 They began regular jam sessions at Tipitina's.The Revivalists, now including Feinberg, Shaw, Campanelli, Ed Williams (pedal steel guitarist), Rob Ingraham (saxophonist) and George Gekas (bassist), and occasionally Michael Girardot (keyboardist/trumpeter), went on to play an average of 150 dates a year.The Revivalists' released their first few records independently on their own.