On ‘In the Beginning’

Todd Snider gets ‘biblical’ on 'Agnostic Hymns' opener

Todd Snider sips a drink at 3 Crow Bar in East Nashville in 2011 around the time he recorded Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables. (Photo by Stacie Huckeba)

By Daryl Sanders

When I interviewed Amanda Shires last week about her work on Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables, one part of the interview that didn’t make the cut was a discussion about the album opener, “In the Beginning.”