Interview: Straight No Chaser's Randy Stine

This one ran a couple of facts together; they think that the 12 Days video that went viral was from a 10 year reunion concert. Actually, the video was uploaded for the SNC 10 year reunion, but it's from a December 7, 1998 concert. It's part of a limited edition DVD edited and produced by Randy, "Straight No Chaser: Live at the Musical Arts Center." These days it's a collector's item that shows up every now and then on Amazon.com and Ebay.



SNC Fun Fact: December 7th is also Dan Ponce's birthday, and he says he never remembers that that concert was on his birthday. lol 

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By Chuck Sudo
The Chicagoist
December 2, 2011

C: How does the group determine its song selection? One of the notable aspects of SNC is that you don't do standard a cappella like madrigals or hymnals.

RS:We never were traditional. We've always done pop. We've used arrangements from songs we did in high school. In college, we marketed ourselves as a band without instruments. I think a cappella is a different genre than rock. Rock fans tend to be more open-minded about what they'll listen to. With a cappella fans, they tend to stick to what they like: barbershop quartets, madrigals, classical. Some will come to our shows and tell us after "what you're doing is not what we expect."

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