On March 16, Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band will be playing at the Turf Club. If you love the blues, unique guitars and a big damn band, then Reverend Peyton and the Big Damn Band is a must see.
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band has built its reputation the long, slow, hard way. After 12 years of playing as many as 300 shows each year, Rev. Peyton, the world’s foremost country blues finger-style picker, along with the biggest little band in the country has pieced together one of the most dedicated followings out there. This following is sure to eat up the band’s latest offering, Poor Until Payday, (the second on their own Family Owned Records label through hip Nashville indie Thirty Tigers), a country blues record that was made the right way — two feet on the ground and both hands getting dirty.
With all the power of a freight train, the Big Damn Band is known for its live shows. Rev. Peyton delivers guitar pyrotechnics the old fashioned way — ten fingers, a 6 string and an amp cranked at full tilt. In the country blues style, he plays the bass with his thumb, while picking the lead with his fingers at the same time. When he lifts the guitar behind his head to play there’s nothing but skill and 16 gauge nickel strings to make the sounds coming out of the speakers.
Beside him on stage are just two other people. His wife, “Washboard” Breezy Peyton playing with all the nuance and percussive power of a New Orleans drum line, and keeping the train moving is Max Senteney on a lean drum kit including a 5 gallon maple syrup bucket. Together they play Peyton’s wild-man country blues that’s as much ZZ Top as it is Bukka White.
Doors open at 7:00 pm, show starts at 8:00 pm. Opening for Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band will be local band Wilkinson James.
Tickets are available HERE.
Tour Dates:
Mar 10 – The Waiting Room, Omaha, NE
Mar 11 – Knuckleheads, Kansas City, MO
Mar 12 – Kenny’s Westside Pub, Peoria, IL
Mar 13 – Martyrs’, Chicago, IL
Mar 14 – Rose Music Hall, Columbia, MO
Mar 16 – Turf Club, St. Paul, MN
Mar 17 – The Back Room @ Colectivo, Milwaukee, WI
Mar 18 – The Magic Bag, Ferndale, MI
Mar 19 – The Stache at the Intersection, Grand Rapids, MI
Mar 20 – High Noon Saloon, Madison, WI
Mar 21 – xBk live, Des Moines, IA
Apr 16 – The Burl, Lexington, KY
Apr 18 – Ground Zero Blues Club, Clarksdale, MS
Apr 19 – Cat Head, Clarksdale, MS
May 2 – Tom Lee Park, Memphis, TN
May 9 – Flashback Live, Fort Wayne, IN
May 13 – Club Café, Pittsburgh, PA
May 14 – Club Café, Pittsburgh, PA
May 15 – Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, OH
May 16 – ACE Adventure Resort, Minden, WV
May 17 – Bright Box Theatre, Winchester, VA
May 19 – Ottobar, Baltimore, MD,
May 20 – The Bunker Brewpub, Virginia Beach, VA
May 21 – Rooster Walk, Martinsville, VA
May 22 – Music Room, Smith’s Olde Bar, Atlanta, GA
May 23 – Lake Olmstead Stadium, Augusta, GA
May 24 – The Crimson Moon, Dahlonega, GA
Jun 13 – Lycoming County Fairgrounds, Hughesville, PA
Jun 14 – Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton, MA
Jun 16 – The Lounge at World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA
Jun 17 – Lizzie Rose Music Room, Tuckerton, NJ
Jun 20 – The Porch Southern Fare & Juke Joint, Medford, MA
