So, to the latest offering from the wonderful Mr Sayce and, although a very good album indeed, it worries me in that it is half studio and half live, after only two previous studio albums, which begs the question as to whether or not he is running out of steam on the songsmith front...?
That said, the studio side is recorded with a "live" feel and therefore the run across to the live section of the album is pretty much seamless and all amply showing this man's fluid guitar style and his excellent vocal style - even though he is showing signs of coming out of his blues orientation and coming up with a style not unlike Jonny Lang or the powerful Richie Kotzen. But, even in that kind of company, this man has also plenty of his own originality too, witness "Were You There" to see what I mean - the album being worth the purchase price for this track alone! Brilliant! And, going over to the live material itself, we find Mr Sayce in his true element rounding out with a wonderful rendition of Cinnamon Girl/She's So Heavy with a haunting version of Alchemy, thrown in for good measure - would have been good to have been there on the night to witness it all!
It will be interesting to see what his next release will be like - hopefully a full studio bash with some of his sublime songwriting too.
Meanwhiles, Ruby Electric is a fine, fine album and well worth parting with your hard earned for a copy!