The Big Damn Band have forged their name out on the road, but their home and hearts are always in the hills of Southern Indiana. Recently some the bands neighbors in counties just to the south of their home in Brown County suffered a tremendous tragedy when a F4 tornado ripped through  Southern Indiana and Northern Kentucky devastating many homes and communities. The band wanted to do something to help, so they looked into organizing an effort to collect supplies, but ultimately what they need is money. So from now until midnight on Thursday, March 8th all the profits from merchandise you buy through The Rev Peyton’s Big Damn Band’s Web Store will go straight to the Red Cross. ALL PROFITS. If you want to donate directly, please donate to the Clark County Red Cross. As we understand it, the Clark County Red Cross is the branch servicing communities hit hardest by this tornado.

SideOneDummy is also offering a deal for a limited time your can buy a Reverend Peyton’s Voodoo Cock Bandanna for $2.50 and ALL OF THE MONEY will go to help in the Red Crosses relief efforts! You can get more info and order HERE

Give Money – http://www.clarkredcross.org/

Buy Merch (all profits donated directly) – http://www.bigdamnband.com/store

Thank you so much, and our hearts go out to those who have lost their loved ones and their homes.

The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band has just announced Spring Tour Dates! More are on their way so keep a look out on the Rev’s website HERE!

3/15 Morgantown, WV @ 123 Pleasant Street
3/16 Huntington, WV @ V Club
3/20 Roanoke, VA @ Growlers
3/21 Greensboro, NC @  Blind Tiger
3/23 Asheville, NC @ Jack of the Woods
3/24 Weaverville, NC @ Jack of Hearts
3/27 Durham, NC @ Casbah
3/30 Greenville, SC Gott Rocks
3/31 Kill Devil Hills, NC @ Outer Banks Brewing Station
4/5 Savannah, GA @ Congress Street Social Club
4/18 Memphis, TN @ Young Ave Deli

The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band will be playing at the Main Stage of the Super Bowl Village in Indianapolis, IN on Saturday, February 4th! If you’re going to be in the area, whether you’re an NFL fan or a native of Indianapolis, entrance to the Super Bowl Village is FREE, so make sure you head over for an afternoon of great music and more!

Head HERE for more information!

(The Main Stage will be located at the intersection of Pennsylvania St. and Georgia St.)

The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band is helping to raise money for the victims of the stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair this past August. The band’s song “Jiffy Corn Bread Mix” is available on a compilation of 48 songs that is available digitally for only $10 HERE.

The goal of this project is to increase awareness and donations to The Indiana State Fair Remembrance Fund.  Whether you donate via our website or directly, PLEASE donate to help those who have survived this tragedy or lost loved ones.  There are good people who need our help now.

To get a great compilation for an even greater cause, head HERE!

Still haven’t picked up the new record by The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band? Tsk tsk. It’s ok, if you visit My Old Kentucky Blog right now (or click HERE) you can listen to the full album, check out tour dates and an old video of them playing “Worn Out Shoe.” Perfect timing to wind down the week on a Friday and get ready for the weekend. Spread some Big Damn Band love and listen to the Rev pay tribute to blues legend Charley Patton.

The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band releases “Peyton on Patton” today!

Charley Patton, according to Reverend Peyton, “might be the single most important figure in 20th century American music.” The Rev elaborates on that statement in a short essay about Charley Patton, that can be found in the booklet for “Peyton on Patton”. You can read an excerpt from the essay below.

When I first heard Charley Patton, my life was changed forever.  I was hooked.  He made it sound like two guitars.  I have spent a lifetime admiring and studying his music.  I have mentioned his name in interviews and I always have credited him as a big influence on my music.  The Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band has been around the world, we have performed for hundreds, and we have performed for thousands.   After a decade of pilgrimages and tours, we have become a fixture at festivals and venues in the Mississippi Delta of Charley’s birth.  I have been playing guitar since I was 12.  I started giving guitar lessons after I had been playing for only a year.  Only now do I feel confident enough to attempt to pay tribute to my Patron Saint Charley Patton.

You can pick up the new album on iTunes or in our webstore!

Check out this awesome review of “Peyton on Patton” from Metromix Indianapolis!

The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band has also announced a run of dates with Austin Lucas & The Bold party. They can be found HERE! 

The name might just be the best description of the band’s sound, a hybrid of roots blues, country and punk-rock intensity, The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band might be one of the wildest acts to play any stage. The Big Damn Band has forged their legacy on the road, averaging more than 250 shows a year. After highly successful tours in Europe, Canada and throughout the United States the band is announcing a West Coast headlining tour tapping Austin Lucas and The Bold Party as support.

The dates will kick off on Friday September 2nd with a return to the Rib America Fest in Indianapolis, IN and will include stops in Colorado at the Telluride Blues and Brews Fest and at Riot Fest in Chicago to support Social Distortion. The Big Damn Band will be heading across the Atlantic for a 4 week tour of Europe beginning October 19 including dates in Paris, London, Brussels, Munich, Vienna & more.

The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band will be supporting their latest release “Peyton on Patton” which is a tribute to the legendary Delta Bluesman Charley Patton. Peyton on Patton will be in stores everywhere tomorrow, July 19th, 2011 and the band will be playing FREE shows in Indianapolis (Indy CD and Vinyl) and Cincinnati (Shake It Records) for fans that can’t wait for the fall headlining run. You can check out all the tour dates here!!

Our guitar slinging buddy, The Reverend Peyton, posted a video of an upcoming track from ‘Peyton on Patton.’ The video is of Charlie Pattons’ “Jesus is a Dying Bed Maker.” The Rev shot this live performance at Dockery Farms in Missisippi where it’s known that the likes of Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson and Howlin’ Wolf gave birth to the Blues. The Reverend Peyton, known to give birth to some badass guitar intros, gives birth to a badass Patton cover. You can pre-order the album now at the SideOneDummy Online Store by clicking HERE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0py9GP7HKI

While supplies last anyone who orders The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Bands new album “Peyton on Patton” will receive a kick ass 18×24 Big Damn Band poster and a voodoo cock Big Damn Band bandanna!! You can pre-order your copy HERE.

A lot of folks will tell you that Robert Johnson was the King of the Delta Blues. But for god’s sake don’t say it in front of Reverend Peyton.

The guitar-wielding leader of The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band has no problem praising Johnson and his incredible body of work. “But there’s only one King of the Delta Blues, and his name was Charley Patton,” Peyton said. “I’ll go toe-to-toe with anyone who says different.” This summer Peyton and his band will release a powerful tribute to their hero in the form of Peyton on Patton. The 13-track CD will exclusively feature songs written and recorded by Patton during his brief recording career, which came to an end upon his premature death in 1934. Peyton on Patton will be released July 19 by SideOneDummy Records. You can check out a few new tracks HERE.

“This is a very personal record for me. Most of the songs are just me and a guitar, paying tribute to a hero,” Peyton concluded. “It’s as it should be: Just Peyton on Patton.”

Peyton on Patton is the sixth release from The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band and their third for SideOneDummy Records.