photos courtesy of the band’ s Facebook page
“ Most of the people here can both paint a picture and skin a
deer.”
— Breezy Peyton
Blossom to the past parade of top country music stars at the former Little Nashville Opry.“ That’ s one of the biggest things that people know this area for.”
Big Damn Band fans know Reverend Peyton and company for being what some have labeled the world’ s greatest front-porch blues crew.
The trio regularly shot videos on the Peytons’ Bean Blossom log cabin front porch before they moved to Nashville.
Rev Peyton’ s fingerstyle blues guitar work has earned praise from music critics and fellow musicians. And when it comes to novelty, the group has been lauded
Jacob Powell having some fun in Alaska.
Breezy and Reverend Peyton from their tour stop in Alaska.
for particular percussion elements ranging from a simple suitcase to a maple syrup bucket.
Moreover, the group, which once played as many as 250 live shows annually, has performed in 38 countries and counting.
“ I have been told [ by relatives ] that every Peyton always has been adventuresome,” Reverend Peyton said.
“ I just believe,” he said,“ that I was put on this earth to play slide guitar.”
And he fits right in with his Brown County spirit.
Breezy Peyton once described the partcountry, part artsy Brown County crowd this way:“ Most of the people here can both paint a picture and skin a deer.”
Truth be told, Reverend Peyton knows hard work— and hard knocks. When debilitating hand issues kept him from playing guitar in his
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