As the Americana, country, East Nashville, and songwriting communities mourn the death of Todd Snider on November 14th, many questions remain about what happened to Snider during his time in Salt Lake City leading up to his hospitalization and eventual passing. Snider was scheduled to play a show at The Commonwealth Room in South Salt Lake on November 1st, but the show never happened.
The reason for the cancellation given by Todd Snider’s camp on November 3rd is that Snider had been a victim of a violent assault on Halloween night, October 31st in Salt Lake City outside of his hotel. This alleged assault of Todd Snider is what set everything in motion that would ultimately result in Todd Snider dying in a Nashville hospital. However, there has been little public information about the assault. No suspects have been named. No video footage or photos of alleged perpetrators have been released. All we know is Snider did visit a hospital after the alleged assault, and received 22 staples in his head.
One complicating factor in finding information about the assault, and potentially why it was never investigated in-depth seems to have to do in part with the geography of Salt Lake City. Where Todd Snider was staying on October 31st, and where the alleged assault occurred was like in Salt Lake City proper. Meanwhile, the venue Todd Snider was scheduled to play called The Commonwealth is located in a part of the city designated as “South Salt Lake.”…