In October 2012, Todd Snider performed a show in Austin, Texas, at the Moody Theater, backed by Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell . The up-and-coming Americana couple’s wedding was just a few months away, and it would be officiated by none other than Snider, a fact Snider loved to brag about.

Snider, who died on Friday at 59 , was in fine form that evening, telling his usual stories and singing his usual songs, the type of world-class storytelling-songwriter show Snider put on every single night. But the evening’s highlight, the moment that made this show something else altogether, came late in the set. Snider has released a tribute album to his foremost hero, Jerry Jeff Walker , earlier that spring, and towards the end of his performance he played a few of Walker’s songs.

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