Philip Sayce, legend in the making.

I got a tip from someone that pointed me to Mr. Sayce. I was literally blown away when I heard what I heard. I kept looking at the mans fingers and the tone they created. You can give anyone a 57' strat and plug him into a brown deluxe, but there are only a few people in my lifetime that can make THAT axe sound LIKE that. SRV, Hendrix, those players come to mind. Yeah, I went there. But seriously you have to hear him to believe me. The man gets into a zone.



Here's a little background on Philip:

Philip Sayce first gained international notoriety as a teenage axe-slinger when guitar legend Jeff Healey personally invited Philip to become a member of his band. Just out of high school he performed with Healey at prestigious festivals such The Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, and on bills with The Allman Brothers Band, Robert Cray, Gary Moore, Johnny Winter, B.B. King, and to sold out shows around the world.

Sayce then moved to Los Angeles and landed a gig with Uncle Kracker. He was featured nightly and Kracker's version of the classic song "Drift Away" went to #1 on the Billboard charts for 28 weeks that summer. Philip can be heard on Kracker's release, "No Stranger To Shame."

In the autumn of 2003, Sayce met mega producer John Shanks. Coincidentally, just a week before, super-star Melissa Etheridge had mentioned to John that she was looking for a guitar player. Shanks referred Philip to her and soon after, Sayce joined Etheridge and her band. He performed with Melissa at The Grammy Awards in 2005, and at The Academy Awards in 2007, where she won an Oscar for song of the year, "I Need To Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth". Philip can be heard on her 2004 release "Lucky Live", "Greatest Hits:The Road Less Traveled" (2005), on "The Awakening" (2007), and “A New Thought For Christmas” (2008).

Sayce released "Peace Machine" independently in the autumn of 2005, and has been actively composing material with a number of songwriters and producers for a new solo release.

Philip was kind enough to send me a few clips that I will be sharing on here.

1. Philip Sayce - One Foot
2. Philip Sayce - Anymore