{"id":5744,"date":"2013-05-18T13:28:21","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T18:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/?p=5744"},"modified":"2013-05-18T13:28:21","modified_gmt":"2013-05-18T18:28:21","slug":"the-adventures-of-snappy-ryan-scroggins-the-trenchtown-texans-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/the-adventures-of-snappy-ryan-scroggins-the-trenchtown-texans-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Adventures of Snappy: Ryan Scroggins &#038; The Trenchtown Texans Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Snappy recently had the pleasure of hanging out on-stage and backstage with Houston&#8217;s own Ryan Scroggins &amp; The Trenchtown Texans. The band&#8217;s namesake and frontman is a veritable renaissance man; artist, multi-instrumentalist, song writer, professional tattoo artist and former <a title=\"herpetologist\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herpetology\" target=\"_blank\">herpetologist<\/a> for the Houston Zoo.\u00a0 Mr. Scroggins originally made a name for himself in the music world as the organist for the well-known ska band Los Skarnales.<\/p>\n<p>The Trenchtown Texans play a unique mix of Americana\/Ska\/Roots\/Reggae\/Swamp music and have released three albums and toured extensively, however these days the band only makes appearances sporadically.\u00a0 As such, it was truly a pleasure for Snappy to be able to share the stage with them at Houston&#8217;s Continental Club:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/scroggins01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5745\" alt=\"scroggins01\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/scroggins01.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/scroggins01.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/scroggins01-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the show, Snappy was fortunate enough to spend a few minutes with Mr. Scroggins.\u00a0 Having again been a former Herpetologist for the Houston Zoo, Ryan is very familiar with gators, however this would be his first encounter with a blue gator:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/scroggins02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5746\" alt=\"scroggins02\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/scroggins02.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/scroggins02.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/scroggins02-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have a keen eye, you&#8217;ll be able to spot Snappy in the video below of the band performing &#8220;Too Tired to Fight&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oVdskv2vMKE<\/p>\n<p>A quick YouTube search will return lots of videos of this great band, and if they happen to come to your town do make it a point to check them out live.<\/p>\n<p>If you have an event in the Houston or Austin area that you would like for Snappy to attend, please get in touch with us by emailing feedback@hostgator.com ATTN: Blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snappy recently had the pleasure of hanging out on-stage and backstage with Houston&#8217;s own Ryan Scroggins &amp; The Trenchtown Texans. 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