportunity to come together with\u00a0Todd\u2019s friends and fans to honor him at Luck is something I feel so fortunate to be doing this year. I know it will help us all to process and navigate the way his absence continues to affect us all.\u201d<\/em><\/p> Scheduled to perform are Cody Canada, Jason Boland, Amanda Shires, John Craigie, Kevn Kinney, Dalton Domino, Shelby Stone, Jack Ingram, Ashleigh Flynn, Kat Hasty, Pedal Steel Noah, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Tommy Prine, Levi\u00a0Snider, Hayes Carll, Garrett Boys, Emma Ogier, Caleb Martin, Dallas Burrow, Olivia Ellen Lloyd, Briscoe, Travis Roberts, Sterling Finlay,<\/em><\/strong> and more to be announced. Though Snider was born in Portland, Oregon and was raised in nearby Beaverton, Snider ended up in San Marcos, TX in the late \u201980s. This is where Snider saw Jerry Jeff Walker perform at the legendary Gruene Hall in nearby New Braunfels. With little or no music experience, Todd Snider decided he\u2019d been placed on this earth to be a songwriter. <\/p> Todd bought a guitar, and started writing songs the very next day. He later met Kent Finlay, the legendary proprietor of the Cheatham Street Warehouse. It was Finlay who introduced Todd to songwriters like Guy Clark and John Prine. Soon Snider was drawing his own crowds in the San Marcos songwriting rooms, and started driving up to Austin to perform.<\/p>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/savingcountrymusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/todd-snider-rules-poster.jpg\")
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