Various local performances, including a storied early-morning appearance at the university's annual 36-hour dance marathon, caught the public's attention and helped the ensemble gather a fan base on campus. Taking an unconventional approach, Straight No Chaser began working up a repertoire that included not only traditional songs, but also modern pop tunes performed without the use of instruments. 77 No Chaser were the only male a cappella vocal ensemble on campus when the group formed at Indiana University in 1996. Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center, 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta. When he came out onstage, he had very nice things to say to his audience about us, how he enjoyed our sound. “It was probably for me one of the most amazing performances that we did,” Chase said. The group did release an EP, “Six Pack,” last year, but only now has the long-planned full-length “With a Twist” arrived in stores.Ī highlight of the project for the vocal group was the opportunity to work, albeit by long distance, with Barry Manilow on a version of his tune “One Voice.” Straight No Chaser first crossed paths with the singer when Manilow had them open a show at the Hollywood Bowl.
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The success of the Christmas material forced Straight No Chaser to postpone its plans to make a full album of pop material. 26, in time for the group's current holiday tour. The two holiday albums are now packaged with a new live DVD in a box set released Oct. In fall 2009, the group released a holiday sequel, “Christmas Cheers.” and they were telling us that they wanted us to do a five-album record deal with them.”īecause of the success of the “12 Days of Christmas” video, Atlantic had Straight No Chaser debut with a Christmas album,” Holiday Spirits,” in 2008. A couple of weeks later, the entire group is at Atlantic Records. “Randy thought it was a joke,” Chase said. One of those who saw it was Craig Kallman, CEO of Atlantic Records, who called Stine to discuss a record deal.
By December 2007, views of the video had reached 7 million.
To everyone’s surprise, the video went viral. To help mark the occasion, Stine posted a video on YouTube of a 1998 concert that included the vocal group’s wacky rendition of “The 12 Days of Christmas.” That changed when the University of Indiana decided to have a reunion of the original Straight No Chaser in 2006. When graduation came for the original vocalists, they went their separate ways, never expecting that Straight No Chaser would be a part of their lives again. Six of the 10 members of today’s vocal group were in the inaugural edition of Straight No Chaser formed at the University of Indiana in Bloomington a decade and a half ago. The way Straight No Chaser reached its current place as a nationally touring major label recording act is pretty amazing in its own right. Perhaps the big highlight comes when Straight No Chaser cleverly combines Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours” with “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” playfully mixing lyrics and melodies from the two songs.
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