Now, Treaty Oak Revival’s Concert Behavior Has Gone Too Far Even for Them

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Sam Carey and previous bass player Andrew Carey of Treaty Oak Revival


Gee, who would have thought that condoning and encouraging teenage and barely 21-year-old fans to throw beer on each other would descend into unmitigated chaos on a consistent basis and cause scores of injuries to the point where now even the band and their families are pissed off about it? And I wonder what artists and outlets were specifically calling it out, knowing it would end poorly while they were being chided as uptight pussies?

The hand waving away of the issues of the West Texas degenerate behavior at Treaty Oak Revival concerts was always irresponsible, especially by the adults in the room and puff piece journalists who want to be part of the cool kids crowd by outright using it to promote them like it was no big deal. Saving Country Music said in April after personally witnessing a 13 or 14-year-old girl getting hit in the back of a the head with a mostly full beer can and crumbling on the ground in a pool of tears that maybe this type of behavior was a problem.

So did surging country performer Braxton Keith who also called out the behavior and put his foot down whenever it started happening at his own concerts when Treaty Oak Revival was nowhere to be found. That’s because the condoning of the behavior at Treaty Oak Revival shows has made folks believe hurling mostly full beer cans at the stage is cool no matter who’s playing the show.

What started as a ritual during their song “Boomtown” has now become a full concert experience. Beer cans and bottles are now being banned from Treaty Oak shows because of so many injuries. So people stack up cups, save up plastic water bottles, whatever they can find and throw it at the stage.


The culture that has been cultivated around this band is an embarrassment to Texas music, and embarrassment to country music (where they still don’t belong), and a scourge to whatever festival or venue they’re booked at.

And no, this isn’t some “purist” or “traditionalist” stance. This is the “Hey, maybe 14-year-old girls getting beaned in the back of the head with beer bottles and injured is not cool” stance. Whatever demographic or cohort that puts me in, go ahead and lump me there.

The problem with these Treaty Oak Revival shows has always been that they’re mostly just kids. This is kids music dressed up to be adult college-age music so kids can feel like they’re adulting and being rebellious. And with so many kids in the audience, kids are getting hurt.

But now even the band and their families are getting fed up. The band already lost their bass player Andrew Carey (pictured above) who had to tap out in 2025, saying in part, “Touring and rocking a little too hard has done a number on my back, body and mind … The road has taken its toll.”

Then on February 20th at a Treaty Oak Revival show at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana, while performing the final song of the show (“Leaving Hell”), lead singer Sam Canty who’s been injured numerous times himself by flying cans and bottles was clearly pissed off at all the stuff being thrown at the stage, and walked off early.

This prompted Canty’s wife Kelsi to post an extended video scolding Treaty Oak Revival fans, and explaining to them exactly how they’re supposed to be immature, masturbatory degenerates. “I’m probably going to regret this … but I’m going to show how you’re supposed to throw your beer,” she starts, before taking an open water bottle and winging it over her head.

“You’re supposed to throw it over your fuc-ing head and drop it on the ground. Is that hard? I’m sorry, is it hard? This is why there’s plastic cups now instead of bottles, because of you guys. They are literally giving it their all performing for you guys, giving you the best concert that you can [get], and y’all are ruining it for them by throwing stuff at them. It’s just not cool, and it’s not nice. Do you want me to throw something at you? ‘Cause I fuc-ing will.”

Then Mrs. Revival chides,

“Also for the comments on that video saying that they’ve encouraged it, they’ve done this to themselves, shut the f-ck up. They have never once encouraged you throwing sh-t on stage. Never once. They have encouraged you guys to throw your beer over your head, drop your sh-t on the ground.”

Yeah, but that’s kind of exactly what they’re doing when they come out on stage, and first thing, start slinging beer onto the crowd. They are absolutely most definitely condoning utter douchebag behavior. The crowd’s just trying to reciprocate by slinging beer on them.

And how about instead of telling them how to properly sling their beer, tell them to drink it, and then throw the container in a trash can. You know, like an adult. Think of the minimum wage workers who are forced to clean up after these concerts.

@kelsi.canty #stitch with @Danny just a PSA that nobody will listen to🫶🏼 #treatyoakrevival #wife ♬ original sound – KelsiCanty


This whole discussion feels like you’re in a scene from Idiocracy. Quite literally people were telling Treaty Oak a year ago this was not going to work, and to nip it in the bud now. What happened? Treaty Oak’s manager was in the Saving Country Music comments section saying he was going to sue the website for slander. By the way, still waiting on the papers to be served.

Either independent country and Texas music presents a better alternative to Nashville bullsh-t, or it doesn’t. In the case of Treaty Oak Revival, it’s worse than any of the excesses of mainstream country, save for Gavin Adcock, and even he’s been dialing it back these days. If you go to a Kid Rock concert and started throwing beers at the stage and injuring young girls, you might not make it out of the concert alive.

You do tacitly commend Treaty Oak (and their wives) for finally talking about the subject. But they’ve been using this bad boy “degenerate” behavior to market themselves for years now. Their management and booking agents are all culpable. This is an issue they bought on, and initially scoffed off as nothing more than pearl clutching purists with their panties in a bunch. Now their bad will and worse decisions are coming home to roost.

All that said, Treaty Oak Revival fans, if you actually made it this far without having to pop next day’s Adderall, chill it out. Treaty Oak Revival ain’t this country fan’s bag, but if you want to keep enjoying this band and want to see them prosper, than listen to Sam Canty’s wife. Stop the douchebag behavior before more people get hurt.

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