June 2025: RRB+Blink = Treaty Oak

Every now and then, a band comes along that doesn’t just move the needle—they snap it clean off.

Right now, that band is Treaty Oak Revival. With apologies to Flatland, Koe, Hudson, Ty, CoJo, the Saints and everyone else, The Treaty Oak fellas are the biggest band from Texas at the moment.

A funny thing has been happening recently where my kids are starting to like the same music I've loved for nearly 30 years. Of course they ebb closer to the newer stuff but they've come to an appreciation of Pat, Ragweed, Wade, RRB etc. Their unquestioned favorite band though is Treaty Oak Revival. And they're far from alone. It's a complete movement and obsession.

We’ve been watching it build for a minute—smoke turning to fire, fire to wildfire. Packed clubs, loud crowds, word-of-mouth louder than any boardroom marketing push. But what’s striking isn’t just the size of the audience—it’s the age range. These aren’t just seasoned Red Dirt lifers in their faded Pat Green shirts. These are young fans. College kids. High schoolers. Gen Z. They’re singing every word like these songs raised them. Because, in some way, they did.

Treaty Oak Revival is tapping into something rare: a true moment. And the reason? They’re just as much shaped by Randy Rogers Band as they are by Blink-182. And that’s exactly why it works. Koe treaded this ground first and the TOR guys took the torch and burned the whole scene to the ground to rebuild it in their own image. Not everything has to be Guy and Townes. Sometimes it's just about conveying some angst and emotion in an extremely catchy fashion. Labels be damned. I've never sat down with Sam Canty and asked him what his biggest influences are, but it seems readily apparent.

This isn’t your daddy’s Texas Country, but it’s not a betrayal of it either. It’s an evolution. It’s twang and angst. Fiddle and feedback. It’s small town heartbreak through a distorted amp. They wear flat bills and sing like they grew up on the front porch and in the Warped Tour parking lot. But they come from the oil patch and have more grit than others that may have tried to tread similar weather broken ground.

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Randy Rogers and the boys taught us how to pour emotion into every verse, every chorus, every busted relationship. Blink taught us to scream it out when nobody was listening. Treaty Oak Revival is doing both—making music that matters to a new generation while still tipping their cap to the trailblazers.

Somewhere between San Angelo and San Diego, a sound was born. And now it’s filling rooms across the country like rallying cry. I even heard them on SiriusXM The Spectrum the other day between Caamp and The Black Keys. So, let the critics split hairs over what’s country enough. Or whether it is "Texas Music". The people that matter have already staked claim and made up their mind: the fans.

They’re listening. They’re shouting. They’re feeling it.

Treaty Oak Revival isn’t coming—they’ve arrived.

See y’all in the pit.

MINOR CHORDS

-We are just one month away from River Jam 25! It features the return of Bleu Edmondson, a Comal County return of the Thieving Birds, full band debut of Nyles and a dozen of the best songwriters around playing on the banks of the Guadalupe River. Buy your tickets and get all the info HERE!

-We are just a few days away from our next Galleywinter Listening Room show featuring John Baumann. Just a few tickets left! Get them HERE!

-It won't be long until the Mile 0 lineup is revealed! Stay tuned.

-We are cooking up some big plans for the Ragweed Waco show. Stay tuned there too.

-"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most." - Mark Twain