If you think the phrase “dirty guitar” means getting a finger print mark on your nice clean Taylor acoustic during the Contemporary Worship service then beware; this is worship music played from the hip on a Les Paul with the guitar strap worn at its longest setting! Steve is a Jesus-redeemed, God-loving, Spirit-filled, expat Brit rocker with a passion for pouring his heart out in thanks and praise and he’s not scared of bringing his loose and bluesy electric guitar style to the party (or the service if you’re not careful…). Definitely not an album for putting on as background music before the oldies midweek communion, this is Friday night worship in the back room of a club somewhere on the wrong side of town (in fact probably just the sort of place you might find Jesus looking for people). If you fancy a change from the usual worship stuff or just like your rock music a bit raw and edgy then give this a listen. OK, it may be a tiny bit ragged in places but it’s packed with “attitude” so be careful, it may just grow on you. So get your ‘air guitar’ out, crank up the volume on your stereo and leap around the room doing some Keith Richard or Slash impressions while listening to it, or better still put the roof down on the Cadillac convertible and sing along as you drive across the desert (well, we can always dream….) Andy Piercy (London, October 2005)
