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Roaring out of
the southern Indiana foothills comes Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
playing a brand of Americana and Blues that stands alone - Delta
blues and hillbilly fervor combine with musical acuity sharp as razor
wire - best know, this trio is a force to be reckoned with.
Their new album Between
The Ditches arrives August 7th on Side One Dummy. The
band is announcing a big international tour in support of the album,
criss-crossing the US before heading to Europe (more dates overseas
TBA). As much as the band loves to tour, in the course of documenting
their lifestyle in song, the Rev couldn’t resist chronicling the bane
of every band’s existence on “Broke Down Everywhere”, singing “I’ve
been broke down from sea to shining sea, you’ve been everywhere, I’ve
been broke down there."
Their fifth
album celebrates the growl of a good truck engine, the fiercest
passion for their country home and the importance of family. The an
uncanny ability to breathe new life into old forms of music give the
Big Damn Band a pedigree many Americana acts would kill for and an
ironclad work ethic keeps them on the road playing for the people
with hurricane force. Locked in with an audience, the band create
their own community and welcome the crowd into it, transporting them
away from their troubles to joyous release, the way great musicians
have done for centuries. The Rev. J. Peyton, his wife Breezy
and distant cousin Aaron "Cuz" Persinger are a living
breathing embodiment of the traditions and hard work ethic native to
their Brown County, Indiana home.
With a
reputation for their incendiary live shows well established, The Big
Damn Band set out to make the album that would finally capture the
same heat. Recorded at White Arc Studio in Bloomington, Indiana, the
album was produced by The Rev. Peyton and Paul Mahern (John
Mellencamp, Iggy Pop) and mastered by Brian Lucey (Black Keys, Dr.
John, Shins). For previous albums, the band had recorded live,
straight through in the same mode as a live show. Between the Ditches came
together more slowly, with care. “We approached it saying we were
going to make a record this time, not just a recording,” explained
the Rev. He used a different guitar set up on almost every track,
employing two ‘30s National guitars, a cigar box guitar, a custom
shop Gibson flattop 1929 L2 and an Airline map electric guitar. The
primary amps are custom Weber amps made by Weber speakers – both are
one of a kind.
Between
The Ditches features a new level of
craftmanship in both recording technique and songwriting. The Rev.
feels that it's their best album to date."I'm very proud of this
album, the songwriting and the playing." The guitar
playing alone should put the Rev. in the same class with his much
revered idols. The songwriting boasts an added maturity and runs the
gamut in subject matter from the barn burning, tongue in cheek, “Shut
the Screen”, (where "It’s too dang hot and the bugs are too dang
mean") to the evils of strip mining, an issue close to the
hearts of this Indiana born and bred band in “Don't Grind It Down”. There
seems to be a theme expressed throughout the album and stated clearly
in their first single,“Devils
Look Like Angels”: "Devil don’t live down in hell, the devil’s
right here doing very well".
This band is fun
sure, a lot of fun, but they are for real. From virtuoso musicianship
to great songwriting, Between
The Ditches has
got it all. All from a little Brown County, Indiana band that's got
the nerve (and the right) to call themselves Reverend Peyton's Big
Damn Band.
REVEREND
PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND ON TOUR (* = in-store)
6/28
Hartford,
CT
The Russian
Lady
6/29
Burlington,
VT
Nectar’s
6/30
Plymouth,
NH
The Flying Monkey
7/01
Brooklyn,
NY
Brooklyn Bowl
7/03
McGaheysville, VA Summer
Jam at Massanutten Resort
7/05
Aspen,
CO
Snowmass Village’s Summer of Free
Music
7/13
Cincinnati,
OH
Bunbury Music Festival
7/14
Ferndale,
MI
Pig & Whiskey
7/19
Evanston, IL
Starlight Music Series
7/20
Hutchinson,
MN
River Song Music Festival
7/21
Fargo,
SD
Aquarium
7/22
Omaha, NE
Waiting Room
7/24
Beulah,
WY
Trading Post
7/25
Billings,
MT
Bones Brewing
7/26
Driggs,
ID
Trap Bar
7/27
Jackson,
WY
Town Square Tavern
7/28
Snowbird,
UT
Snowbird Summer Series
7/30
Winter Park,
CO
Ullr’s Tavern
8/02
Des Moines,
IA
Wooly’s
8/03
Bloomington,
IL
Castle Theater
8/04
Kokomo,
IN
Weberfest
8/05
Bluffton,
IN
Kehoe Park
8/06
Cincinnati,
OH
Shake It Records*
8/07
Indianapolis,
IN
CD & Vinyl*
8/08
Nashville,
TN
Music City Roots & Grimeys Records*
8/09
St. Louis,
MO
Vintage Vinyl*
9/10
Lexington,
KY
Cosmic Charlies
8/11
Indianapolis,
IN
State Fair
8/13
Bloomington, IN Landlocked
Records*
8/14
Toledo,
OH
Culture Clash*
8/15
Philadelphia,
PA
Philadelphia Weekly Concerts in the Park
8/16
Philadelphia,
PA
Philadelphia Folk Festival
8/19
North Thornton, NH White
Mountain Boogie N’ Blues Festival
8/22
Cleveland,
OH
Grog Shop
8/23
Grand Rapids,
MI Billy's
Lounge
8/24
Traverse City,
MI
Brewfest
8/25
Traverse City,
MI
Brewfest
8/31
Kansas City,
MO
Crossroads – Del Yeah! w/ Del McCoury
Band
9/02
Cookeville,
TN
Muddy Roots
Fest
9/14
Bristol,
TN
Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion
9/15
Terre Haute,
IN
Blues at the
Crossroads
9/21
Fort Worth,TX
Live Oak
9/22
Talequah, OK
Riverstomp Festival
9/26
Fayetteville,
AR
Bikes, Blues & BBQ
10/06
Katowice,Poland
Rawa Blues Fest
10/10
Avestad, Sweden
Kulture Garage
10/12
Oslo,
Norway
Herr Nilsen
10/15
Bristol,UK
The Tunnels
10/16
Wolverhampton,UK The Robin
2
10/18
London,
UK
Water Rats
10/20
Putney,
England
The Half Moon
11/23
Indianapolis,
IN
The Vogue Theatre
11/24
Cincinnati,
OH
Taft Theater Ballroom
Phone 773/301-5767
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