October Fest 2015

Ludington Daily News

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

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Headliner: The Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band T he 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 Octoberfest Music and Craft Beer Festival on Saturday, Oct. 10, the national touring act will perform tunes plucked from their lives, their community or from the canonical songbook that fed the Rev. Peyton’s formative creative 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, including Austin City Limits, Bonnaroo, 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 supporting vocals — is their debut on Yazoo Records, a label known for the historic reissues of blues and other old-time American music that are the bedrock inspiration for the Rev.’s

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“Yazoo was my favorite record label growing up,” the Rev. Peyton explains.

“For fans of old country blues and all manner of early 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 Bussell’s and Breezy’s chugging beat and the Rev.’s resonator guitar riffs and mantralike 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 believe that we really live the way we sing about in our songs,” he explains, “but it’s true. Breezy and me are together 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 machine-gun rhythm with his thumb, ladles in licks and tosses off seemingly effortless fills and accents, then solos and plays the beat simultaneously.

“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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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

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YouTube winner — with 728,000 views and counting — “Clap Your Hands,” his breakthrough as a songwriter.

“That album came at a point when I decided I really wanted to work on myself as a writer and as a guitarist, 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 follow 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, continued that momentum, bringing the Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band to an even larger, demographic-leaping audience thanks to the

powerhouse songs “Devils 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 accomplices.

“When people hear ‘So Delicious’ 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.”

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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’ Indiana home. In addition to mirroring the guitar playing he heard on recordings 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 catalog and blues-rock players like Johnny Winter.

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

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

Breezy took up the washboard, and by 2006 the members of the Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band had sold their possessions and taken to the road.

That same year their initial album “Big Damn Nation” was released and “The Gospel Album” followed in 2008.

With 2009’s “The Whole Fam Damily” — and hundreds of thousands of touring 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 entered the Billboard blues chart at No. 2 and featured the buoyant airplay and

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Ludington Octoberfest Mus FRIDAY, OCT. 9

7 PM: VIP Private Event, Entertainment Tent (Rath Avenue and Loomis Street in downtown Ludington). Tickets are being sold in advance.

Check www.downtownludington.org/octoberfest for updates on availability.

SATURDAY, OCT. 10

NOON – 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 Entertainment Tent with headliner The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band and, beforehand, music 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.

TICKETS GENERAL ADMISSION entry to Saturday’s festival, including 2 drink tokens for Bell’s Beer, costs $25. Tickets are available online at www. downtownludington.org.

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

Heather Tykoski Ludington community development director

Free family events in James Street Plaza

BY PATTI KLEVORN NEWS EDITOR In the free family event area — James Street Plaza — there will be cider and doughnuts, pumpkins and children’s activites, with help from the Ludington Area Jaycees and Ludington Area Center for the Arts — all thanks to local donations.

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

ty development director, said of Octoberfest’s many activities.

From noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, the Jaycees will Kandi have a maze and Fugere offer children a chance to pick out a pumpkin, get pictures taken, play games, decorate their pumpkin and have a snack.

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

dren,” said Jaycee Kandi Fugere. “The Jaycees love to work together with other local organizations to better our community. 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 children 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 chenille sticks donated by FloraCraft and beads for fall-themed crafts, VanWyck Corinn said.

VanWyck “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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Blake Bentz serves up chili outside Sportsman’s, the Mitt Barley & Rye.

Chili walk is free, too

Participating restaurants in the 11. Best Choice free downtown Ludington chili 12. Bookmark (co­sponso walk this year include: Nautical Yarn) 13. Exit Realty 1. Snyder’s Shoes 14. Le Serving Spoon 2. Ludington Pub 15. Redolencia 3. Sportsman’s 16. Red Door Gallery 4. Barley & Rye 17. Spindrift Cyclesports 5. Love Wines 18. Sandbar 6. Mattress Max 7. PM Steamers See updates at www.do 8. Hallmark townludington.org and 9. Ron’s Place Facebook at the Downto 10. Cedar Chest Ludington page.

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sic and Craft Beer Festival The music brings fans right to the stage during Octoberfest.

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

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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.

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 Jen Tooman Tooman, downtown Ludington marketing and communications manager.

Bands, including headliner — The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band — have their own following, which will add to the festival crowd.

Those attending are encouraged to get into the German spirit, with braid wigs and lederhosen, 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, selling entry and drink tickets and merchandise, and banding and IDing guests, Tooman said.

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Afro Zuma is brings funk to Octoberfest

14-piece band mixes it up with world beat music

Afro Zuma is a Grand Rapids-based 14-piece collaboration of jazz, rock, and funk artists working together 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, Afrobeat music has been a melting 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 absorbing culture as it goes.

Zuma Rock adorns the cursed gateway into Nigeria’s capital city and symbolizes a right of passage into one of Africa’s most impoverished yet culturally affluent countries.

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

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

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Awesome Distraction a local favorite Awesome Distraction has been together for more than four years.

Originally formed in 2011 by Nick Veine (19) and Kyle Garber (18) from Manistee, they have continued to impress audiences with their harmonies and musicianship.

Chloe Kimes (17) from Scottville joined the group in 2013, adding her own flavor with beautiful high harmony as well as her excellent songwriting.

STEVE BEGNOCHE | DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTO They truly make up an Awe- Nick Veine, Chloe Kimes and Kyle Garber make up Awesome Distraction. some Distraction.

Already having two CDs under their belt, they have enter- jo, ukulele, harmonica, violin and cajon help to emtained audiences with their own twist on cover songs infus- phasize the great sound. Opening for Joel Mabus (reing them with an acoustic sound making them their own. nowned folk singer), the RFD Boys, Josh White, Jr., ElWhile they do covers, they have also produced a lis Paul, and Ryan Whyte Maloney (from “The VoicCD (“Humbly Yours”) with most of their original work. e”) have been just a few highlights in their budding career.

The versatility they add with guitar, mandolin, ban-

Levi Britton has toured with Frampton, Lifehouse, Gin Blossoms 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 career. He, along with three other guys, started a band called Down the Line.

DTL spent the last several years traveling across the country touring. They took the stage with acts such as: The Gin Blossoms, Peter Frampton, America, Lifehouse, etc..

Levi and Dan Myers, a fellow Down the Line band-

mate, started their own project in the spring of 2011. Their band, Stolen Silver has quickly gotten a lot of attention, great press and a rapidly growing fan base. When Levi is not on the road with Stolen Silver you will find him playing at establishments around Traverse City.

K. Jones and the Benzie Playboys bring Zydeco, Cajun flair Kirk Jones took up the single row accordion in 2000 and has since picked up on triple note accordion, and most recently, fiddle. He has studied with Cory Ledet, Joe Hall, Jeffery Broussard, Dirk Powell, and Dexter Ardoin at the Augusta Music Heritage 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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