Dirty Dozen Brass Band - September 8, 2006
w/ Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
The number of bands in the world that have worked with both Dizzy Gillespie and Modest Mouse stands at an even "dozen" – the Dirty Dozen.

For nearly thirty years, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band has defined and redefined the New Orleans sound on sparkling, genre-busting albums; in thousands of concerts in all parts of the globe; and as in-demand collaborators for everyone from traditional revivalist Danny Barker to space-age rock star David Bowie. Just listen to the first few notes of pretty much any song included here. Kirk Joseph's extra-funky sousaphone, the skittering percussion and the way the brass ensemble shifts from loose conversational play to massive power in the span of a chorus and there's no mystery to why so large and varied a roster of stars has come a-calling.

In the course, the Dirty Dozen have bridged the traditions of brass bands stretching back a century with the most modern of musical ideas taken from jazz and even classical formats. They've become the godfathers to several younger generations who have made the scene more vibrant than ever with their own unique twists. And they took New Orleans music to places it had never gone before.

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The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band actually isn't that big. It's kinda like your husky pal everyone calls "Tiny." The young, modest three-piece from Indianapolis makes up for its size deficiency with a high-energy sound steeped in classic Blues tradition. With just acoustic guitar, the occasional dobro, a minimal drum kit and the always reliable washboard, the trio concocts a rousing, hyper and authentic brand of Blues that sounds like what might come out of that secret meth lab nestled deep in the backwaters of the Mississippi delta. But the pumping adrenaline doesn't take anything away from the trio's virtuosic grasp on the genre. The Rev. Peyton has a stirring voice dripping with the hallowed, life-worn distinctiveness of the masters, while brother Jayme Peyton (drums) and The Rev's wife, "Washboard" Breezy, stir up a tornadic rhythmic whirl (the Rev's acoustic guitar work is as equally frenetic and skilled). See, size doesn't matter, especially when it comes to from-the-soul, gutbucket Blues music.

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Band Information
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Gregory Davis — Trumpet & Vocals
Sammie Williams — Trombone
Roger Lewis — Baritone & Soprano Sax
Kevin Harris — Tenor Sax
Terence Higgins — Drums
Julius McKee — Sousaphone
Jamie Mclean — Guitar
Efrem Towns — Trumpet, Fluglehorn

Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Reverend Peyton — Guitar & Vocals
"Washboard" Breezy Peyton — Washboard
Jayme Peyton — Drums