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In the back seat of a '77 Thunderbird, squashed between my brother and sister while my mom taxied us somewhere, I learned to hate country music. It was the '80s and KMPS was playing corporate-filtered country through the cheap speakers of our American car. I guess anyone else would have felt the same. Things change.

Many punks and former punks are embarking on what I've been attempting to coin as the "punk rock retirement plan." Namely, country music. Chuck Ragan (of my favorite post-hardcore band, Hot Water Music) is quickly building a reputation as a master of this genre. His Revival Tour gathers musicians from various punk and non-punk bands to join him onstage.

A Revival Tour show is organized much like a true Southern revival. The music starts with all of the bands and performers on the stage playing a song together before performers take their turns, inviting others to share the spotlight with them. There is no true headliner and the band schedules posted around the venue merely said "Revival Tour."...