In the fall of 2003 , Sayce met John Shanks at an impromptu jam session in the amp department at Westwood Music in Los Angeles . Just a week before , Melissa Etheridge had mentioned to Shanks that she was looking for a guitar player and was thinking of trying somebody different . Shanks referred Sayce to her and in December 2003 , Sayce joined Etheridge and her band for her '' Lucky Tour '' . Sayce also appeared on Etheridge 's '' Lucky '' CD and the '' Lucky Live '' CD & DVD , released in September , 2004 , '' Melissa Etheridge Greatest Hits : The Road Less Traveled '' released in 2005 , '' The Awakening " '' released in 2007 , and '' A New Thought For Christmas '' released in September 2008 . He also performed on Etheridge 's " I Need To Wake Up " from the Al Gore 2006 documentary film '' An Inconvenient Truth '' . Sayce appeared with Etheridge at the 2007 Academy Awards , Live Earth in 2007 , The 2005 Grammy Awards as part of a tribute to Janis Joplin ( along with Joss Stone ) , and at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver , Colorado
2008 Democratic National Convention
2008 Democratic National Convention
Philip Sayce