‘The Italians Were Going Crazy’

Further recollections of Todd Snider and the Nervous Wrecks’ 1995 European tour from Will Kimbrough; plus rare live recordings from the tour

Shown here in Memphis during the What the Folk Fest at the New Daisy Theatre in March 1996, Todd Snider and the Nervous Wrecks rocked audiences across Europe in spring 1995. (Photo by Anita Webb)

By Daryl Sanders

Near the end of the first week of their 1995 European tour, Todd Snider and the Nervous Wrecks arrived in Cremona, Italy, mid-afternoon on May 23.