Revival


When I hear the word “Revival,” I think of the literal camps that dotted North Georgia when I was young. They were semi permanent buildings, sheds of wood or corrugated steel, which in the summer season sprang into revival meetings — summer while the crops grew between planting and harvest, and it was too hot in Georgia to do anything but pray anyway. 

Those were Protestant, but this band has taken a name that suggests at least a strong tie to the Catholic tradition. The endorsement of bourbon as part of the solution is more comfortable for Catholics than it is for Baptists anyway. 

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Hillbilly Thomists are all Dominican friars-- so yes, a connection to the Catholic Church indeed!

--Janet

Grim said...

Ah! That does make sense of the choice of names.

Thomas Doubting said...

Bourbon, bluegrass, and the Bible -- not a bad motto.

Anonymous said...

I gave my brother one of their tee shirts to wear to work on casual day. It shows St. Thomas Aquinas with a banjo. His coworkers were rather confused.

LittleRed1

douglas said...

Good Lord. Kicking myself that I hadn't thought to post them here before this- I'd heard of them probably a good year ago. They're perfect here.