In 2012, I interviewed renowned folk singer-songwriter Todd Snider for GO! and he said this: “I think I should stop making (records). I may go out and try to tour for a while and really … work on my guitar playing and learning my old songs … but I think I’ve said the s–t I need to say. I don’t see any reason for me to say more s–t.”

In some circles — singer-songwriter circles, Nashville circles, folk/country music circles — that’s a newsworthy statement. But I buried it near the end of the article because I didn’t believe Snider, a famously loquacious guy who likes to joke, exaggerate, misdirect and embellish when he speaks. Short version: I didn’t buy it.

Since then, Snider has released four more albums, each one a showcase of one of the sharpest songwriting minds of the past few decades. His most recent — 2021’s “First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder” — is a typically likeable blend of folk, rock, talking blues and acoustic funk threaded with clever wordplay, sly observations, wry humor and social/political commentary. Bend’s historic Tower Theatre will be an excellent place to watch him work.

Todd Snider, with Ryan Montbleau: $33-$50.50, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, doors open 6:30 p.m., Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall Street, Bend, towertheatre.org.