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Gimme Five! Ross Montsinger of Holy Ghost Tent Revival

It takes almost as many words to describe the sound Holy Ghost Tent Revival creates as it takes them instruments to do it.  Luckily, these ragtime-gospel-punk-americana misfits take that challenge in stride.  Their esteemed drummer, Ross Montsinger, may keep the beat steady on stage, but can he handle these five questions?

1. If your band were a sitcom, what would it be? (why?)
We’d like to be All in the Family. The show was clever, satirical, and relevant. They followed the basic formula of the sitcom while actually being genuine — not cheesy. We don’t embody all these qualities yet, per-se, but we strive to. Most importantly, it aired in the seventies!

2. What’s the strangest show/venue you’ve ever played?
In our infancy as a band, we had a very strange evening at a so-called kitchen. They split our sets up into very small portions, between which were fire dancers and an eastern music duet. There was a lot of potential for an interesting show, but a ticket for the event cost thirty five dollars. On top of that, it was the first time our trumpet player (who we were nothing without, at the time) had missed a performance so we were very unconfident. The air was filled with awkward all night long. We even got heckled!

3. Describe the last time you felt really lucky.
Every day? We get to drive around and play music for a living!

4. Who/what might be a few inspirations or influences that would
really surprise people?

Stephen likes a band called Moxy Fruvous. Look em’ up.

5. What did you dream of being when you were a kid? (how ’d that turn out?)
We all wanted to be famous athletes, so… not so good.

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Dosey-doe over to the Cat’s Cradle next Saturday, March 19th to catch Holy Ghost Tent Revival live.  And by all means, give Ross a high five when you see him!