Obits Snider’s family said in a statement that he had been diagnosed with pneumonia at a Tennessee hospital Todd Snider, the American roots-rock and alt-country pioneer whose storytelling, slacker-with-a-heart-of-gold songs like “Alright Guy” and “Beer Run” made him one o’ them musicians’-musicians like his heroes Jon Prine and Kris Kristofferson, has died, his record label announced Saturday. He was 59. Snider’s family said in a statement that he had been diagnosed with pneumonia at a