Stephen Dale Petit

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”
Welcome to the New Blues Revolution

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

The News

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3 years ago
Olé, Olé, Olé

3 years ago
The Fall Of America (Radio Edit) Released on the 5th November 2021

3 years ago
SDP and his Band play The 100 Club London - 22nd September 2021

3 years ago
TIM'S TWITTER LISTENING PARTY!

5 years ago
Portuguese Music Festival

5 years ago
SDP HEADLINES PORTUGAL

5 years ago
ALBUM LAUNCH TOUR DATES

5 years ago
SDP in Spain for Sizzling September Tour

6 years ago
Soul Of A Man Official Video

7 years ago
SDP Live 2018

7 years ago
Back in the studio with Paul Jones and Shemekia Copeland…

8 years ago
SDP Live Dates 2017

9 years ago
Win tickets for Stephen Dale Petit and Walter Trout

9 years ago
Stephen Dale Petit to join Walter Trout on "I'm Back" UK Tour

10 years ago
An offer you shouldn't refuse

Thrusting hooligan blues anthems

Mojo

The Shop

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SIGNED TOUR POSTER - SDP and Mick Taylor Limited Quantity

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£28.00
At High Voltage Limited Edition 180gm

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
SIGNED TEST PRESSING SDP & BAND 2020 Visions 3 copies only

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
SIGNED & NUMBERED Cracking The Code Limited Edition Red Vinyl 333 Copies only

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SIGNED At High Voltage Limited Edition 180gm

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SIGNED. Only 50 Translucent Blue copies of vinyl have been signed by SDP and the band. 180gm vinyl with gatefold sleeve and a pullout circular-insert on 400gsm UV gloss artboard.
£45.00
SIGNED SDP & BAND 2020 Visions Special Edition Blue Vinyl x 2

SDP's debut album "Guitararama" CD

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SDP's debut album "Guitararama" CD
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Guitararama CD

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Cracking The Code CD

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2020 Visions Black Vinyl x 2

Album cover by Klaus Voormann
Full colour digipak
12 pg. colour booklet
Produced by Vance Powell
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Album cover by Klaus Voormann Full colour digipak 12 pg. colour booklet Produced by Vance Powell Recorded in Nashville
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2020 Visions CD

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Limited run of 333 copies of Translucent Blue 180gm vinyl with gatefold sleeve and a pullout circular-insert on 400gsm UV gloss artboard.
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2020 Visions Special Edition Blue Vinyl x 2

SDP's "The BBC Sessions" CD

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SDP's "The BBC Sessions" CD
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The BBC Sessions CD

Album cover by Klaus Voormann Full colour digipak 12 pg. colour booklet Produced by Vance Powell Recorded in Nashville
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SIGNED 2020 Visions CD

SDP's second studio album "The Crave" CD

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The Crave CD

Fiendish guitar chops

The Blues Magazine

Hubert Sumlin

The Gigs

Master craftsman at the top of his game

The Express

THE NOD

The Press

The Independent

Chris Barber

Blues Matters

Classic Rock

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

Fantastic, truly great guitar playing

'Whispering' Bob Harris

100 Club Benefit: Mick Taylor, Ronnie Wood, Dick Taylor & SDP

The Releases

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“Cracking The Code” vinyl available exclusively from our online shop “What would have been simply an excellent modern blues LP bears [...]
Cracking The Code - Vinyl

“London based US bluesman Stephen Dale Petit has a new single coming from his acclaimed album “Cracking The Code”, an [...]
My Friend Bob

Need Your Love So Bad

Let There Be More Light

“Not too many could take a rap track and make something new of it and fewer still manage to make as [...]
California

“SDP is a real talent in the British Blues world and he has now developed to the point where he [...]
As The Years Go Passing By

“If there is a better technical guitarist plying his trade in Britain today I want to hear them NOW – [...]
A Better Answer

7 Cent Cotton (Radio Edit)

“The fifth album from fiery guitarist Stephen Dale Petit, Cracking The Code is a sizzling collection that delivers eleven all [...]
Cracking The Code

“A few moments into side one of At High Voltage, Stephen Dale Petit’s spit hits and sizzles on the microphone [...]
Stephen Dale Petit At High Voltage

“This album contains eleven songs with three different band line-ups taken from Petit’s live BBC sessions on The Paul Jones [...]
Stephen Dale Petit - The BBC Sessions

“Stephen Dale Petit has come a long way since his first album Guitararama was released a couple of years ago. [...]
The Crave

“Welcome to the New Blues Revolution. Move over Clapton, here comes the new Blues God! New Blues guitarist Stephen Dale [...]
Guitararama

The man who has seized the blues guitar baton from Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Jimmy Page

The Times

With Vance Powell at Blackbird Studios

The Gear

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Zvex
Woolly Mammoth
2012
Woolly Mammoth

Line 6
Echo Park
2009
Echo Park

Zvex
Fuzz Probe
2011
Fuzz Probe

Sweetsound
Mojo Vibe
2012
Mojo Vibe

Gibson
L4-CES
2003
L4

Strymon
El Capistan
2014
El Capistan

Electro-harminox<br>Electric Mistress<br>1976

Electro-harminox
Electric Mistress
1976
Electric Mistress

Gibson
SDP SG Custom
2011
SDP SG

Budda Amplification
Wah
2009
Budda Wah

Gibson
ES 135
2003
ES 135

Xotic Guitars and Effects<br>EP Booster<br>2014

Xotic Guitars and Effects
EP Booster
2014
EP Booster

Electro-Harmonix
Small Clone
2014
Small Clone

Marshall
JTM 45
1965
Marshall JTM 45

Ernie Ball
VP JR 250K
2015
Volume Pedal

Gibson
ES 355
2010
ES 355

Gibson
Dove
2005
Dove

Klon
Centaur
2009
Klon Centaur

a report from the frontline, born of the blues

Record Collector Magazine

The Gallery

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SDP by Charlie Chan

Photo by Andy Townsend
CTC Cover Shot Pattie Boyd by Andy Townsend

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SDP Shades by Pattie Boyd

SDP by Tina Korhonen
SDP 12 by Tina Korhonen

Photo by Pattie Boyd
SDP 9 by Pattie Boyd

Photo by Peter Surcombe
Walter Trout and SDP

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SDP at The 100 Club by Virgilio Fino

Photo by Tina Korhonen
SDP 21 by Tina Korhonen

Photo by Jack English
SDP 9 by Jack English

Photo by Alan White
SDP Great British R & B Festival Colne by Alan White

Photo by Peter Surcombe
SDP by Peter Surcombe

Photo by Antonella Papiro
SDP Band Blues Festival Sicily 6 by Antontella Papiro

Photo by Mick Scholfield
SDP Band by Mick Schofield

SDP with Vance Powell Blackbird Studios Nashville

Photo by Vance Powell
Vance Powell Sputnik Studios Nashville

Photo by Tina Korhonen
SDP and Roxie by Tina Korhonen

Photo by Jack English
SDP at Royal Albert Hall by Jack English

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SDP 33 by Tina Korhonen

Photo by Pattie Boyd
SDP by Pattie Boyd

Photo by Tina Korhonen
SDP 3 by Tina Korhonen

Photo by Charlie Chan
SDP 3 by Charlie Chan

Photo by Antonella Paprio
SDP Band Blues Festival Sicily 9 by Antonella Papiro

SDP by Tina Korhonen
SDP 27 by Tina Korhonen

SDP by Tina Korhonen
SDP 9 by Tina Korhonen

SDP and Dr John

Photo by Judy Totton
100 Club by Judy Totton

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SDP Band Blues Festival Sicily 36 by Antonella Papiro

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SDP 3 by Jack English

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SDP Royal Albert Hall by Jack English

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SDP Band Blues Festival Sicily 3 by Antonella Papiro

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SDP at Great British R & B Festival Colne 3 by Alan White

Photo by Alan White
SDP with Les Paul Great British Rock & Blues Festival Skegness by Alan White

Photo by Charlie Chan
SDP Band by Charlie Chan

Photo by Tina Korhonen
SDP with Mick Taylor 100 Club by Tina Korhonen

Photo by Pattie Boyd
SDP and 355 by Pattie Boyd

Photo by Alan White
SDP at Great British Rock & Blues Festival Skegness 9 by Alan White

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Mick Taylor and SDP at Great British R & B Festival Colne by Alan White

BBC Band Laurent Mouflier, SDP, Mick Taylor, Chris Borud, Gary O'Toole BBC Maida Vale Studio 3

Photo by Pattie Boyd
SDP 3 by Pattie Boyd

Photo by Vance Powell
SDP and Patrick Carney

Photo by Judy Totton
100 Club Benefit Mick Taylor Ronnie Wood Dick Taylor SDP by Judy Totton

SDP by olimax

Photo by Antonella Papiro
SDP Band Blues Festival Sicily 33 by Antonella Papiro

Photo by Tina Korhonen
SDP 6 by Tina Korhonen

SDP and Dr John 3