The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band with The Hooten Hallers
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Thurs. March 12
Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, The Hooten Hollars, Smith's Olde Bar - The name of Peyton's severely stripped-down trio (generally just his National Steel guitar and washboard percussion) is indicative of the offbeat humor, but intense dedication, they exude to roots Delta blues music, the way it was made to be played. Raw, rough and tumble and as jarring as a slap in the face, Peyton is a talented guitarist and gritty, howling singer who makes these originals and covers feel fresh and alive. It'll seem like you're transported to a '30s juke joint in the deep South, the same as they've done for the better part of twenty years. There's nothing flashy or pretentious, just down-home acoustic roots blues played with guts, frazzled energy and a dedication to the form few others get right. - Hal Horowitz
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Event Description
Three time BMA nominee's The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band are 'the greatest front-porch blues band in the world'. They are led by Reverend Peyton, who most consider to be the premier finger picker playing today. He has earned a reputation as both a singularly compelling performer and a persuasive evangelist for the rootsy, country blues styles that captured his imagination early in life and inspired him and his band to make pilgrimages to Clarksdale, Mississippi to study under such blues masters as T-Model Ford, Robert Belfour and David “Honeyboy” Edwards. Their last record Dance Songs For Hard Times went #1 on the Billboard, iTunes and Sirius XM Blues Charts and was produced by Grammy winner Vance Powell. The record was critically acclaimed by Rolling Stone, Relix, Popmatters, Guitar World, American Songwriter, No Depression, Glide, Wide Open Country, Paste, American Blues Scene, and many more.Their new record, Honeysuckle, was produced and recorded by Reverend Peyton and mixed by eight-time Grammy winner Vance Powell (Chris Stapleton, Jack White). The record features many special guests, including gospel music group The McCrary Sisters on the song 'Manger,' Blues Music Hall of Famer and Grammy-nominated harmonica player Billy Branch who plays on the Blind Lemon Jefferson song 'Nell (Prison Cell Blues),' Grammy award-winning and IBMA's 10-time Fiddle Player of the Year Michael Cleveland plays on 'Freeborn Man' and Colton Crawford from The Dead South plays banjo on 'The Good Die Young.'
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