In the age of the TV talent show and the corporate pop cabal, Stephen Dale Petit is leading the resistance.
He’s a man on a mission, sworn to establish the blues as the dominant force in popular culture. He’s a riot-starter and rabble-rouser, blowing out speakers with the “thrusting hooligan anthems” (Mojo) of his acclaimed studio work and igniting a new venue each night with his “raw, fresh energy” (The Times).
He’s a genre spokesman and bluesman savant, whose BLUnivErSity lectures reboot the old masters for the modern age, while rallying new recruits to the cause. No wonder that Guitar & Bass cited Petit as “proof positive that the blues can move forward in the 21st century”
Petit occupies a stunning middle ground between the fire of Freddie King, the instinct of Jimmy Page and the soul of Eric Clapton
Classic Rock Magazine
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Thrusting hooligan blues anthems
Mojo
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SDP's "The BBC Sessions" CD
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Full colour CD digipack
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Limited Edition best quality heavyweight 180 gm Black Vinyl of only 1,000 copies. Your chance to snag one. Shipped via Tracked and Signed delivery.
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Limited edition pressing of Cracking The Code in red vinyl. 333 copies of heavy-weight red vinyl albums cut from analogue tape with a signed and numbered gatefold sleeve, SDP handwritten lyric booklet and a digital download card.£ 45.00
Limited Edition best quality heavyweight 180 gm Black Vinyl of only 1,000 copies. Your chance to snag one. Shipped via Tracked and Signed delivery.
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Album cover by Klaus Voormann
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The rarest of rare editions. For "2020 Visions" there were ten Test Pressings made, of which four copies went to the band and producer. Ultra-limited, the very first copies from the stamper that pressed the entire album run. With factory vinyl labels.£ 100.00
180gm best quality black vinyl X 2£ 20.00
SDP's second studio album "The Crave" CD
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SDP's debut album "Guitararama" CD
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Fiendish guitar chops
The Blues Magazine
Master craftsman at the top of his game
The Express
THE NOD
The Independent
The Independent
Chris Barber
Chris Barber
Chris Barber
Chris Barber
Chris Barber
Blues Matters
Blues Matters
Blues Matters
Blues Matters
Blues Matters
Blues Matters
Classic Rock
Guitar & Bass
Guitar & Bass
Guitar & Bass
Guitar & Bass
Guitar & Bass
Guitar & Bass
Mojo 100
SDP, Jimmy Page, Wilko Johnson, Chris Barber
Mojo - Black Keys
Classic Rock feature
Cracking the Code reviews
CR_BBC_HEAVY_ROTATION
Mojo
Guitar & Bass
SDP saves the 100 Club with a little help from his friends
Guitar & Bass 2
Guitar & Bass
Blues Matters
Sunday Times Culture
The Times MFB 2014
MFB Aug2014
Hi-Fi News
AHV Reviews
Sunday Express
Mirror 25 Nov 2008
Guitar & Bass
Guitar & Bass
Fantastic, truly great guitar playing
'Whispering' Bob Harris
100 Club Benefit: Mick Taylor, Ronnie Wood, Dick Taylor & SDP
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The man who has seized the blues guitar baton from Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Jimmy Page
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