We had such an engaging and inspiring conversation with Christopher Wyze! His passion for the blues, his infectious enthusiasm, and his journey from the world of advertising to pursuing music were all captivating. Christopher opened up about the story behind his new album, Live atClarksdale, and even challenged us with the reminder that you actually haveto do the work to create songs.
With LIVE in CLARKSDALE, Christopher Wyze & the Tellers give fans around the world who have devoured their studio work a first look and listen to the band…LIVE.
It all happened on October 1, 2024, at the Juke Joint Chapel – in front of a live audience. Wyze and the five-piece Tellers put on their finest show to date right there on the surprisingly grand stage. (Never mind that it was their first show.) History tells us the now-cozy Juke JointChapel music hall has been reincarnated. Long ago, the place attracted a much different crowd. And the sounds it emitted? Might different, too. We're talking the whirring , whizzing, straining refrains of different kind of "music" – the sound of cotton being ginned.
LIVE in CLARKSDALE, the soundtrack and video show, features eight of the band's original radio-charting "Stuck in the Mud" album studio singles, including their RMR #1 hit "Back to Clarksdale"(Here's the Set List.) Plus, it features two all-time blues standards from the 1920s: "How Long, How Long Blues" and "Nobody Knows you When You're Down and Out" – the first made famous by early blues recording stars Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell with their 1928 recording.
Along with the soundtrack and live show video, the combo CD/DVD set features a 50 minute "all things Clarksdale" documentary filmed in the Delta and hosted and produced by Christopher Wyze.
The bonus content film, “Wyze in Clarksdale,” takes viewers on a journey through musically historic Clarksdale and surrounds. Featuring the cinematography of Clarksdale filmmaker Coop Cooper, it includes a look at the fabled Crossroads, where Robert Johnson allegedly sold his soul to the devil. It takes viewers for a visit to the historic train depot platform in nearby Tutwiler, where W.C. Handy first heard the blues in 1903.
Be sure to check Christopher Wyze and the Tellers out here:
Website: christopherwyze.com
