Stuck in the Mud - Worldwide Media Acclaim

• "Every now and then an artist comes along with their first album and it blows you away...this disc blew me away...I love it, and you’ll love it (writer Kyle Christen)
  
• "...Life Behind Bars...will be up for awards about this time next year. Some slow harp by Christopher at the end just scrapes your soul.
  
• "It’s all here, originality, world-class musicians, Christopher’s lyrics and voice, with each song becoming a story to itself.
  
• "So pick this one up and take (a) road trip through real-deal blues country.
  
• https://www.bluemondaymonthly.com/

• "(Wyze) is a distinctive singer, harmonica player and song-writer...
• "...each track of the album is fiercely individual. 
• "A fine set - Christopher is certainly a name to watch.
• "Three Hours from Memphis opens this set with a strong early 70s Rolling Stones sound, 
• "Money Spent Blues...is beautifully played and with good lyrics
• "Looking for My Baby has a fine early- to mid-60s blues feel.
• http://www.bluesinthesouth.com/index.htm

• "Timeless story telling blues with a rusty Americana thread straight down the middle
• "...what we get from the git-go is Primo Quality Southern Blues drenched in the smells of the swamps and corn mash stills
• "Just listening to the way this album is sequenced and knowing that Wyze and The Tellers have spent a lifetime singing an array of Classic covers you know they will put on a Helluva show
•  July 2024 – The Rocking Magpie (wordpress.com) 

• ...Wyze indeed shows himself to be a true storyteller ...lessons worth listening to. ...band is musically solid...especially strong guitarists.
• Money Spent Blues (is) a really swinging number 
• Caution to the Wind is a funky track with a great guitar solo in the middle. 
• Hard Work Don’t Pay features a strong performance by Hudson on slide guitar...
• (Wyze’s) harmonica, along with a tasty slide guitar, takes center stage in Cotton Ain’t King...
• ...Definitely recommended 
•  Album review: Christopher Wyze & The Tellers – Stuck In The Mud (bluesmagazine.nl) 

• ...takes listeners on a journey from Coast to Coast, through his Technicolor filmscape spirit...
• (a) keen storyteller of unique tales...a powerful songwriter...master of words and respected stylist...he has already secured his place
• He mixes blues, rock 'n' roll, Americana and country with his distinctive voice and deep storytelling.
• A swampy and Delta sound interprets the typical chorus of the bluesman in Hard Work Don't Pay
• Handsome and quirky...captivating debut album
•  Christopher Wyze & The Tellers: Stuck In The Mud - KEYS AND CHORDS 

• Christopher Wyze was awarded a “One to Watch” songwriter award by the Nashville Songwriters Association International 
• Wyze is a master storyteller.
• ... fine slide guitar.
• ...repeated listening is highly recommended.
•  Christopher Wyze & The Tellers Stuck In The Mud – Making A Scene! 

• Close your eyes and let yourself be carried away by a sincere and authentic artist.
• ...pours all his musical influences—from blues to rock’n’roll, Americana, and country—into personal stories.
• Christopher Wyze & The Tellers take us through familiar lands with well-balanced tracks...Three Hours from Memphis, Cotton Ain’t King, Back to Clarksdale, Hard Work Don’t Pay, Looking for My Baby...and Good Friend Gone...
• ...excellent title track, “Stuck in The Mud.”
• ...a bluesman who starts with almost nothing but ends up a little higher and a little further, 
• ...(a) wealth of encounters, images, strong sounds, and incomparable experiences...and inevitably...a few layers of mud stuck to his soles!
• ZICAZINE (zicazic.com) 

•  ...a master storyteller whose messages are worthy of repeated listens. 
• ...strong points...song lyrics of Christopher Wyze and the guitar playing of session guitarists Deaton and Hudson.
• Christopher’s deep voice (releases) lessons and pains...of the blues.
• Christopher Wyze & the Tellers - Blues Jazz Scene

• Christopher Wyze knows how to combine styles like folk, blues and Americana music
• ...shows his skills as a storyteller...
• ...hypnotic North Mississippi Hill Country blues of Good Friend Gone.
•  ...real roots blues in Back to Clarksdale
• ...sing(s) with a voice totally suitable to the style (of the blues)
• VERY GOOD
• https://lahoradelblues.com/en/christopher-wyze-the-tellers-stuck-in-the-mud/

• Wyze has been fronting blues bands for two decades…all those years have paid off, transforming Wyze into a formidable songwriter
• …the typically potent “Life Behind Bars,” feature(es) guitarist Eric Deaton (who has worked with Hank Jr. and the Black Keys) and a tasty harmonica solo by Wyze
• …the vocal delivery (on “Life Behind Bars”) could remind one of the many great Willie Nelson songs.
• Musically, the material never strays from the blues.
• Some are stompers, like “Good Friend Gone,” some are swampers, like “Hard Work Don’t Pay.
• The backing musicians lend fine support for Christopher Wyze to weave his vivid and cinematic tales…
• Kudos to Koldo Barroso for the original illustrations and the fine CD packaging that includes a full color 20-page booklet including lyrics and photos of the recording sessions.
•  Reviews8-24.pdf  (page 56)

•  ...down-home charm comes through with the strength of the river delta pulling them along. 
• (Wyze) gives his original songs plenty of countrified emotion.
• The title track  features guitarist Cary Hudson on acoustic and slide guitars matching up with Wyze’s harp in a festive mood where stompin’ and strollin’ call for a celebration...
• ("Stuck in the Mud" is) like many well-known blues chants from way back: the lyrics tell of troubles, problems, and such; while the bass, drums and guitar force the rhythm onward with a positive slant.
•  “Back to Clarksdale” pays homage to the storytellers who’ve come through there.  
•  “Soul on the Road” stands out as a sure album high point... Soldiers overseas, seasonal farm workers from afar, and young people making their way abroad can surely connect with the song’s lyrics. 
•  southlandblues.com 

Christopher Wyze...

• ... (is) a newbie in the international blues circus? Maybe, but someone with enormous experience
• ...stands in the tradition of the great storytellers
• ...combines his stories and the Southern blues...into 13 outstanding compositions that immediately captivate you. 

• His lyrics reflect the entire blues palette. Hope, harmony, humor on the one hand, hard times and heart-warming misfortune on the other. 
• How gratifying that all the lyrics have been included in the booklet. They are worth reading. 
•  And his band, The Tellers, provide the soundtrack to the content that Wyze, its creator and singer and frontman, has put into words. 
•  (The Tellers) provide the nuances that make the album so interesting musically. 
• Stuck in the mud? - No, there is nothing stuck in the mud. Someone is taking off properly.
•  Home - bluesnews.de 

• Excellent songs dominate the album "Stuck in the Mud" by Christopher Wyze & the Tellers
• ...the singer and blues harpist (is) strongly influenced by the Mississippi blues 
•  It was not without reason that the Nashville Songwriters Association awarded (Wyze)...a "One to Watch Songwriter Award"
• ...(his songs) proclaim hope, humor and harmony, but also hard times.