1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 starting in 1980 the &quot;Continental Drifters&quot;, followed later in the 1980s with &quot;Harmony Grits&quot; - &quot;Continental Drifters&quot; started as bluegrass, but evolved into country rock - &quot;Harmony Grits&quot; was bluegrass; first heard Todd Snider at The Fat Fry,a KPIG / KUSP music festival at Aptos Village Park; Jim later joined a Leftover Salmon (Vince Hermon) spin off band &quot;Great American Taxi&quot;, touring with them for 5 years - Todd Snider was in a similar orbit, and Great American Taxi occassionally opened for Todd, &amp;amp; then would play wiht Todd; Todd helped produce GAT CDs, as well as Jim Lewin's CDs; Jim played on Todd's &quot;Live (The Storyteller)&quot; album; JIm never got into any trouble playing some of Todd's more in-your-face songs, but Todd managed to get into trouble; &quot;The Money Question&quot; - yes!!! through a lot of day jobs...taught a lot of guitar...rent out part of his house... and playing in *many* bands both locally (duo with Diane Z; Tiger's Tails; backing 2 local women banjo players, Sonia Shell &amp;amp; Alison Steele) and touring nationally (Edge of the West; Great American Taxi); Todd Snider passed away unexpectedly last fall, and left an increidble catalog of heartfelt, sometimes quirky, songs (e.g.: &quot;Alright Guy&quot;, &quot;“Conservative Christian, Right Wing, Republican, Straight, White, American Males”) An interview on &quot;The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club&quot; with &quot;Dangerous Dan&quot;, airing Friday mornings on KZSC Santa Cruz, California. KZSC Santa Cruz http://kzsc.fm/talk <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/40157370/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/87A93A/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/198725410