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up,” he explains. “For fans of old country blues
and all manner of early American music, they
are the quintessential label. And for me, it’s like
being on the same label as Charley Patton and
‘Mississippi’ John Hurt. To think that Yazoo
believes we are authentic enough to stand with
the other people in their catalog means a lot.”
The Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band has
always been strong on authenticity, playing
music that blends blues, ragtime, folk, country
and other traditional styles with the sleek
modern energy of do-it-yourself, homespun,
punk fueled rock. And performing tunes plucked
from their lives, their community or from the
canonical songbook that fed the Rev. Peyton’s
formative creative identity. It’s a mix that’s
allowed the band to win fans from all corners of
the Americana and rock worlds, and bring a new
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
bridges genres and eras with an intensity and
effortlessness few contemporary artists
possess. And their latest album So Delicious
elevates the trio’s work to a new level. Produced
by Rev. Peyton, So Delicious, offers the band’s
most diverse collection of songs buoyed by the
Rev.’s supercharged six-string virtuosity — a
unique style of fingerpicking inspired by his
Delta blues heroes, but taken to new, original
heights.
The fifth full-length original album by the
group is their debut on Yazoo Records, a label
known for the historic reissues of blues and
other old time American music that are the
bedrockinspiration for the Rev.’s sound and
approach.
“Yazoo was my favorite record label growing
