@ryansongs What do you, personally, want to be remembered for when this is all said and done?Read more: http://rickyleepotts.com/2009/11/artist-interview-1-on-1-with-ryan-ahlwardt-from-straight-no-chaser.html
@rickyleepotts wow, never been asked that before. i want people to know how much we love to make music & bring joy to a world that needs it
What were you doing when Straight No Chaser got called up to the big leagues?
Why another Christmas disc when your shows are mainly comprised of pop songs?
How are you coping with the rigours of touring?
Must feel like being back in college again.
With no instruments to hide behind you really have to keep your voices in shape?
What will you all be wearing?
Acclaimed A Cappella Group Returns With All-New Holiday-Themed Collection; Major U.S. Concert Tour Presented by Southwest Airlines Now Underway; Multiple TV Appearances Slated, Including PBS Special, "Live In New York"Read more: http://www.sys-con.com/node/1171463
Alas, their chosen name, taken from Thelonius Monk's legendary 1967 album, didn't amuse the administration at the dry-as-a-bone campus.Read more: http://www.pantagraph.com/entertainment/go/article_2b220348-a88e-11de-8de5-001cc4c03286.html
In the beginning, IU officials would bill them only as "Men's Ensemble" in programs and advertising. Then "Men's Ensemble" wound up playing a wedding rehearsal for a UI Alumni Association member, and all that changed.
Duly wowed, the august alum cleared the way for Straight No Chaser to leap from "the band that dare not speak its name" to proudly serving as IU's official singing ambassadors at functions far and wide.
Straight No Chaser includes members Allentown native Jerome Collins, a 1994 Allen High School graduate, and Walter Chase, a Forks Township native who was known as Walter Shilanskas at Easton Area High School, where he graduated in 1995.Read more: http://blogs.mcall.com/lehighvalleymusic/2009/08/a-cappella-internet-sensation-sets-new-disc-local-concert.html
