The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band

The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band Friday, August 30, 2024 8 PM Downtown Decatur Music Festival Central Park, 213 N Franklin St.Decatur, IL 62523 Free Show! Three time BMA nominee's The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band are "the greatest front-porch blues band in the world." They are led by Reverend Peyton, who most consider to be the premier finger picker playing today. He has earned a reputation as both a singularly compelling performer and a persuasive evangelist for the rootsy, country blues styles that captured his imagination early in life and inspired him and his band to make pilgrimages to Clarksdale, Mississippi to study under such blues masters as T-Model Ford, Robert Belfour and David “Honeyboy” Edwards. Their latest record Dance Songs For Hard Times went #1 on the Billboard, iTunes and Sirius XM Blues Charts and was produced by Grammy winner Vance Powell (Jack White, Chris Stapleton). The record is critically acclaimed by Rolling Stone, Relix, Popmatters, Guitar World, American Songwriter, No Depression, Glide, Wide Open Country, Paste, American Blues Scene and many more! Downtown D-town will once again be transformed into a haven for the performing, and visual arts. Complete with food trucks, beer, soda, lemon shake-ups, events for the kids on Saturday, and yoga! This is a FREE community event, open to the public. It is our mission to promote the arts in an affordable manner to everyone, and bring ALL genres of music, and all artistic styles to a very diverse population. We also aim to further the successes of all of the neighboring businesses during the event.