Straight No Chaser Blog

“This never gets old.”

I’ve heard that at least a few times in the last couple weeks, each in reference to a different thing. 

Among them: 

The moment, as we’re walking to the signing table, that the concert-goers recognize that it’s actually the band walking through the lobby and they start to applaud. 

This might seem strange; after all, we’d been getting much louder applause for the previous hour and a half or so – why is this

So I'm sitting in our meet-and-greet line after the show in Wallingford, CT the other night, examining the fineness of my Sharpie's tip to determine whether I need to trade surreptitiously with Randy while he's not looking, and a fan approaches me and says, "So, are you just going to let Don take over blogging on the website or what?"  Walt, who was sitting next to me, took advantage of the opportunity to do one of those

Hello again, Chasers. 

SNC played a fantastic show on the Vegas strip on Sunday, November 5.  Our next show was in Midwest City, Oklahoma on Tuesday, which meant we had a long drive.  Along the way, some of us were lucky enough to spend some time in a great New Mexico town which reminded me of a few things.  Allow me to explain:

First off, you should all know that my kids are obsessed with the movie Cars.  Thanks to the

Well, it's been a while, Chasers, but Ryan's exploits have been relatively tame since the Anchor Splash debacle in Newark, Ohio (http://www.sncmusic.com/blog/to-the-ladies-of-room-219/).

Since then we've had a great run of shows.  A quick list of highlights includes the packed houses, especially in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, South Bend, Indiana, and Reading, PA; getting to hear the first four Twelve Days contest winners; seeing

Special thanks tonight go out to the ladies of Denison University's Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.  Let me explain.

After most shows, we have to hop into the bus and head to the next city.  Often, we rent a couple of hotel rooms so that guys can get cleaned up before we pack into the buses to head out.  That's what happened tonight after the (fantastic) show in Newark, Ohio.  Ryan, DR, and I were the last of our bus to get to

This has to be a quick blog because we have to run back to the venue soon for a photo shoot with Don prior to dinner; forgive the atypical brevity.

OK, I normally only call out fans from our site/Twitter/Facebook/etc. if I can remember their names during the 8 seconds of my personal intro every night onstage, but CHRISTINE MABRY out in California, this one's for you!  We owe you, lady.

Here's how SNC was able to meet Claude