Artist The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band

If your idea of “big” is two dudes and a lady with a guitar, a drum kit, and a washboard, you’ve already grasped the subtle intricacies of The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band. The raucous, bare-bones trio would be right at home on the Fat Possum roster circa 1999. The Reverend’s 2006 breakthrough, Big Damn Nation, produced by members of Squirrel Nut Zippers, is steeped in Delta blues and no-fi recklessness. After a slight detour into early 20th-century spirituals on 2007’s The Gospel Album, the band returned to its stomp-blues milieu with 2008’s The Whole Fam Damnily. And as if the band couldn’t sound more from the Depression era, last year’s The Wages laments over the current economy and aims blame at those responsible for it, while the new Peyton On Patton is a collection of covers of Delta blues legend Charlie Patton’s songs.

Updated 08/30/2011