Talkin' a cappella: Speaking with Straight No Chaser's Jerome Collins of Allentown

This a great, great piece from not quite 2 years after they were signed to Atlantic - so much I could quote here, but you should just go and read it.

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By John J. Moser
Lehigh Valley Music
December 13, 2009

"We’re trying to break away from this niche that we’re just a Christmas group, and so ‘Six pack’ was sort of our, ‘Hey, here’s a little sumthin’ sumthin’ that you didn’t think we could do, you didn’t think you’d ever hear an a cappella group do. And it’s sort of helping us out for our tentative spring album, called “With a Twist,” where we’re doing pretty much covers of groups that you would never think could be done a cappella. We do a cover of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. We do a song by Oasis. And so we thought, Why not show that something you hear on the radio, you never think could be done a cappella, and we do it."

Read more: http://blogs.mcall.com/lehighvalleymusic/2009/12/talkin-a-cappella-speaking-with-straight-no-chasers-jerome-collins-of-allentown.html

Hat Tip: @StarstruckCanuk


Towards the bottom he mentions a RCA deal.
See also: Straight No Chaser alumni team up with RCA Records (2001)
http://chaserarchives.blogspot.com/2001/04/straight-no-chaser-alumni-team-up-with.html