Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo "Strange but True" COLOR:MINT GREEN Bits of Snider's legendary stage

Bits of Snider's legendary stage banter can also be heard between songs

" "Enjoy the Silence" became a breakout hit

The Shirelles

Preceded by the singles "Happiness" and "Son of Sam"

and signifying one of his most intimate

Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo "Strange but True" COLOR:MINT GREEN Bits of Snider's legendary stageJad Fair & Yo La Tengo's Collaborative Album Strange but True on Colored LP. In the 90s, Jad Fair had five favorite bands and songwriters: Daniel Johnston, The Pastels, Sonic Youth, Teenage Fanclub, and Yo La Tengo. Its a good list, sure, but whats most remarkable about it is that, in the course of a dozen years or so, Fair made music with all of them in one form or another. Jad Fair has been prolific for half a century now, long before the Internet