"A crew member stole $25,000 from me - and then our tour bus caught fire": Three years ago Shane Smith & The Saints almost called it quits, but now they've sold out Red Rocks and become TV stars

Shane Smith & The Saints studio portrait.

The Blue Norther is a fast-moving cold front that becomes a tempest when it hits Texas. The storm is marked by violent changes in temperature. 

“It’s a really powerful thing to witness and feel,” says singer, songwriter and Lone Star native Shane Smith. “You see this whole weather wall coming, and then it’s like, ‘boom!’ It’s scary, but there’s also something really romantic to it at the same time.”