In a match made in folk-punk heaven, Hot Water Music's Chuck Ragan, Avail's Tim Barry and Lucero's Ben Nichols will embark on The Revival Tour this month, a series of shows that will see all three artists playing solo sets as well as performing on each others material. There will also be a number of guests joining shorter legs of the tour including Tom Gabel of Against Me!, Jesse Malin, Kevin Seconds from 7 Seconds, Jon Snograss from Drag The River, Sundowner, Austin Lucas & Frank Turner.
 
"All of the tours that I've done since I've been doing this solo stuff have in some way or the other ended up with a bunch of friends onstage by the end of the night," Ragan explains, adding that each performer will be joined by a backing band that will change based on geography and include many of their peers and previous tour mates. "I've always loved seeing that and now I'm absolutely loving creating something like that with good friends who think and believe along the same lines."
 
The tour will mark Ragan's final run in support of last year's solo debut Feast Or Famine (SideOneDummy), after which he'll begin pre-production on his next album for SideOneDummy. Barry is touring in support of his own folk debut, Rivanna Junction. Although the two musicians met in the nineties while fronting two of the most influential DIY punk bands of the era, in recent years both songwriters have begun to explore folk and bluegrass compositions, making this tour a perfect pairing of ideologies and instrumentation.
 
Nichols entered the picture when him and Ragan recently toured in January, but it wasn't until this year's SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, that the plan was solidified. "We were both doing our own thing and weren't there in conjunction, but ended up sitting down for some drinks after one of the long days," Ragan explains. "We agreed on a time, shook hands and kept on drinking." While the tour will feature individual sets from each artist, it will be more reminiscent of the folk tradition of involving multiple artist collaborations-and each performer will have guests coming on and off stage, including the three primary songwriters who plan to hunkered down in Barry's Richmond, Virginia backyard this summer to learn each other's respective tracks.
 
 
HERE ARE THE DATES:
9/23 Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle w/ Austin Lucas
9/24 Richmond, VA - Canal Club w/ Austin Lucas
9/25 Virginia Beach, VA - The Jewish Mother w/ Austin Lucas
9/26 Charleston, SC - Music Farm w/ Austin Lucas
9/27 Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits w/ Austin Lucas
9/28 Orlando, FL - The Social w/ Austin Lucas
9/30 Tampa, FL - The Orpheum w/ Austin Lucas
10/1 Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds w/ Bob & Austin Lucas
10/2 Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade w/ Bob & Austin Lucas
10/3 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
10/4 Louisville, KY - Skull Alley w/ Bob & Austin Lucas
10/5 Bloomington, IN - Rhinos w/ Austin Lucas
10/7 Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place w/ Jesse Malin
10/9 Cambridge, MA - Middle East w/ Jesse Malin
10/10 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church w/ Jesse Malin ft. Jon Snodgrass of Drag The River
10/11 Asbury Park, NJ - Asbury Lanes w/ Frank Turner
10/12 Hamden, CT - The Space w/ Frank Turner
10/13 New York, NY - Blender Theatre @ Grammercy w/ Frank Turner
10/14 Washington, DC - Black Cat w/ Frank Turner
10/15 Pittsburgh, PA - Belvederes
10/16 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick w/ Sundowner
10/17 Chicago, IL - Reggie's Rock Club w/ Sundowner
10/18 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock w/ Austin Lucas
10/19 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall w/ Austin Lucas
10/20 Sioux Falls, SD - Nutty's w/ Austin Lucas
10/22 Ft Collins, CO - Aggie Theatre w/ Jon Snodgrass of Drag The River
10/23 Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre w/ Jon Snodgrass of Drag The River and Austin Lucas
10/24 Salt Lake City, UT -The Venue's Club Sound w/ Jon Snodgrass of Drag The River and Austin Lucas
10/26 Seattle, WA - El Corazon w/ Kevin Seconds, Jon Snodgrass of Drag The River, Austin Lucas
10/27 Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre w/ Kevin Seconds and Austin Lucas
10/29 Nevada City, UT - Coopers Ale Works
10/30 San Francisco, CA - Slims w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!
10/31 Pomona, CA - Glasshouse w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!
11/1 Hollywood, CA - Knitting Factory w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!
11/2 San Diego, CA - Casbah w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!
11/4 Las Vegas, NV - Beauty Bar w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!
11/5 Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!
11/7 Lubbock, TX - Tequila Jungle w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!
11/8 Dallas, TX - The Door, Prophet Bar w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!
11/9 Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Fest @ Waterloo Park
11/10 Houston, TX - Walter's On Washington w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!
11/13 Little Rock, AK - Juanita's Cantina Ballroom w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!
11/14 Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone Café w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!
11/15 Birmingham, AL - Work Play Theatre w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!
11/16 West Columbia, SC - New Brookland Tavern w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!