Bman's Blues Report

 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Dance Songs For Hard Times (April 9, 2021), from Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band and it's gritty and solid. Opening with Ways and Means , with it's raw, Hill Country like sound. Peyton on lead vocal and guitar and backed by Breezy Peyton on washboard, percussion and vocal and Sad Max Senteney on drums, percussion and vocal, this track has real stones. It's primitive rhythm and sparse instrumentation, it's what blues is all about. Excellent opener. Rocker, Rattle Can is propelled by slide guitar and driving percussion. Peyton really winds it out on this one and his call response with Breezy is terrific.  No Tellin' When, a real blues, with authentic style vocals and guitar percussion is the real deal. This is the kind of track that reflects the real power in the Son House and Lightning Hopkins recordings. Very nice. Sad Song not only has the grit of original blues but also the undercut funk of Little...

REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND RELEASES NEW VIDEO FOR “ONE MORE THING” New CD Front Porch Sessions debuts at #1 on the iTunes Blues charts and at #2 on the Billboard Blues charts, just behind the Rolling Stones. BROWN COUNTY, Ind. — “One More Thing” is the latest video from Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band ’s new Thirty Tigers release Front Porch Sessions . The Reverend speaks for the working class in this hauntin...

REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND RELEASES NEW VIDEO  FOR “WE DESERVE A HAPPY ENDING” Fresh off of viral shotgun guitar video that reached 20 million plus, Rev. Peyton literally sets his best friend on fire in new music video. BROWN COUNTY, Ind. — Rev. Peyton , known for his viral shotgun guitar video and virtuosic slide guitar, is back! This time Rev literally sets his best friend on fire, and all hell breaks loose behind Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band as they perform “We Deserve a Happy Ending” on their own front porch in the new video from the upcoming March 10, 2017 album   release Front Porch Sessions .  "We researched these dangerous Hollywood-style stunts and my best friend, J im Connor, volunteered to let me set him on fire insi...

REVEREND PEYTON SHOWCASES SONGS FROM THE PORCH  Charismatic roots preacher breaks it down on career-defining   The Front Porch Sessions, slated for March 10, 2017 release BROWN COUNTY, Ind. —  Southern Indiana-bred singer-guitarist  Reverend Peyton  is the bigger-than-life frontman of  Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band . 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. That passionate inspiration has made Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn...

I just received the newest release (February 17, 2015), So Delicious , from the Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band and is quirky and cool. Opening with stripped down rocker, Let's Jump A Train it has the makings of classic rocker Born To Be Wild. With a driving rimshot by Birddog Bussell and rocking guitar riffs by Rev Peyton, this track rocks. Pot Roast and Kisses has a twist of country rock and a lighter touch but still a bright vibrancy with a rolling finger style guitar riff by the Rev. Dirt has a gritty, swampy feel ... a modern blues style. I really like Peyton's vocals on this track which he also nicely compliments with his slide work. This is one of my favorites on the release. Raise A Little Hell is a foot stompin' raw, sliding track with military like cadence drumming by Bussell and washboard by Breezy Peyton. Very cool! Scream At The Night is a rambling country blues style track with really nicely articulated acoustic guitar, harp and percussion. Peyton ...