STONE BREW FIRST THURSDAY NOV. 1: IN-STORE WITH BILL COFFEY AND HIS CASH MONEY COUSINS, FREE STONE BEER, USFUL GLASSWORKS SALE!

Join us Nov. 1 (6 p.m.) for Stone Brew First Thursday featuring live music by Bill Coffey and His Cash Money Cousins, free Stone Brewing Co. beer and a special Usful Glassworks glassware sale. This free, all-ages event is presented by Boise Weekly, Stone Brewing Co., Usful Glassworks and The Record Exchange.

Usful Glassworks (formerly Sustainable Futures) has created a unique line of glassware made from recycled hand-painted Stone bottles. The glassware will be available for purchase at the event — and we’re serving bottles of Stone that you can recycle right on the spot! We’ll also throw in a 30% off Record Exchange coupon with each Usful Glassworks purchase and give away some raffle prizes following the music!

Proceeds from the glassware sales will benefit Usful Glassworks.

ABOUT USFUL GLASSWORKS

Usful Glassworks (formerly Sustainable Futures) is a local non-profit here in Boise that makes glassware out of recycled wine, beer and liquor bottles. But, that does not even begin to tell the story about what we really do. What we really do is help put people back to work. This beautiful glassware is made by our job program participants — women and men coming out of the department of corrections, refugees, youth at risk, low-income seniors and our homeless. The production of this glassware is part of a work readiness program that is designed to get people back to work. The purchase of this glassware helps to fund the work of Usful Glassworks.

ABOUT BILL COFFEY

Bill Coffey has been singing and writing songs for two decades. This high-energy, roots-rock and retro-country singer, songwriter and guitar player has been compared to John Prine, Gram Parsons, Townes Van Zandt and Bruce Springsteen. Both as a solo artist and in various groups, Coffey has played tour dates throughout the West and shared the stage with such artists as John Hiatt, Dwight Yoakam, Todd Snider, Alejandro Escovedo, John Hammond, Peter Case, Glen Phillips and many others. His latest album Cemetery Skyline Rose is one of the top-selling local albums at The Record Exchange.

THE REVEREND PEYTON'S BIG DAMN BAND IN-STORE TUESDAY, OCT. 30!

The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band will perform live at The Record Exchange (1105 W. Idaho St., Downtown Boise) at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30. As always, this Record Exchange in-store performance is free and all ages. The band is performing at Neurolux later that evening as part of Radio Boise Tuesdays and we have tickets for sale at the store!

ABOUT THE REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND

Roaring out of the southern Indiana foothills comes Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, playing a brand of Americana and Blues that stands alone – Delta blues and hillbilly fervor combine with musical acuity sharp as razor wire – best know, this trio is a force to be reckoned with. The growl of a good truck engine, the fiercest passion for his country home and family and an uncanny ability to breathe new life into old forms of music give them a pedigree many Americana acts would kill for and an ironclad work ethic keeps them on the road 250 dates a year, playing for the people with hurricane force. Locked in with an audience, the band create their own community and welcome the crowd into it, transporting them away from their troubles to joyous release, the way great musicians have done for centuries. The Rev. J. Peyton, his wife Breezy and distant cousin Aaron “Cuz” Persinger are a living breathing embodiment of the traditions and hard work ethic native to their Brown County, Indiana, home. Their new album Between The Ditches is a chronicle of this lifestyle.

With a reputation for their incendiary live shows well established, The Big Damn Band set out to make the album that would finally capture the same heat. Recorded at White Arc Studio in Bloomington, Indiana, the album was produced by The Rev. Peyton and Paul Mahern (John Mellencamp, Iggy Pop),and mastered by Brian Lucey (Black Keys, Dr. John, Shins). For previous albums, the band had recorded live, straight through in the same mode as a live show. Between the Ditches came together more slowly, with care. “We approached it saying we were going to make a record this time, not just a recording,” explained the Rev. He used a different guitar set up on almost every track, employing two ’30s National guitars, a cigar box guitar, a custom shop Gibson flattop 1929 L2 and an Airline map electric guitar. The primary amps are custom Weber amps made by Weber speakers – both are one of a kind.

Their fifth album, Between The Ditches features a new level of craftsmanship in both recording technique and songwriting. The Rev. feels that it’s their best album to date.”I’m very proud of this album, the songwriting and the playing.” The guitar playing alone should put the Rev. in the same class with his much revered idols. The songwriting boasts an added maturity and runs the gamut in subject matter from the barn burning, tongue in cheek “Shut the Screen” (where “it’s too dang hot and the bugs are too dang mean”) to the evils of strip mining, an issue close to the hearts of this Indiana born and bred band, in “Don’t Grind It Down”. There seems to be a theme expressed throughout the album and stated clearly in their first single, “Devils Look Like Angels”: “Devil don’t live down in hell, the devil’s right here doing very well”.

“Burn up some backroads, drive up to the store
They just don’t make ‘em like this anymore”

Rev Peyton’s first introduction to music was his father’s record collection of blues-oriented rock. At age 12 his father gave him a Kay brand guitar, eventually purchasing a Gorilla amplifier once he learned to play. And play he did. He became infatuated with pre-World War II country blues and a desire to learn the fingerstyle picking of artists like Charlie Patton. Fingerstyle refers to using each of the right hand fingers independently in order to play the multiple parts of a musical arrangement that would normally be played by several band members. Bass, harmonic accompaniment, melody and percussion can all be played simultaneously when playing fingerstyle.

Keith Richards has said that the first time he heard Robert Johnson’s recordings he asked “Who’s the other guy playing with him?” Of course there wasn’t one. When you listen to the songs on Between The Ditches you will be hard pressed to believe it is only one guitarist.

“Nothing’s really free
It all comes with a fee”

Misfortune struck the Rev. early on in the form of a debilitating condition that caused excruciating pain in his hands. Doctors told Peyton he’d never be able to hold his left hand in fretting position again. But he persevered, and when the bandages were removed, Peyton discovered a new flexibility and greater control in his fretting hand that enabled him to play in the fingerstyle that he longed to play.

“If it’s me with you
Then we’ll get through”

It was during his convalescence that he met his wife to be, Breezy. “I was crazy in love with her right from the start”. He credits Breezy with installing a confidence in his playing and his life in general that he had previously lacked. Breezy Peyton’s explosive washboard playing, sweet back-up vocals and striking good looks didn’t hurt their live show either.

Completing the trio is cousin Aaron Persinger on drums. “He’s a human metronome,”, says the Rev. Persinger’s drum kit gives new meaning to the term ‘stripped down’ and features a plastic 5-gallon bucket, for which he has a sponsorship deal for replacements. With their line-up finalized, the band sold everything they owned in a garage sale and headed out on the open road.

“I’ve been broke down (BROKE DOWN) from sea to shining sea
You’ve been everywhere, I’ve been broke down there
And three times in Tennessee“

In 2009, they toured opening for Clutch, an extensive headlining tour of Europe, and began their relationship with the Van’s Warped Tour, playing 12 dates in 2009 on the Kevin Says stage. They were on the entire 2010 Van’s Warped Tour on the Alternative Press stage and they received the Best Band of Warped Tour award, voted by the crew, bands, and promoters. They’ve also toured with Flogging Molly, Rev. Horton Heat, Derek Trucks and Mofro, just to name a few.

“Keep it between the ditches”

This band is fun, sure, a lot of fun, but they are for real. From virtuoso musicianship to great songwriting, Between The Ditches has got it all. All from a little Brown County, Indian,a band that’s got the nerve (and the right) to call themselves Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band!

NEW RELEASE TUESDAY 10/30: NEIL YOUNG LISTENING PARTY, FREE PIE HOLE PIZZA AND A SPECIAL IN-STORE WITH REVEREND PEYTON'S BIG DAMN BAND!

The Record Exchange’s New Release Tuesday series continues on Oct. 30 with Neil Young and Crazy Horse‘s new double album Psychedelic Pill! Our format will be a bit different this week on account of a special New Release Tuesday in-store with The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band: The first disc will start at 5, following by the in-store at 6 and the second disc immediately after the performance. Enjoy free Pie Hole pizza starting at 6!

Are you a proud owner of a Radio Boise KRBX Card? Bring it in every Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. and receive 20% off gift shop items and used CDs, vinyl, DVD/Blu-ray and cassettes (excluding collectibles – individual items $100 and over).

Speaking of our beloved community radio station, their new Radio Boise Tuesdays series at Neurolux is quickly becoming a new favorite on the music scene. The weekly series features local and touring bands as well as a Radio Boise DJ after each show. Radio Boise receives 20% of drink sales from every Radio Boise Tuesday show. You receive the benefit of DRINK SPECIALS at each one. The music kicks off at 7 p.m. — right after you’ve filled your belly with pizza and heard some new music at the RX!

Check out the Radio Boise Tuesdays performance schedule HERE.

Here’s a quick look at the bright and shiny new releases this week at The Record Exchange:

CD

Neil Young – Psychedelic Pill

The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground and Nico 45th Anniversary Edition (three versions, including 2CD deluxe and box set)

Andrew Bird – Hands of Glory (deluxe edition also available)

Devotchka – Live with the Colorado Symphony

Frank Zappa – Various Reissues

The Coup – Sorry to Bother You

Black Country Communion – Afterglow

Neurosis – Honor Found in Decay (deluxe edition also available)

Cradle of Filth – Manticore and Other Hours (deluxe edition also available)

Thrice – Anthology

The Soft Moon – Zeros

RNDM – Acts

Toby Keith – Hope on the Rocks (deluxe edition also available)

Macy Gray – Talking Book

Rusted Root – Movement

Wu-Tang Clan – Soundtracks from the Shaolin Temple

Parkway Drive – Atlas (deluxe edition also available)

Flyleaf – New Horizons

Smash Mouth – Gift of Rock

Delerium -Music Box Opera

Cee Lo Green – Cee Lo’s Magic Moment

Dick Dale – Various Reissues

Lil G – Blue Devil Pt. 2

Killing Joke – MMXII

Calvin Harris – 18 Months

Atriarch – Ritual of Passing

Kamelot – Silverthorn

Meek Mill – Dreams and Nightmares

Nadja – Dagdrom

Chris Mann – Roads

David Peel and the Lower East Side – Have a Marijuana

Humble Pie – Live in New York 1971

Various Artists – Bellydance Superstar Vol. 10

Keith Emerson Band – Three Fates Project

Various Artists – Wreck-It Ralph Soundtrack

VINYL

Pedro the Lion – Various Reissues

The Beatles – In the Beginning

The Velvet Underground – The MGM/Verve Albums

The Soft Moon – Zeros

My Chemical Romance – Number One

Ital Tek – Nebula Dance

La Vampires with Maria Minerva – Integration LP

Htrk/Tropic of Cancer – Part Time Punks Radio Transmissions

Occultation – Three and Seven

Richard and Linda Thompson – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight

Tift Merritt – Traveling Alone

Iron Butterfly – Evolution: The Best of the Iron Butterfly

Anthrax – Among the Living

W.A.S.P. – W.A.S.P.

Hospitality – Monkey

DVD/BLU-RAY

Metalocalypse Season 4 DVD and Blu-ray

New Grass Revival – Live DVD

The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Antarctica DVD

The Complete Fractured Fairy Tales DVD

Safety Not Guaranteed DVD

Rosemary’s Baby DVD and Blu-ray

The Campaign DVD