A lady named Karen picked us up from the Calgary airport – which, by the way, is home to much friendlier custom agents than the Toronto airport. (No cavity search this time.) Karen works for Compassion International Canada. Let’s call her Compassion Canada Karen for the duration of this post… Read More
Archive Category: Stories From The Road
(A Day Of) Life In A Northern Town
The story of my day begins in a green room backstage at Northwestern College’s Maranatha Hall. I told Ben – that’s him in the picture – how impressed I was with the technical folks at Northwestern. The sound system sounded great during our check and the guys were prepared for… Read More
God Is With Us
I didn’t write this. One of many Wayne Kirkpatrick songs I wish I did. This is God Is With Us performed on the Gloria! Christmas Tour – made beautiful by the cello stylings of one Cara Slaybaugh. Enjoy. Gloria! Christmas Tour (God Is With Us) from Shaun Groves on Vimeo. Read More
Travis Versus Brandon
This is Brandon. Brandon plays guitars. This is Travis. Travis is a singer guy. Travis calls Brandon the little brother he never wished he had. Brandon earns this title every day. He’s twenty-three, very from Georgia, says things like “smilin’ like a possum eatin’ briars” and he’s generally constantly obnoxious…in… Read More
Temporary Alternate Reality
We left from a Walmart parking lot in Nashville last night. Snow was falling – or at least some partially frozen rain type stuff. Sixteen hours after pulling away we arrived in Amarillo, Texas. And this made me miss my tour bus days just a little. The first gigs I… Read More
Six Feet, Three Voices, One Show
With only nine stops on the Gloria! Christmas Tour this year, odds are you won’t be seein’ it. Well, despair not. Here’s a peak at the show’s fantabulous finale. (Sorry it’s a bit grainy. Webcams just aren’t what they should be ya know?) Gloria! Christmas Tour from Shaun Groves on… Read More