The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 8:00 PM
Rams Head On Stage
33 West St, Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 268-4545
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 last 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. The record was critically acclaimed by Rolling Stone, Relix, Popmatters, Guitar World, American Songwriter, No Depression, Glide, Wide Open Country, Paste, American Blues Scene and many more!
Their new record, Honeysuckle was produced and recorded by Reverend Peyton and mixed by six-time Grammy winner Vance Powell (Chris Stapleton, Jack White). The record features many special guests, including gospel music group The McCrary Sisters on the song "Manger," Blues Music Hall of Famer and Grammy-nominated harmonica player Billy Branch who plays on the Blind Lemon Jefferson song "Nell (Prison Cell Blues)," Grammy award-winning and IBMA's 10-time Fiddle Player of the Year Michael Cleveland plays on "Freeborn Man" and Colton Crawford from The Dead South plays banjo on "The Good Die Young."
This is an absolutely must-see band anytime they come within reasonable distance of my location. I'd re-schedule my own wedding to avoid a conflict with one of their shows.
Reverend Peyton is a flat-out monster on guitar, and Breezy will burn up the washboard right before your eyes. Couple the amazingly unique sound with fast, pounding drums and you'll be on your feet and clapping to the rhythm right from the get-go. This is a high energy show, much more entertaining than just what the music has to offer, and you'll get an education on some musical roots and blues history along the way.
When I first saw the Big Damn Band, I was at Warped Tour. I have really never big a big country fan, and even less interested in blues music; that all changed. I knew this band was something magical when I saw a teen angst-filled crowd form a circle pit, dancing a jig or hoe down in what seemed like slow-motion compared to the usual scene of other punk/hardcore bands on that tour.