Reverend Peyton Coming to Kokomo
Right out of rural Indiana comes The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, set to play RHUMFEST to benefit Kokomo Arts Association.This fingerpickin’, scrubboard scratchin’, drumbucket country blues trio conjure up the likes of such greats as Son House and Charley Patton.
In June 2008, they signed with Los Angeles based SideOneDummy Records, a label they share with Flogging Molly. They released The Whole Fam Damily on August 5, 2008 through the label, and it entered the Billboard Blues Chart at number four.
The Big Damn Band features the vocals and incredible finger picking guitar style of “Reverend” Josh Peyton, his wife Breezy Peyton on washboard and vocals and Aaron Persinger on drums. Josh has been compared to country blues great Charley Patton. In fact the bands latest release Peyton on Patton, is an album exclusively of Charley Patton songs. Paul Mahern recorded the album with a single microphone in a single day to duplicate the methods used to create the original Patton recordings.
Opening for Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band is Caravan of Thieves, who’ve been winning praise for their unique blend of gypsy swing and popular music, inspiring them to record and release the debut full-length album Bouquet. To accompany this collection of dramatic and satirical tales, they built an interactive stage set of percussive junk and the ragtag quartet took their newly animated show on the road, sharing stages with world renowned artists such as Emmylou Harris, Dan Hicks, Glen Campbell, Nanci Griffith, The Decemberists, Keb Mo, Tom Tom Club, Iron and Wine, Punch Brothers, Tony Trischka, John Hammond, John Jorgenson and many others. The Caravan successfully connected with audiences on each of these diverse bills, proving their act to be understood and appreciated by folk, pop, rock and jazz audiences of all ages.
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band and Caravan of Thieves will play the Kokomo Arts Pavilion at Foster Park on Saturday, Aug. 9. Music starts at noon. The show is free.