Ronnie Wood + Stephen Dale Petit

Would love to have been there myself but the tickets for this gig were sold out in minutes. 

Here’s what my colleague on Blues Matters, Andy Snipper, said about SDP’s new CD, The Crave.

“3 Gunslingers (based on a day driving around London in the company of Ron Wood and Eric Clapton in the same car), his playing is dynamite and his vocals are exultant. Following up with a Tupac Shakur and Dr Dre classic in ‘California’ – the next single – shows that he has no inhibitions about the music that he plays and it comes over with a real brio in his own style but with due homage to the original. He moves from there into ‘Let There Be More Light’ – gospel and a huge, anthemic feel to it. ‘Gun Song’ the shows us yet another side of SDP with and hugely aggressive and harsh vocal plus some stunning guitar and the feel of a drive by shooting  set to music. The title number is a complex and dense piece that seems to encapsulate so many of the things that make him tick but every track has its own character and what comes through is the sound of a supremely able and confident performer who is arrogant enough (in a positive way) to ignore the prevailing trend and make an album that is completely a depiction of his character and style. This is absolutely the most personal album that has been released this year [2010] and possibly one of the most important – simply brilliant.”

After gaining his Blues credentials in the US, SDP came to Britain in the mid 80s and thankfully has stayed here. Check him out.

Legend? Not yet. 

Phil