If you are like me, I’ve heard Philip Sayce’s name in passing, but for whatever reason I never really paid enough attention to appreciate the amazing talent of this 39-year old Welsh born, Canadian guitar player who is just about to release his first solo album some 24-years after he started his first band at 15.

Not that he hasn’t had peaks in his career – playing in the Jeff Healey Band, playing on tour with Melissa Etheridge and supported Texas Blues Rockers ZZtop as well as Deep Purple on different tours.

From Toronto Canada and frequenting Los Angeles – this blues guitar journeyman has been out paying his dues for more than 20-years, the way true blues guitar men do it.

I have recently caught him on some local TV and radio shows as he ramps up his appearances ahead of his new CD titled “Influence“.  He has just wrapped up several Canadian club dates and heads to California for the Topanga Blues Festival on May 2 of this year.

As you watch Sayce you will no doubt notice his heavy influence from Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Healey and you even hear signs of Lenny Kravitz in there.  His voice is terrific in the range of a soulful moving to frantic much like Jack White.

My sense is you will be hearing much more about Philip Sayce in 2015 – with some hard work and an online push this could indeed be another breakout year for Sayce, the trick of course is to sustain the frantic pace demanded of today’s musicians – some collaborations could indeed help here allowing him to tap into new audiences and new distribution channels.

We’ll certainly do our part, I’m sure you will agree this guy deserves to be heard!