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Todd Snider “discovered” Sierra Ferrell

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Daryl Sanders
Dec 15, 2024
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Sierra Ferrell (Photo by Radcliffe Kelso)

By Daryl Sanders

I can’t remember the exact date, but I will never forget the first time I heard the name that is now on top of the Americana world. Todd Snider stopped by my house in East Nashville and told me about this singer-songwriter he and Eric McConnell had discovered. He said her name was Sierra Ferrell.

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