Artwork for the upcoming Reverend Peyton tour. Credit: Courtesy of the Kent Stage
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band has reportedly performed in nearly 40 countries, and the group regularly plays Cleveland on those treks. Earlier today, the country-blues band announced a spring tour in support of its latest effort, Dance Songs for Hard Times.

“Dance Songs for Hard Times conveys the hopes and fears of pandemic living,” reads a press release about the album. “Rev. Peyton, the Big Damn Band’s vocalist and world-class fingerstyle guitarist, details bleak financial challenges on the songs ‘Ways and Means’ and ‘Dirty Hustlin’.’ He pines for in-person reunions with loved ones on ‘No Tellin’ When,’ and he pleads for celestial relief on the album-closing ‘Come Down Angels.'”

The spring jaunt includes a stop at the Kent Stage on April 22. Tickets for the Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band concert at the Kent Stage go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday.

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This article appears in Dec 28, 2022 – Jan 10, 2023.

Jeff has been covering the Cleveland music scene for more than 25 years now. On a regular basis, he tries to talk to whatever big acts are coming through town. And if you're in a local band that he needs to hear, email him at jniesel@clevescene.com.