Philip Sayce - Influence

If you were to stop a random person on the street and ask them to name a blues musician, the chances are they'd come out with names like John Lee Hooker, BB King, or maybe even Joe Bonamassa.  If you were to ask them to name a Blues-Rock musician or band you'd probably be metIf you were to stop a random person on the street and ask them to name a blues musician, the chances are they'd come out with names like John Lee Hooker, BB King, or maybe even Joe Bonamassa.  If you were to ask them to name a Blues-Rock musician or band you'd probably be met by a puzzled reaction, but in some ways that's not a surprise – after all Blues rock covers such a wide range of music that it's hard to even pin down what it is.  Blues rock guitarist/singer Philip Sayce demonstrates this perfectly with his new album, Influence, an album that at times owes more to Jimi Hendrix than John Lee Hooker. If that sounds like a strange statement – More Hendrix than Hoooker, just listen to "Out of my mind" and you'll hear exactly what I mean. It's not what I'd expected when I hit play for the first time – this song really does have a real Jimi Hendrix feel to it all the way through. The first song, "Tom Devil" has such a heavy riff that it wouldn't feel out of place on a Black Sabbath album.  Again not what you'd think of [...]

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