Name: The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Start: 2026-03-07T20:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-03-07T22:00:00-05:00
Location: Arts Garage

Three time Blues Music Award nominee The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band are "the greatest front-porch blues band in the world". They are led by Reverend Peyton, who most consider to be the premier finger picker playing today. 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.
Their new record, Honeysuckle, was mixed by eight-time Grammy winner Vance Powell (Chris Stapleton, Jack White). The record features many special guests, including gospel music group The McCrary Sisters, Blues Music Hall of Famer and Grammy-nominated harmonica player Billy Branch, Grammy award-winning and IBMA's 10-time Fiddle Player of the Year Michael Cleveland and Colton Crawford from The Dead South. The band is critically acclaimed by Rolling Stone, Relix, Popmatters, Guitar World, American Songwriter, No Depression, Glide, Wide Open Country, Paste, American Blues Scene and many more!
PERFORMER BIO:
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band are the ultimate road warriors, performing in 38 countries and 48 states including all of the big festivals worldwide like Glastonbury, Austin City Limits, Bonnaroo, High Sierra, Warped Tour, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Telluride and countless others.They have been featured in Rolling Stone, Living Blues, Elmore, donned the cover of Vintage Guitar Magazine, have been #1 on the Billboard, iTunes and Sirius XM Blues Charts and have been nominated for three Blues Music Awards by the Blues Foundation in Memphis.
The Indianapolis Star listed Reverend Peyton as one of the top 25 Hoosier musicians of all time. Their new record “Honeysuckle”was produced and recorded by Reverend Peyton and mixed by eight time Grammy winner Vance Powell (Chris Stapleton, Jack White). The record features many special guests including gospel music group The McCrary Sisters on the song “Manger”, Blues Music Hall of Famer and Grammy nominated harmonica player Billy Branch who plays on the Blind Lemon Jefferson song “Nell (Prison Cell Blues)”, Grammy award winning andIBMA’s 10-time Fiddle Player of the Year Michael Cleveland plays on “Freeborn Man” and Colton Crawford from The Dead South plays banjo on “The Good Die Young”.
BAND MEMBERS:
Reverend Peyton - Guitar, Vocals
Breezy Peyton - Washboard, Vocals
Jacob Powell - Drums, Vocals