Description
Christopher Wyze is back with Live In Clarksdale after his strong 2024 debut Stuck in The Mud came out in 2024. Recorded and filmed live in Clarksdale Mississippi, the new album features eight of the band's radio-charting singles plus two famed 1920s works from blues legends Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell. The CD/DVD set features the band's live performance: the soundtrack and video, a 12-page insert booklet, plus a bonus: WYZE in CLARKSDALE - a 50-minute documentary video, filmed in the Delta and hosted and produced frontman Christopher Wyze.
Twenty years a frontman singing blues covers, Christopher Wyze has emerged as a powerful lyricist and vocalist of his original blues. Christopher Wyze & the Tellers hit paydirt with their July 2024 debut album Stuck in the Mud, a studio release featuring 13-originals. It peaked at #2 on the worldwide RMR radio play Blues Album chart and produced the #1 RMR Blues single: Back to Clarksdale. The album ended the year on a roll, coming in at #38 in RMR's "Top 200 Blues Albums of 2024." With that, Wyze & the Tellers became one of just 3 newcomer artists to crack the list's Top 50 spots.
Their whirlwind arrival has earned listeners and praise the world over:
"captivating" - Keys & Chords, Netherlands
"hypnotic" -- La Hora Del Blues, Spain
"blew me away" -- Blue Monday Monthly
"memorable songs" - Living Blues
"vivid...cinematic" - Big City Rhythm & Blues
"authentic...a bluesman" - Zicazic, France