The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band

The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Max Senteney, The Reverend Peyton and "Washboard" Breezy Peyton
Background information
Also known as	Big Damn Band
Origin	Brown County, Indiana, United States
Genres	Roots music, Country blues
Website	http://www.bigdamnband.com/
Members	The Reverend Peyton "Washboard" Breezy Peyton Max Senteney
Past members	Jayme Peyton Aaron "Cuz" Persinger Ben "Bird Dog" Bussell

The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band is a three-piece American country bluesband from Brown County, Indiana, living in a rural area north of Nashville, Ind., and south of Bean Blossom. They play more than 250 dates per year at venues ranging from bars to festivals. To date, they have released eight albums and one EP. On March 10, 2017 they released their newest album The Front Porch Sessions on their Family Owned label.

Josh "The Reverend" Peyton was born April 12, 1981, in Eagletown, Indiana, and was voted homecoming king at nearby at Westfield High School, in Westfield, Indiana, in 1999. Original member and Rev's brother, Jayme, was born in 1983. Their father was a concrete man who performed odd jobs during the winter months for extra money, from plowing snow and chopping wood to fur trapping. Rev Peyton's first introduction to music was via his father's record collection of blues-oriented rock, including Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young and Bob Dylan. At age 12, Rev Peyton's father gave him a red Kay "State of the Art" model guitar, eventually purchasing a Gorilla amplifier once he learned to play. Shortly after, younger brother Jayme Peyton started playing the drums and, with a bass player, formed a band called "Drive-Thru" and played parties. A friend pointed out the blues sound of Rev Peyton's guitar playing, sending Peyton off on an exploration of the blues of BB King, Muddy Waters and B.B. King's cousin Bukka White. Further exploration led to pre-World War II "country blues", and a desire to learn the finger-picking style of artists like Charlie Patton. At the time Peyton was unable to master it, instead playing more pick-oriented blues.