Music of the Mountains: Theo Snead of Something Slight

Alex Randall and Theo Snead have been close friends since college. They’ve always played music together, but they initially didn’t perform as a band.

That all changed when Randall decided to sell his Fender Deluxe amp after he settled in Boulder. The first person to pick it up was Casey Romeo, and the two started to jam together.

Snead moved from living alone in Austin, Texas, to living with Randall in Boulder, and the two of them started jamming with Romeo. At one point, Romeo invited Snead and Randall to perform with him and his band, Elijah Petty and The Part-Times.

Preparing for the show, Snead and Randall discussed asking their friend Livingston Brown to jump in and perform with them. They later realized that his involvement in the show was already guaranteed—Brown was also a member of Elijah Petty and The Part-Times.

Through this connection, Snead, Randall, Romeo, and Brown formed a band. Snead and Randall provide vocals and acoustic guitar, Randall additionally delivers electric guitar and mandolin, Romeo offers pedal steel, and Brown contributes bass.

Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record Better off Dead here.