Root 66: The Revelers’ Roadside Favorites

Name: The Revelers
Hometown: Lafayette, LA
Latest Project: Play the Swamp Pop Classics Volume 2

Backstage Hang: Cedar Cultural Center – Minneapolis, MN. Great record collection, lots of couches and little nooks. Close second is Stoke Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield, ME … any backstage with a record player.

Music Festival: BlackPot Festival, of course! Lafayette, LA.

Day Off Activity: Any local minor league baseball game. Go Lancaster Barnstormers!

 

People camped out since 6am to try and see us on @prairie_home today! Minnesotans are hard core.

A photo posted by The Revelers (@revelersband) on Feb 20, 2016 at 12:56pm PST

Tacos: The Shack – Jamestown, RI. Unbelievable fish tacos, and the brisket and pulled pork are on point, too!

Truck Stop: Billy’s Boudin – Scott, LA. Best food you’ll ever get from a gas station. A must stop on I-10.

Coffeehouse: Too many to choose one. Recently, SteamDot in Anchorage, AK. Rêve in Lafayette hooked us up with nitro cold brew on tap at BlackPot Camp this year! And Carpe Diem provides concentrated cold brew to power BlackPot Festival.

 

We’re diversifying our income streams.

A photo posted by The Revelers (@revelersband) on Jul 19, 2015 at 1:27pm PDT

Health Food: Fried Cheese Curds at Culver’s whenever we’re in Wisconsin.

Pizza: Natalie’s Coal Fired Pizza – Worthington, OH. Great pizza, great venue!

Burger: Jalopy Tavern – Brooklyn, NY.

 

Wrapping up a great tour tonight in #Bellefontaine at the Holland Theatre

A photo posted by The Revelers (@revelersband) on Nov 19, 2016 at 9:20am PST

Tour Hobby: Antiquing / Junk Shops. Best this year has to be Lockhart, TX.

Book Store: Powell’s in Portland, OR is hard to beat.

Radio Station: KRVS! Never miss Friday afternoons wherever we are in the world.

Photo credit: Sandlin Gaither