The Reverend Peyton has earned a reputation as a singularly compelling performer. He is 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. The latest album from Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Dance Songs for Hard Times, reached No. 1 on the Billboard, iTunes and Sirius XM blues charts.