Dan Nichols was born in 1969 in Indiana. He attended Pike Township Schools in Indianapolis. He and his parents converted to Judaism when he was 7, and he attended Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation and camped at Goldman Union in Zionsville, Indiana. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife Elysha. Nichols is an alum of the University of North Carolina where he received a bachelor's degree in music in 1992. Music Career In 1994, while living in Nashville