Year: 2010
Time: 70:31
Size: 162,0 MB
Label: 333 Records
Styles: Blues/Blues Rock
Art: Front
Tracks Listing:
1. 3 Gunslingers - 3:49
2. California - 4:10
3. Let There Be More Light - 6:11
4. Gun Song - 5:08
5. Soul Survivor - 4:23
6. Need Your Love So Bad - 5:08
7. Judgement Day - 1:42
8. Cross Road Blues - 4:18
9. Open - 3:02
10. The Crave - 5:16
11. Lookin' For Trouble - 2:32
12. Slide - 3:50
13. As The Years Go Passing By - 3:47
14. Sunnyland Stomp - 1:11
15. It's All Good - 2:59
16. Voodoo Lover - 5:01
17. Hole In My Soul - 7:57
“Stephen Dale Petit has come a long way since his first album Guitararama was released a couple of years ago. I first saw him supporting Darren Neundorf at the Half Moon in Putney and he impressed with the intensity and the aggressiveness of his ‘New Blues’ and I then kept bumping into him outside gig after gig as he was handing out flyers for his next gig at the 100 Club or for the next single release – he always seemed to be supremely confident of himself and sure that the message would get across. So I have been waiting a long time for The Crave and, truth be told, rather looking forward to it as well. Well, it is here and I can honestly say that it was worth waiting for. He has expanded his playing to encompass Mod Blues, Rock, Country Blues and even some poppy ‘stuff’ and there really isn’t a wasted moment on the album. His guitar playing has always been good but he could have been accused of being flippant about his approach to songs but with The Crave he has developed his song writing and really delivered some fine numbers. Right from the opener, 3 Gunslingers (based on a day spent 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 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, anthem feel to it. Gun Song then shows us yet another side of SDP with a hugely aggressive and harsh vocal plus some stunning guitar and a 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 sense) 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 and possibly one of the most important – simply brilliant.”
The Crave
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