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The Rugged Revival Podcast brings you laid-back, real conversations with country music artists, songwriters, and storytellers. We dive into their journeys, music, and everything in between—all while keeping it authentic, fun, and true to the rugged spirit we stand for. Follow us on social media and join our Facebook group to become part of the Rugged Revival community!

  1. 5h ago

    Sean Rodriguez: Bass, Style & Life on the Road with The Wilder Blue

    From sandy hot dogs on the Texas coast to a life spent holding down the low end on stages across the country, Sean Rodriguez has taken the long road to The Wilder Blue.Raised between Corpus Christi and College Station, Sean started out on trumpet before an early obsession with bootleg ’60s and ’70s concert footage on the newly launched YouTube drew his ear towards the bass. What followed was an education built through big-band jazz, funk, country and years on the road — touring the South with New Orleans indie-rock band Hazy Ray, playing blues in Houston, moving to Austin, and eventually spending almost eight years on the road with Bri Bagwell before becoming part of The Wilder Blue.In this episode of The Honky Tonk Hair Machine, Sean talks about the craft behind playing bass, singing harmonies and putting on a show at the same time; why The Wilder Blue runs its live set “like clockwork”; and the musical journey that shaped the player he is today.Then there’s the style. Sean digs into his love of colour, ’70s shirts, giant lapels, floral pearl snaps, Wrangler Ranchers and vintage Austin finds, a look influenced less by the modern Western revival than by old photographs of his great-grandfather. Music, clothes, hair and a life on the road with Sean Rodriguez of The Wilder Blue.Find Sean on Instagram: @MrFretlessThe Wilder Blue: TheWilderBlue.comChapters0:00 Intro — Sean Rodriguez of The Wilder Blue00:24 Growing Up Between Corpus Christi & College Station01:41 His First Instrument: Trumpet04:43 Discovering the Bass Through Early YouTube06:13 High School Bands, Van Halen & Rush07:43 Becoming a Road Musician — Jazz, Funk, Blues & Country11:26 Playing Bass, Singing Harmonies & Performing Live13:43 Developing His Personal Style16:24 Vintage Finds, Wrangler Ranchers & ’70s Inspiration20:31 Hair, Moustache Wax & Life on the Road23:38 Where to Find Sean & The Wilder BlueSubscribe to The Rugged Revival. Share it with your friends. Support independent music!Listen to the full podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6wnHcgA73o1aiiKaz882vH?si=30aabdaa220a4628Follow The Rugged Revival:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theruggedrevival/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theruggedrevivalFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094507520679Website: www.theruggedrevival.comEmail: ruggedrevival@hotmail.com

    Sean Rodriguez: Bass, Style & Life on the Road with The Wilder Blue

  2. 5d ago

    Singer-Songwriter from Detroit | Ander$on

    Ander$on is a singer-songwriter from the Detroit area, cutting his teeth on the independent music scene.Subscribe to The Rugged Revival. Share it with your friends. Support independent music!Listen to the full podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6wnHcgA73o1aiiKaz882vH?si=30aabdaa220a4628Follow The Rugged Revival:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theruggedrevival/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theruggedrevivalFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094507520679Website: www.theruggedrevival.comEmail: ruggedrevival@hotmail.com

    Singer-Songwriter from Detroit | Ander$on

  3. Sep 24

    Addiction, Fatherhood & a Life Built Around Music | Chasen Wayne

    Chasen Wayne’s route into music has been anything but conventional.Raised around rodeo cowboys and blue-collar workers, Wayne spent years working with his hands while finding whatever time he could to write songs, play guitar and build a life in music. What followed has been a journey through hard work, addiction, sobriety, marriage, fatherhood and an unwavering commitment to his craft.In this deeply candid conversation with Slim Chance Cowboy, Chasen opens up about the experiences behind his music, the reality of making earlier records while heavily drinking and using drugs, his decision to get sober, and the family that now means more to him than any stage or record ever could.We also dig into his evolution as a songwriter, his work as a talent buyer at the Sagebrush, the sacrifices that come with touring as a father, and the story behind Chasen Wayne & The Honky Tonk Machine’s latest record, The Diamond Saloon.This is more than a conversation about country music. It’s an honest look at the life behind the songs... the mistakes, the work, the people worth changing for, and what it means to keep pursuing something after more than a decade of trying to get it right.Chapters00:00 Introducing Chasen Wayne00:36 Rodeo Roots & a Blue-Collar Upbringing03:59 Austin, Plumbing & Learning the Craft07:39 Injury, Addiction & a Turning Point at the Sagebrush10:48 From King Cowboy to The Diamond Saloon12:43 Writing His Life Into the Songs14:02 Getting Sober & Looking Back at the Early Records14:57 Strange Places & Moving Beyond Traditional Country17:57 The Story Behind “Honeymoon” & Corpus Christi20:36 Addiction, Sobriety & Choosing His Family21:47 Work Ethic, Fatherhood & the Cost of Touring25:15 Finding His Own Sound & Why He Keeps Going28:57 What’s Next for Chasen WayneSubscribe to The Rugged Revival. Share it with your friends. Support independent music!Listen to the full podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6wnHcgA73o1aiiKaz882vH?si=30aabdaa220a4628Follow The Rugged Revival:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theruggedrevival/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theruggedrevivalFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094507520679Website: www.theruggedrevival.comEmail: ruggedrevival@hotmail.com

    Addiction, Fatherhood & a Life Built Around Music | Chasen Wayne

  4. Sep 15

    Wrong Notes, Pearl Snaps & Life on the Road: Lance Roark

    Lance Roark has spent years figuring out what makes a song work - sometimes by writing bad ones, sometimes by rewriting other people’s, and eventually by learning when to stop chasing perfection altogether.In this episode, Lance talks growing up in Oklahoma, learning guitar alongside his dad, finding his voice as a songwriter and why, these days, the feeling matters more than hitting every note right. There’s also life on the road, forgotten lyrics, wrong harmonicas, Pearl Snaps, canned salmon and the realities that sit behind the songs.An honest, funny conversation with an artist who’s learned to trust his instincts - onstage, on the page and everywhere in between.Chapters00:00 Oklahoma Roots & Learning Guitar with Dad01:23 Writing Bad Songs & Finding His Own Style03:35 Letting Go of Perfection on Stage07:18 Pearl Snaps, Levi’s & the Lance Roark Look09:17 Road Essentials, Wrong Harmonicas & Canned Salmon11:16 Europe, New Music & What’s Coming NextSubscribe to The Rugged Revival. Share it with your friends. Support independent music!Listen to the full podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6wnHcgA73o1aiiKaz882vH?si=30aabdaa220a4628Follow The Rugged Revival:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theruggedrevival/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theruggedrevivalFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094507520679Website: www.theruggedrevival.comEmail: ruggedrevival@hotmail.com

    Wrong Notes, Pearl Snaps & Life on the Road: Lance Roark

  5. Sep 9

    Twenty Percent of Zero | B.Knox on Staying Independent

    B.Knox is a Canadian singer-songwriter whose music sits somewhere between Alt-Country, Americana and the Folk traditions he grew up around. Raised between Newfoundland and Ontario, his songs carry traces of the East Coast homesickness, storytelling and old Celtic influences.In this Podcast, B.Knox talks about putting writing before performance, remaining fiercely independent, and navigating an industry that increasingly asks musicians to be content creators as much as artists. He gets into publishing deals, the economics of giving up a piece of your work, his complicated relationship with social media, and why privacy still has value.Chapters00:00 Newfoundland, Ontario & Growing Up02:31 From Playing Covers to Writing His Own Songs05:18 Writing, Recording & the Reality of Touring08:35 Publishing Deals & Staying Independent09:43 Social Media, Privacy & the Content Machine11:34 Songwriting Influences & Newfoundland Roots15:12 Finding His Sound & Letting the Songs Lead18:18 Personal Style, New Music & Going AcousticSubscribe to The Rugged Revival. Share it with your friends. Support independent music!Listen to the full podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6wnHcgA73o1aiiKaz882vH?si=30aabdaa220a4628Follow The Rugged Revival:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theruggedrevival/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theruggedrevivalFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094507520679Website: www.theruggedrevival.comEmail: ruggedrevival@hotmail.com

    Twenty Percent of Zero | B.Knox on Staying Independent

  6. Sep 7

    Keeping Lost Country Music Alive | Sean Burns

    Country music has always had its stars. But just beneath the surface is another history - regional singers, forgotten 45s, small-town dance halls, independent labels, and working musicians whose records never traveled much farther than their own backyard.Sean Burns has spent years digging into that history.In this conversation, Burns joins Slim Chance Cowboy to talk about his new album, "Better Off in Time and Other Songs for the Dance Floor", and the country shuffle, fiddle, steel guitar, and dance-hall traditions that shaped it. He also traces his fascination with lost Canadian country music, from hunting down obscure records and the musicians who made them to shining a light on an era when local country scenes flourished across Canada.Burns has been called a preservationist. He’s happy to accept the title.“Someone’s gotta do it.”This is a conversation about making country music with an attention to detail, preserving the records that history left behind, and keeping the flame burning for the people who were once simply playing country music in the bars.Chapters00:00 Sean Burns & the New Lost Country Album01:48 Building a Different Kind of Country Record04:40 “Better Off in Time” & the Stories Behind the Songs08:30 Capturing the Sound of Classic Country Records12:58 Preserving Canada’s Lost Country Music19:00 The Greatest Catalogs & Musicians in Country History26:27 Merch, Touring & What’s Next for Sean Burns32:42 Unfiltered Country Music Opinions & Closing ThoughtsSubscribe to The Rugged Revival. Share it with your friends. Support independent music!Listen to the full podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6wnHcgA73o1aiiKaz882vH?si=30aabdaa220a4628Follow The Rugged Revival:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theruggedrevival/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theruggedrevivalFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094507520679Website: www.theruggedrevival.comEmail: ruggedrevival@hotmail.com

    Keeping Lost Country Music Alive | Sean Burns

  7. Sep 2

    "Leave the Ego on the Stage" | Danny Raincheck of Whitey Morgan & the 78’s

    Danny Raincheck has spent most of his life somewhere between loud music and the open road.Growing up on a dirt road in Flint, Michigan, he found punk and hardcore early—bands like Minor Threat and Fugazi shaping an attitude toward music that never really left. Decades later, that same spirit runs through his work with Whitey Morgan & the 78’s.In this episode, Danny talks to Camden about growing up in Flint, coming up in the punk scene, a lifetime of playing and touring with Whitey Morgan, motorcycles, tattoos, and what more than three decades on the road will teach you about keeping your head straight.He also gives us a look inside the making of Whitey Morgan’s new record at Sonic Ranch and why this one feels different.As Danny puts it: leave the ego on the stage.Chapters00:00 Growing Up in Flint, Michigan03:10 Motown, Country & the Music That Shaped Danny07:48 Coming Up in the ’90s Hardcore Scene15:21 Life on the Road with Whitey Morgan17:22 Touring Essentials, Travel Bidets & Stage Style22:08 Tattoos & the New Whitey Morgan RecordSubscribe to The Rugged Revival. Share it with your friends. Support independent music!Listen to the full podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6wnHcgA73o1aiiKaz882vH?si=30aabdaa220a4628Follow The Rugged Revival:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theruggedrevival/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theruggedrevivalFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094507520679Website: www.theruggedrevival.comEmail: ruggedrevival@hotmail.com

    "Leave the Ego on the Stage" | Danny Raincheck of Whitey Morgan & the 78’s

  8. Aug 27

    Lucca Mae on The Teskey Brothers, Paul Weller & Her Rise Through the UK Soul Scene

    Rising soul artist Lucca Mae joins The Rugged Revival Podcast to talk about her journey through the UK music scene, from early gigs to sharing stages with some of her biggest influences. She reflects on working with The Teskey Brothers, an unforgettable encounter with Paul Weller, and finding her own voice along the way.Chapters00:00 Intro03:26 Growing Up Around Music07:28 Busking in Australia & Finding Her Sound10:35 Canada, Early Recordings & Going Independent16:52 Paul Weller, Steve White & the London Music Scene21:37 Making the New Album28:31 Songwriting, Vocal Influences & Amy Winehouse33:01 Guitars, Gear & Life as a Working Musician35:18 The Teskey Brothers & Performing at Murrayfield39:31 Musical Picks, Influences & What’s NextSubscribe to The Rugged Revival. Share it with your friends. Support independent music!Listen to the full podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6wnHcgA73o1aiiKaz882vH?si=30aabdaa220a4628Follow The Rugged Revival:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theruggedrevival/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theruggedrevivalFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094507520679Website: www.theruggedrevival.comEmail: ruggedrevival@hotmail.com

    Lucca Mae on The Teskey Brothers, Paul Weller & Her Rise Through the UK Soul Scene
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The Rugged Revival Podcast brings you laid-back, real conversations with country music artists, songwriters, and storytellers. We dive into their journeys, music, and everything in between—all while keeping it authentic, fun, and true to the rugged spirit we stand for. Follow us on social media and join our Facebook group to become part of the Rugged Revival community!

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