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Live music in the entertainment tent all weekend, along with Bell’s Beer — and events throughout downtown Ludington

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The Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band

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The Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band is known for being strong on

authenticity, playing music that blends blues, ragtime, folk, country and other traditional styles with the sleek modern energy of do-it-yourself, homespun, punk-fueled rock.

The headliner of the downtown Ludington Octo-berfest Music and Craft Beer Festival on Saturday, Oct. 10, the national touring act will perform tunes plucked from their lives, their com-munity or from the canoni-cal songbook that fed the Rev. Peyton’s formative cre-ative identity.

It’s a mix that’s allowed the band to win fans from all corners of the Americana and rock worlds, and bring a new generation to blues and other forms of American roots music.

The band has performed at prestigious gigs, includ-ing Austin City Limits, Bonn-aroo, Telluride, Juke Joint and Riot festivals, among many others.

The Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band’s latest album, “So Delicious,” brings the trio work to a whole new level. Produced by the Rev. Peyton, it offers the band’s most diverse collection of songs buoyed by the Rev.’s supercharged six-string virtuosity — a unique style of fingerpicking inspired by his Delta blues heroes, but taken to new, original heights.

The fifth full-length original album by the group — which includes Breezy Peyton on washboard and supporting vocals and Ben Bussell on drums and sup-porting vocals — is their debut on Yazoo Records, a label known for the his-toric reissues of blues and other old-time American music that are the bedrock inspiration for the Rev.’s

sound and approach.“Yazoo was my favorite

record label growing up,” the Rev. Peyton explains. “For fans of old country blues and all manner of ear-ly American music, they are the quintessential label. And for me, it’s like being on the same label as Charley Patton and ‘Mississippi’ John Hurt. To think that Yazoo believes we are authentic enough to stand with the other people in their catalog means a lot.”

Their sound has been honed over 250 annual tour dates during the last eight years — playing at their peak.

The charging, anthemic “Raise a Little Hell” lays out the band’s live modus operandi, thriving on Bus-sell’s and Breezy’s chugging beat and the Rev.’s resona-tor guitar riffs and mantra-like singing. The song was inspired by a show at a folk festival, where one of the promoters — struck by the Big Damn Band’s raucous, juke joint power — told the

Rev., “Y’all sure raise a lot of hell.”

“I said, ‘Naw we don’t,’ “ the Rev. recalls. “And then I thought, ‘Well, maybe we do raise a little hell.’

“Some people don’t be-lieve that we really live the way we sing about in our songs,” he explains, “but it’s true. Breezy and me are to-gether and really love each other. We try to keep things simple, like people have in Brown County, Indiana for a long time. And we really do live in the woods and forage for some of our food — like I sing about in ‘Pickin’ Paw Paws’ on this album.”

In “Let’s Jump a Train,” the Rev. bangs out a ma-chine-gun rhythm with his thumb, ladles in licks and tosses off seemingly effort-less fills and accents, then solos and plays the beat si-multaneously.

“I’ve been obsessed with the idea of taking fingerstyle guitar to a place it’s never been before,” the Rev. says.

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The Rev’s fascination with country blues began at the age of 12, when he started dipping into his father’s album collection and his dad brought a beaten Kay guitar into the Peytons’ In-diana home. In addition to mirroring the guitar play-ing he heard on record-ings of early blues artists like Robert Johnson and Patton — whom the Rev. paid tribute to with 2011’s solo acoustic “Peyton On Patton” — he also started assimilating more modern recordings from Muddy Waters’ Chess Records cat-alog and blues-rock players like Johnny Winter.

Those recordings often featured multiple guitar players and overdubs, but Peyton blended all the six-

string lines he heard into one fluid part.

“That forced me to start thinking outside the box right from the start,” he notes.

At one point the Rev.

briefly walked away from guitar, when the tendons in his hands were plagued with cysts that inhibited his ability to play. Shortly after a surgeon removed them, he met Breezy and the

couple’s whirlwind romance and shared love of music inspired him to pursue his potential.

Breezy took up the wash-board, and by 2006 the members of the Rev. Pey-ton’s Big Damn Band had sold their possessions and taken to the road.

That same year their ini-tial album “Big Damn Na-tion” was released and “The Gospel Album” followed in 2008.

With 2009’s “The Whole Fam Damily” — and hun-dreds of thousands of tour-ing miles in the U.S. and abroad under their belts — the Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band was hitting stride, but the Rev. considers 2010’s “The Wages,” which en-tered the Billboard blues chart at No. 2 and featured the buoyant airplay and

YouTube winner — with 728,000 views and count-ing — “Clap Your Hands,” his breakthrough as a song-writer.

“That album came at a point when I decided I really wanted to work on myself as a writer and as a guitar-ist, because it was the great stories in the songs of my country blues heroes and their playing that brought me here in the first place,” he says. “If I wanted to fol-low in their footsteps, I had to step up.”

“Between the Ditches,” which debuted at No. 1 on the iTunes blues chart and landed on Billboard’s pop albums chart in 2012, con-tinued that momentum, bringing the Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band to an even larger, demographic-leap-ing audience thanks to the

powerhouse songs “Dev-ils Look Like Angels” and “Something For Nothing,” which were video and radio hits.

And now, “So Delicious” offers a feast of new music from the Rev. and his ac-complices.

“When people hear ‘So De-licious’ and see us play live, I think they understand that what we’re singing about is real to us,” the Rev. says. “We believe in the stories we’re telling and in the way we play. And when we’re on stage or off, there’s nothing fake about us. We are what we do, and I’m proud of that.”

HEADLINER: ‘We are what we do, and I’m proud of that’

See a video of the band at www.ludingtondailynews.com.

FRIDAY, OCT. 97 PM: VIP Private Event, Entertainment Tent

(Rath Avenue and Loomis Street in downtown Ludington). Tickets are being sold in advance. Check www.downtownludington.org/october-fest for updates on availability.

SATURDAY, OCT. 10NOON – 3 P.M. Free Downtown Chili Walk (See

participating restaurants below)NOON – 3 P.M.: Free kids crafts in the James

Street Plaza, near the clock tower, with locally donated cider and doughnuts as well as free pumpkins for decorating. The Ludington Area Jaycees and Ludington Area Center for the Arts

are putting these events together.3 TO 10 P.M.: Music & Bell’s Craft Beer in the En-

tertainment Tent with headliner The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band and, beforehand, mu-sic from Awesome Distraction, K. Jones and the Benzie Playboys, Afro Zuma and Levi Britton

FOOD VENDORS this year include the new Q Smokehouse, Lakeside Weiner Wagon and Pork-n-Stein, which will offer smoked pizza.

TICKETSGENERAL ADMISSION entry to Saturday’s fes-

tival, including 2 drink tokens for Bell’s Beer, costs $25. Tickets are available online at www.downtownludington.org.

BY PATTI KLEVORNNEWS EDITOR

In the free family event area — James Street Plaza — there will be cider and doughnuts, pumpkins and children’s ac-tivites, with help from the Ludington Area Jaycees and Ludington Area Center for the Arts — all thanks to local do-nations.

“It’s a great thing to do on a nice fall weekend,” Heather Tykoski, Ludington communi-

ty development di-rector, said of Oc-toberfest’s many activities.

From noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, the Jaycees will have a maze and offer children a chance to pick out

a pumpkin, get pictures tak-en, play games, decorate their pumpkin and have a snack.

“Last year, we provided pumpkins for about 100 chil-

dren,” said Jaycee Kandi Fuge-re. “The Jaycees love to work together with other local or-ganizations to better our com-munity. Sometimes it’s the little things that matter most. No matter the size of our event or project we do, they get the same attention and time! We love to see the chil-dren and families come out and participate in our events. That makes it all worthwhile.”

The Ludington Area Center for the Arts again will bring

craft supplies. The center

will provide che-nille sticks do-nated by Flora-Craft and beads for fall-themed crafts, VanWyck

said. “We may also

bring sidewalk chalk,” she said.

The arts center encourages chalk art through what it calls Boom Chalk-a-LACA.

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Ludington Octoberfest Music and Craft Beer Festival

Participating restaurants in the free downtown Ludington chili walk this year include:

1. Snyder’s Shoes2. Ludington Pub3. Sportsman’s4. Barley & Rye5. Love Wines6. Mattress Max7. PM Steamers8. Hallmark9. Ron’s Place10. Cedar Chest

11. Best Choice12. Bookmark (co sponsored by Nautical Yarn)13. Exit Realty14. Le Serving Spoon15. Redolencia16. Red Door Gallery17. Spindrift Cyclesports18. Sandbar

See updates at www.down-townludington.org and on Facebook at the Downtown Ludington page.

‘It’s a great thing to do on a nice fall

weekend.’ Heather Tykoski

Ludington community development director

Kandi Fugere Corinn

VanWyck

Free family events in James Street PlazaChili walk is free, too

PATTI KLEVORN | DAILY NEWS PHOTOSBlake Bentz serves up chili outside Sportsman’s, the Mitten and Barley & Rye.

BY PATTI KLEVORN NEWS EDITOR

Bell’s Brewery of Kalamazoo offers some of the most beloved craft beers made and it’s

become a big draw to have the Michigan company bring a host of its brews to the Ludington festival.

Bell’s is a huge draw, but there’s more.

“This is truly a unique event! We pair Bell’s craft beer with some killer music acts,” said Jen

Tooman, downtown Ludington marketing and communications

manager. Bands, including headliner — The Reverend

Peyton’s Big Damn Band — have their own fol-lowing, which will add to the festival crowd.

Those attending are encouraged to get into the German spirit, with braid wigs and leder-hosen, or anything you can come up with to add to the fun.

It takes a team of volunteers to help make the event a success. The planning committee volunteers and about 20 people signed up to be at the event for tasks like pouring beer, sell-ing entry and drink tickets and merchandise, and banding and IDing guests, Tooman said.

Octoberfest is being put on by the Down-town Ludington Board, with its sponsors: PRESENTING: BELL’S SILVER: THE Q Smokehouse BRONZE: METALWORKS SUPPORTING: THE Mitten Bar, Ludington Daily

News, WMOM Radio LODGING PARTNERS: Ludington Area CVB, Stea-

rns Motor Inn, Nader’s Lakeshore Motor Lodge

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Ludington Octoberfest Music and Craft Beer Festival

11. Best Choice12. Bookmark (co sponsored by Nautical Yarn)13. Exit Realty14. Le Serving Spoon15. Redolencia16. Red Door Gallery17. Spindrift Cyclesports18. Sandbar

See updates at www.down-townludington.org and on Facebook at the Downtown Ludington page.

Bell’s beer, top-notch bands a big draw

The music brings fans right to the stage during Oc-toberfest.

PATTI KLEVORN | DAILY NEWS PHOTOS

Jen Tooman

Becky Harman, Angie Bielski and Aimee Giacherio, all originally from St. Ignace and now living in Grand Rapids and Traverse City, share a laugh and enjoy the music and Bell’s beer during Ludington’s 2014 Octoberfest.

Chili walk is free, too

PATTI KLEVORN | DAILY NEWS PHOTOSBlake Bentz serves up chili outside Sportsman’s, the Mitten and Barley & Rye.

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14-piece band mixes it up with world beat musicAfro Zuma is a Grand

Rapids-based 14-piece col-laboration of jazz, rock, and funk artists working to-gether to pay homage to the West African musical style of Afrobeat.

Drawing inspiration from their diverse backgrounds, Afro Zuma incorporates traditional rhythms from Brazil, Cuba, Guinea and Nigeria into deep-groove heavy melodies, high-energy original drum arrangements and socio-political lyrical content, which give way to epic James Brown-inspired unison horn arrangements.

Nigeria is the home of Afrobeat music and of its father — Fela Kuti. From its

birth in the late 1960s, Afro-beat music has been a melt-ing pot in which traditional Yoruba music, jazz, rock, and funk are fused together in an ever-evolving complex musical organism that has traveled to every part of the globe, evolving and absorb-ing culture as it goes.

Zuma Rock adorns the cursed gateway into Nige-ria’s capital city and symbol-izes a right of passage into one of Africa’s most impov-erished yet culturally afflu-ent countries.

Like the rock to which Afro Zuma pays homage, Afro Zuma symbolizes one musical community’s passage into a new musi-cal genre. The evolution of world beat music in West Michigan is alive and well.

Afro Zuma earned “Al-bum of the Year” honors at the 2014 WYCE-FM Jammie Awards.

Afro Zuma is brings funk to Octoberfest

Awesome Distrac-tion has been togeth-er for more than four years.

Original-ly formed in 2011 by Nick Ve-ine (19) and Kyle Gar-ber (18) from Manist-ee, they have continued to im-press audiences with their har-monies and musicianship.

Chloe Kimes (17) from Scot-tville joined the group in 2013, adding her own fla-vor with beautiful high har-mony as well as her excel-lent songwriting.

They truly make up an Awe-some Distraction.

Already having two CDs under their belt, they have enter-tained audiences with their own twist on cover songs infus-ing them with an acoustic sound making them their own.

While they do covers, they have also produced a CD (“Humbly Yours”) with most of their original work.

The versatility they add with guitar, mandolin, ban-

jo, ukulele, harmonica, violin and cajon help to em-phasize the great sound. Opening for Joel Mabus (re-nowned folk singer), the RFD Boys, Josh White, Jr., El-lis Paul, and Ryan Whyte Maloney (from “The Voic-e”) have been just a few highlights in their budding career.

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Awesome Distraction a local favorite Levi Britton has toured with Frampton, Lifehouse,

Gin Blossoms

Kirk Jones took up the single row accordion in 2000 and has since picked up on triple note accor-dion, and most recently, fiddle. He has studied with Cory Ledet, Joe Hall, Jef-fery Broussard, Dirk Pow-ell, and Dexter Ardoin at the Augusta Music Heri-tage program in Elkins, Virginia, and the Dewey Balfa camp in Louisiana. His heros include Boozoo Chavis, John Delafose, the Balfa Brothers, Octa Clark, and Canray Fontenot. In his spare time, he is a bee

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Jonah Powell has studied

violin since he could walk. Word has it he was born with a bow in his hand. He

plays in a variety of styles including bluegrass and rock.

Enthusiasm is Mark Stoltz’s greatest ass-est. He has traveled the country ceaselessly in search of good Louisi-ana dance music. He has studied for quite a few years with Mona Wilson, among others, and now teaches dance at our gigs and plays rubboard. He is fondly known in these parts as “big dog.”

Jamey Barnard has been playing drums in bands

for 45 years. He has played in rock bands, big band jazz bands, marching bands and trios. He grew up in Alton, Illinois, on the Mississippi River near St. Louis. He spent 10 years in Chicago, recording and touring with Souled Ameri-can as a founding member. While in Chicago, he also pursued art projects for The Art Institute of Chi-cago, The Peace Museum, and the Museum of Con-temporary Art.

He is thrilled to play Zydeco and Cajun music

with the Benzie Playboys, and is always learning.

Doug Albright started playing music by picking up the bass, inspired to play basslines that bridge the musical space between rhythm and melody. Per-forming live since 13, he has played a variety of mu-sic from funk to bluegrass to traditional Irish. Tour-ing the state and country eventually brought him home to northern Michi-gan, Zydeco & Cajun mu-sic, and the Benzie Play-boys.

K. Jones and the Benzie Playboys bring Zydeco, Cajun flair

Levi Britton grew up in Traverse City, Michigan. After he graduated high school, he moved down to Chicago, where he went to pursue his music ca-reer. He, along with three other guys, started a band called Down the Line.

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STEVE BEGNOCHE | DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTONick Veine, Chloe Kimes and Kyle Garber make up Awesome Distraction.

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