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washboard using golf gloves to which thimbles
have been attached Her aggressive playing style
results in the band selling fragments of broken
and burnt washboard at the merchandise table
at their concerts Aaron plays a small drum kit
augmented with a five gallon plastic bucket fit
ted with drum hardware The band claims they
are the only band in the world with a bucket en
dorsement deal The band’s raucous shows have
become the stuff of legend with Breezy wearing
clean through stainless steel washboards the
Reverend furiously picking like his strings are on
fire and Aaron firing up the tempos with his kick
and snare drum Lyrically The Reverend Peyton
isn’t big on metaphor and symbolism preferring
to let people know exactly how he feels
whether he’s singing about being too poor to af
ford health insurance of just missing Mama Pey
ton’s fried potatoes “All the songs I write are
percent true I don’t make stuff up and I
never have ” Peyton explains “I feel like I got to
directly be involved in a song ” he adds “Maybe
if I played a different genre of music I’d feel like
I could get away with making stuff up but this
style of music is too honest; you can’t lie to peo
ple because they’ll see right through it " This
band is fun sure but they are for real Yeah you
might get sweaty at a show you might see a
washboard set on fire but this band can play
and the lyrics mean something Virtuoso musi
cianship great songwriting killer live show
three top ten Billboard blues records toured
countries and all from the Southern Indiana
hills The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
may technically only be comprised of three peo
ple but once you've heard and seen them I'm
sure you're gonna agree the name sure fits
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