Meet Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band

Must be something about Oregon. During another jaunt, Peyton recalls, they picked up a hitchhiker who turned out to be an escaped convict with a bag full of guns. "I had to bluff and make him think that I was carrying a gun so he didn't shoot us," he says. "That was messed up. He ruined it for everybody. We have a no-hitchhiker rule now. All it takes is one bad apple."

The Big Damn Band has got to be used to strange encounters by now. Having been the house band on a Jerry Springer pay-per-view special, the outfit played in and out of breaks, during fights, and had the distinct privilege of providing the soundtrack to a scene in which a midget dressed as a pig was being dunked by a topless cowgirl in a baby pool of K-Y Jelly.

Todd fox

Reverend Peyton and His Big Damn beard...er, Band.

Details

9 p.m., Friday, July 4, Fox Theatre, 1135 13th Street, Boulder, 303-443-3399, $10, and 9 p.m. Saturday, July 5, Bluebird Theater, 3317 East Colfax Avenue, 303-377-1666, $10-$12.

Related Content

• The ten best concerts this weekend: Oct. 26-28
  October 26, 2012
• Ten Essential albums from the CBGB scene
  March 11, 2013
• Teenage Bottlerocket
  December 6, 2012
• New shows on sale this week: Rihanna, Queens of the Stone Age, the Cult, Pinback and more
  May 14, 2013
• Back from the Dead
  March 7, 2013

More About

• The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
• Charlie Patton
• KY Jelly
• Jerry Springer
• Blues Music

Now, that's some fine handiwork.