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Blues.

This collection is fueled by 12 full gallons of high-octane Americana that ignite the country blues/gospel sparkplugs of legendary masters like John Lee Hooker, RL Burnside & Big Bill Broonzy. It provides Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band – Honeysuckle (Drops Feb 21/Family-Owned Records/35:00) with the necessary sound to perk young ears up to a vintage genre.

What Indiana’s Rev. Peyton does is essentially bake an old-fashioned apple pie. But instead of margarine, he goes back to butter, maybe even lard. What made the venerable genre so rich, textured, raw & challenging.

Rev. Peyton has released more than 10 LPs in his career & this new set was recorded & produced in Nashville. Rev. Peyton sings lead & plays a 1930 steel-bodied National guitar, a wood-bodied National trojan Resonator guitar & a reproduction of a 1929 Gibson acoustic. He’s known to play a 3-string cigar box guitar & plays fingerstyle. All contributing to his unique sound.

Essentially what this music displays is a darker early Taj Mahal-Keb’ Mo deviant Delta skeleton-tree sound. Out there in the slow thin mist, things watch from rootsy nests under mud & bark. A singer named Mutzie explored these depths (1970) with an obscure LP called “The Light of Your Smile.” Rev. Peyton seems to have filed down the rougher edges of that genre & polished its hide.

Several are vintage blues from an earlier century. Peyton adds quite a bit of the haunting vocal sound of gospel-tinged drama through the superb McCrary Sisters on “Looking For a Manger.” Vocals possessed throughout. But there’s no other way to perform such a song. If it isn’t a possession it’s being in the zone. A soulful essence maneuvers the tonality.

Bottom line — the showcase, spare as it is, is definitively performed with definition in its notes & spooky desperate phrasing. The Reverend sounds on “I Can’t Sleep” like Captain Beefheart (re: “Bluejeans & Moonbeams”) while on “Keep Your Lamp Trimmed & Burning” he’s all deep guttural solo John Kay (Steppenwolf) in tradition.

Then with “Let Go,” a Fairfield Four foot-stomping that’s invigorating. The late guitarist John Fahey would’ve sounded like this if he sang. This music is liver & onions for selective palates. Not your Taylor Swift Vichyssoise fanatic, or steak tartare Michael Bolton crooner. The Peyton flavor is formidable. Skip the hip-hop or twangy country swoon tonight & try the bourbon-soaked Americana of Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band. This has the roots & stems still in it.

Tracks:
01. Honeysuckle
02. If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
03. Looking For A Manger
04. Like A Treasure
05. One Dime Blues
06. Nell (Prison Cell Blues)
07. Freeborn Man
08. I Can't Sleep
09. Let Me Go
10. The Good Die Young
11. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
12. Mama Do

Staat er compleet op, 10% pars mee gepost. Met zeer veel dank aan de originele poster. Laat af en toe eens weten wat je van het album vindt. Altijd leuk, de mening van anderen. Oh ja, MP3 doe ik niet aan.

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