Rev Peyton’s Big Damn Band’s European Adventure

We arrived in Amsterdam and decided to look for a snack. These cool American chips sounded perfect.

Here we are soundchecking at the Paradiso in Amsterdam. It is a beautiful venue, one of the best in the world.

We watched these old fellas play giant chess in the rain in Amsterdam. This is one of my favorite pictures I have ever taken on the road.

Amsterdam is known for a lot of things, but it should be more well known for the beautiful canals and water that run all through the city. This is the stern of an old ship parked in the bay.

We took a boat trip through the Amsterdam Canals. This is Breezy and our tour manager Dave hanging out on the boat.

We asked Dave to take our picture on the boat facing the backward. This picture is hilarious only because of the next picture.

The boat went right past a tree and a branch hit Dave in the head. You can see part of the branch in this pic, and you can really see it in Breezy’s face!

Here is a stealth pic of some working girls in the red light district in Amsterdam.

Hilarious sign at the hotel we stayed at in Amsterdam.

Sign directing people to the club we played at in beautiful Diksmuide , Belgium.

Sign and cool wall outside of the Club in Diksmuide. We were told the bags are sand bags left over from WWII. It has been so long that the sand bags have turned into cement.

Rev. Peyton in front of WWII era sand bag wall in Diksmuide, Belgium.

Cool Picture of Breezy in front of the sand bag wall.

Tour Manager Dave Searle demonstrates the outdoor urinals to the side of the venue in Diksmuide, Belgium. They were pretty much right out front.

In London we played live on the BBC. It was an amazing experience. The gear, studio, and the crew were amazing.

Amazing BBC Presenter Lopa Kothari interviews us between songs for BBC Radio 3.

Rev. Peyton performs live for the BBC. One funny thing is that we couldn’t hear very well in the headphones because there is a law restricting how loud the headphones can be!

Clock tower on a train station in London.

What are they eating in England?

The last time we were in London we were robbed. The van was broken into AGAIN!!!! Luckily the thief was scared away by some fans this time. What a mess!

Rev. Peyton and Cuz live on stage at the famous Robin in Bilston, England.

Egg candy in the United Kingdom.

Giant Plane tree leaf in Bilston, England.

While driving across Wales we came upon these fox hunters. It was killer. It was like being inside a painting.

Sign outside the show in Worthenbury, Wales.

Church in Worthenbury, Wales.

This is Nails. He was our driver while we were in Europe this time. He looks very angry and German! Seriously though he was awesome to be around, and a great driver.

This hog was on an urban farm in Newcastle, England. I loved how red it’s hair was.

Display of show guides in England. Who’s that handsome fella on the cover?

Breezy on the ferry boat from UK to France.

Cuz holds a giant tube of mayo. This gas station in Belgium hardly had any snacks, but it did have mayo by the gallon!

Side of a church in Brugge, Belgium

Canal through the center of Brugge, Belgium! We had frites and mussels near there!

Elf in a window in Brugge, Belgium.

Church in Brugge, Belgium

Cuz double fisting hotdogs in Brugge, Belgium.

Full moon over Brugge, Belgium.

Breezy in Belgium.

Cuz twirls his sticks on the smallest stage in the world in Nurnburg, Germany.

This was the food tray backstage in Nurnburg, Germany. It looked like artwork.

Rev. Peyton and Cuz on the world’s smallest stage.

It costs 70 Euro cents to use the toilet in Germany at rest stops, but the toilets clean themselves. A robot arm comes out and the toilets seat spins around. It is pretty wild. Worth 70 cents to watch it.

Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band live on stage in Vienna, Austria.

Statue in Belgium

This is Alex. He is a fan that came to the show in Graz, Austria. He is also a professional tour guide, and he offered to take us on a tour of Graz for free! It was amazing.

Here is another pic of the manmade island connecting the two sides of Graz.

Rev. Peyton in Graz on the bridge looking the other way.

Alex points to the sites from a cable car taking us to the top on a mountain in the middle of the city of Graz.

View from the top of the mountain

Breezy in front of the famous Graz clock tower. The minute hand and the hour hand are backwards on purpose.

On the corner of a building in Graz.

Cuz, Breezy, Rev, Alex, Dave, and Nails – Graz, Austria. If you look behind us you can see the winding stairs up the mountain and the clock tower at the top.

Hop Hip Don’t Stip. Something might have been lost in translation on this wall graffiti in Munich, Germany.

Fan submitted photo of Breezy and Rev. Peyton on stage in Munich, Germany.

Fan submitted photo of Rev. Peyton playing the cigar box guitar on stage in Munich, Germany.

Live on stage in Munich.

Street performer in Munich, Germany.

We kept seeing this Scottish Restaurant. ;) This one has a neat old fresco painting on the side.

Side of a building in Waidhofen, Austria

An apple tree in front of a church in Waidhofen, Austria.

Sign out front of a restaurant in Berlin, Germany. We weren’t sure if something was lost in translation or what.

Big Damn Band Tour manager Flava Dave dresses up for the last European show in Angermunde, Germany.

Rev. Peyton’s Big Dam Band live in Angermunde, Germany.