Independent Film Channel’s Sounds of the Cities Vol. 1
Music is alive and well, and you can feel it pulsating through the
Sounds of the Cities. The compilation was created by the
Independent Film Channel, Red Distribution and Rainmaker Management, using the
curatorial skills of music insiders like Austin City Limits producer Terry
Lickona, the music included comes from all over the country. Representing Brown
County, Indiana comes Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band with “Clap Your Hands”.
IFC has a daily promotions running all week featuring the track, giving viewers
a peek at what this amazing roots band is all about. Watch the popular video
for the song, it has garnered over 362,000 views.
Check out the IFC spots featuring "Clap Your
Hands"
The Big Damn Band is very much a family affair, with the good
Reverend on finger-style resonator guitar and lead vocals, his wife “Washboard”
Breezy Peyton on washboard and vocals and distant cousin Aaron “Cuz” Persinger
on drums and bucket. The band’s home base is deep in the hills of Southern
Indiana’s Brown County, which boasts a population of 14,957. (Or 14,954 when
the band’s out on the road playing close to 250 gigs a year, including
appearances at the Austin City Limits festival, Bonnoroo and tours with
Flogging Molly, Derek Trucks Band and Clutch.)
There aren’t a lot of Warped Tour vets who can claim proficiency
in the use of washboards, bottleneck slides and five-gallon buckets. Most
didn’t spend their teens playing along to Charlie Patton and Bukka White
albums. And just about none are fronted by a commissioned member of the
Honorary Order of Kentucky Colonels. But the Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
are all that and more. With wild sing-a-longs and flaming washboards, their
live shows have been converting skeptics left and right. “I grew up in
the country, and rural life and rural culture has shaped me and my music,” says
Reverend Peyton, who really is a Kentucky Colonel, just like Elvis Presley, Roy
Rogers and Tiger Woods. “I have been playing music since I was a little kid. I
am pretty sure we are on to something now.”
That combination of authenticity and originality is evident
throughout “Clap Your Hands,” driven by the trio’s big damn vocals and
melodies, gutbucket guitar playing, and foot-stomping rhythms, all in service
of songs that are honest and moving, devoid of irony or artifice. We may be few
in numbers, but we sound big,” says Washboard Breezy. “And I think we
stand for something big too. Even if sometimes it’s just that it is okay
to be a regular person.”
Sounds of the Cities expands the band's local reach, and introduces them to
music fans coast to coast. Locally, the focus will be on grassroots media
promotion and fundraising initiatives for worthy hometown causes, ranging
from homelessness to wounded veteran assistance. Nationally, in addition to
offering radio promotion to breakout tracks, all forms of media will be
serviced with the entire project, track giveaways and a short film competition,
presented in association with YouTube.
The television campaign kicks off on IFC this week with daily
promotions including free weekly downloads online into the summer. Sounds
of the Cities, Vol. 1 will be available at iTunes and
other digital retailers on June 5th.
For More Information: http://soundsofthecities.com/
Preview here: http://soundcloud.com/softhec
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