The Reverend Peyton`s Big Damn Band - The Wages [5/25] *

Artist:

The Reverend Peyton`s Big Damn

UPC:

603967141429

Description:

Personnel: The Reverend Peyton (vocals, harmonica); Aaron Persinger (drums, background vocals); Breezy Peyton (washboard, background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Paul Mahern.
Recording information: Farm Fresh Studio, Bloomington, IN.
Photographer: Steve Wilson.
The Reverend Peyton`s Big Damn Band are actually a trio -- the Reverend Josh Peyton on primitive slide guitar, harmonica, and vocals; his wife, Breezy Peyton, on washboard and backing vocals; and Aaron "Cuz" Persinger on percussion (often buckets and trash cans) and background vocals -- but the sound is big indeed, a boozy, uncontained noise in which jug band, country, blues, and down-home boogie tumble around in a joyous, uplifting cacophony. There`s no bass, but the bedrock rhythms are full and rounded with Peyton`s slashing rhythm guitar work pushing the tunes into overdrive. "Just Getting By" is a thumping country blues and the lyrics are mostly the hook line repeated over and over, but Persinger`s thumping bass drum and Peyton`s propulsive slide guitar and devil-may-care vocal make the tune work. "What Go Around Come Around" scolds a local badass with a dose of sardonic humor as the Rev. sings "You can`t help stupid, but you can help mean/Is acting bad a habit, is it part of your routine?" "Born Bred Corn Fed" celebrates redneck country living with Peyton`s wild swooping slide guitar shooting off sparks, but several songs address the hard time most working people are facing. "Everything`s Raising" is a timely protest song that sounds funny -- but the jokes have a bitter taste to them as the Rev. sings about bailouts and crooked lawmakers -- as is "In a Holler Over There," a country blues that Peyton sings in a warbling voice that calls to mind Dave Von Ronk at his crustiest. Peyton`s original songs may sound like the laments you`d hear coming from a Depression-era 78, but they are all recent compositions, and in the new Depression of 2010 they couldn`t be more timely. ~ j. poet

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Born Bred Corn Fed
2. Redbuds
3. Clap Your Hands
4. Sure Feels Like Rain
5. Everything`s Raising
6. What Go Around Come Around
7. Sugar Creek
8. In a Holler Over There
9. Train Song
10. Lick Creek Road
11. Ft. Wayne Zoo
12. Just Getting By
13. Two Bottles of Wine - (featuring Jason Webley)
14. Miss Sarah

Album Information

Release Date:

05/25/2010

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Alt Country

Label:

Side One Dummy

Producer:

Paul Mahern

Catalog Number:

SD1414

Original Release Year:

2010

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

44 : 14

Guest Artist:

Jason Webley

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