Stephen Dale Petit returns to the UK music scene with his brilliant take on 2Pac's California track. He will also be performing a summer gig at The 100 Club, London, on 9th June. The track has already featured on Alex Lester's Radio 2 show this week and showcases Stephen Dale Petit's talent perfectly.
Stephen Dale Petit's amazing blues guitar career started at a very young age. His almost obsessive passion has been with him through drug addiction, alcoholism and, ultimately, salvation and recovery. His journey has seen him homeless, busking for food on street corners and pennies on London Underground. It has taken him a matter of months to evolve form tube platform performer to UK Festival star. It's a journey which has witnessed him playing with several of Blues music's most revered crusaders and many of electric blues' biggest guitar heros. Little wonder that one of the most outstanding songs on his upcoming second album, 'The Crave', is titled 'Soul Survivor'.
Interviewed recently on BBC TV News about the release of his album, Petit summed up his raison d'etre perfectly, 'The reason I'm on the planet is to play Blues Guitar. I'm on a mission to spread the word about the blues and about the guitar – especially to young music lovers'
Propelled from busking on London Underground, he's taken major London and UK national stages by storm and built up a big following on the live music circuit. He's sold out London's World-famous 100 Club a record seven times. Tens of thousands of Blues, Rock and Guitar fans have been mesmerized by his live performance abilities at many major UK Blues Festivals. He's a major University attraction - lecturing at dozens of the country's top colleges, talking about the history of the Blues, the guitar and performing live, solo, in lecture halls everywhere.
The much-anticipated release of Petit's second album 'The Crave' is currently garnering rave reviews in the best, most influential, taste-making magazines. It features guest appearances from the likes of Mick Taylor, Dick Taylor, Max Middleton and Pete Brown. 'The Crave' was recorded in Lincoln's hit factory Chapel Studios with the production team behind recent Arctic Monkeys, Editors, Johnny Marr & Liam Gallagher and Kaiser Chiefs albums.
