The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band have announced their new album Poor Until Payday, out October 5th on the band’s own Family Owned Records label through Nashville indie Thirty Tigers. Today they release the first single and title track, “Poor Until Payday.”
“The reason the whole record is named after the song is because it’s almost like a bigger thing,” The Rev. Peyton explains. “It’s not just about payday at the end of the week. It’s waiting on that real payday to come. So that’s what it is for me. And that’s what the song is kind of about, too.”
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band are the world’s greatest practitioners of classic country-blues, featuring the foremost finger-picking steel guitar player in the Rev, and the sensational rhythm and vocal accompaniment of Washboard Breezy, Rev’s wife of 15 years, who has played by his side since the band’s inception and is known for setting her washboard on fire, Jimi Hendrix-style, as part of the group’s dynamic live performances.
A devotee of what he calls “front porch blues” since he was 12 years old, Rev and the band have followed their lifetime immersion in and devotion to this music with pilgrimages to its birthplace of Clarksdale, MI, and the Chess Studios in Chicago. A student of Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson, Furry Lewis, Bukka White and Mississippi John Hurt, Rev’s style has been honed through studying with the late David “Honeyboy” Edwards, Robert Belfour and T-Model Ford.
Rev is even a bit of a YouTube star, featured in a pair of viral videos, one that features him playing (and shooting) a guitar made from a 12-gauge shotgun, the other in which he chops wood with one fashioned out of an axe.
With a European tour on the horizon, the band have recently announced a new run of headline dates for the fall including stops in Chicago, New Orleans, Washington D.C., Houston, New York City and more. See full list of dates below.
Poor Until Payday Tracklist:
1) You Can’t Steal My Shine
2) Dirty Swerve
3) Poor Until Payday
4) So Good
5) Church Clothes
6) Get The Family Together
7) Me And The Devil
8) Frenchmen Street
9) I Suffer I Get Tougher
10) It Is Or It Aint
Tour Dates:
Aug 10 – Heritage Music Festival – Wheeling, WV
Aug 14 – Muzikale Dinsdagen – Ypres, Belgium
Aug 16 – Borderline – London, UK
Aug 17 – Ruby Lounge – Manchester, UK
Aug 18 – RNLI Lifeboat Park Fest – Stranraer, UK
Aug 19 – The Cluny – Newcastle, UK
Aug 20 – Robin 2 – Bilston, UK
Aug 21 – Bodega Social Club – Nottingham, UK
Aug 22 – Thekla Hall – Bristol, UK
Aug 23 – Arlington Arts Centre – Newbury, UK
Aug 24 – Shambala Festival – Kettering, UK
Aug 26 – Greenbelt Festival – Kettering UK
Aug 29 – Folk a Rock – Malmo, SWE
Aug 30 – Hus 57 – Angelholm, SWE
Aug 31 – Brunnsparkens Cafe – Ronneby, SWE
Sep 01 – Rampley’s – Silkeborg, DEN
Sep 02 – Grantoftegaard – Ballerup, DEN
Sep 04 – Patronaat – Haarlem, NDL
Sep 05 – Hedon – Zwolle, NDL
Sep 06 – Mezz – Breda, NDL
Sep 07 – Räucherei – Kiel, Germany
Sep 08 – Das Kieselstein – Chemnitz, Germany
Sep 22 – Holler On The Hill – Indianapolis, IN
Sep 26 – McGarvey’s – Altoona, PA
Sep 27 – The Soundry – Columbia, MD
Sep 28 – The Hamilton Live – Washington, DC
Sep 29 – OktoberWest Festival – Charleston, WV
Oct 05 – Knuckleheads – Kansas City, MO
Oct 06 – Blues, Brews & BBQ – Newton,KS
Oct 10 – Fort Worth Live – Fort Worth, TX
Oct 12 – HOB – New Orleans, LA
Oct 13 – The Mucky Duck – Houston,TX
Oct 14 – Gas Monkey Grill – Dallas, TX
Oct 15 – Antone’s – Austin, TX
Oct 18 – Launch Pad – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Oct 19 – Orpheum Theatre – Flagstaff, AZ
Oct 20 – Crescent Ballroom – Phoenix, AZ
Oct 21 – The Hotel Congress – Tucson, AZ
Oct 24 – The Siren – Morro Bay, CA
Oct 25 – Alex’s Bar – Long Beach, CA
Oct 26 – World Records – Bakersfield, CA
Oct 27 – Soda Bar – San Diego, CA
Oct 28 – Nov 4 Legendary Rhythm Cruise – San Diego, CA
Nov 06 – Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT
Nov 08 – Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO
Nov 10 – Reverb Room – Omaha, NE
Nov 13 – Cosmic Charlies – Lexington, KY
Nov 14 – Zanzabar – Louisville, KY
Nov 15 – Exit-In – Nashville, TN
Nov 16 – The Ramkat – Winston-Salem, NC
Nov 17 – Asheville Music Hall – Asheville, NC
Nov 18 – Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
Nov 23 – The Vogue – Indianapolis, IN
Nov 24 – Southgate House – Newport, KY
Nov 29 – Kent Stage – Kent, OH
Dec 04 – Stanhope House – Stanhope, NJ
Dec 06 – Thunder Road – Somerville, MA
Dec 07 – Bijou Theatre – Bridgeport, CT
Dec 08 – Ottobar – Baltimore, MD
Dec 09 – Mercury Lounge – New York City, NY
Dec 28 – Martyrs – Chicago, IL
Dec 29 – Blueberry Hill – St. Louis, MO
Dec 31 – The Bluebird – Bloomington, IN
