Tuesday, April 29

REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND

Is it hoedown? Is it a tent revival? Is it the soundtrack of a clandestine Mississippi Delta cookout? What the Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band does is actually a little of all those things—all done well—but the whole “Big Damn Band” name is only partly true. They do make the kind of noise that suggests a lot more than what they are, which is actually a stripped down trio. The family affair—fronted by “Reverend” Josh Peyton on guitar and dobro, along with his wife “Washboard” Breezy Peyton on washboard, and his brother Jayme Peyton on three piece drum kit—comprise the Indiana-based band that has issued four excellent albums of countrified blues, primitive gospel, and backwoods rambling. However their greatest feat is probably their live show. Peyton and his “Big Damn” cohorts have been steadily converting audiences into loyal believers within minutes of hitting the stage and breaking out their true-to-the-bone brand of music. The passion in their rollicking sets highlights songs reveling in the duality of good times and bad times and never leaves a crowd disappointed. On their recent tour, they just about stole the show from headliners Flogging Molly on a nightly basis, which is a Big Damn task! Rev. Peyton’s BDB headlines their own show at this time, with special guest support in the form of accordion and acoustic-guitar-playing one-man-band Jason Webley.

—donny kutzbach

8pm. Mohawk Place, 47 E. Mohawk Street (855-3931 / mohawkplace.com). $10