"...the 11 songs on All I Got and Gone provide a breathtaking jaunt through some old-time classics, and Walz’ vocals, paired only with guitar accompaniment, really allow the stories to shine through. It’s a timeless musical treat, and Walz’ guitar prowess is impressive."
"The 11 cuts on All I Got & Gone will ring familiar to anyone conversant in the American tradition... all magnificent... Chicago folksinger/guitarist Chris Walz handles each of them commandingly via powerful solo finger-picking arrangements and perfectly imagined vocals... Walz is doing things his way, never seeking to emulate some guy on a front porch or a street corner a century or more ago. I mean that as the highest of compliments. His is one way for folk singing and playing to sound in our time, treated as if encountered for the first time and wrapped in its own beauty and authenticity."
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"...eloquent, well-curated... Chris lends his own thoughtful touch and impressive guitar skills to the timeless music... brings a fresh, new life to these songs with his indelible stamp of talent. Incorporating folk, bluegrass, old timey sounds, and Americana, Chris blends warm and earthy vocals with sharp, complex guitar picking. Influenced by Tony Rice’s Church Street Blues, the simplicity of Chris’s guitar and solo recordings gives a fullness and instrumental style so rich, you won’t notice he’s just one performer."
I wanted to make this record for a long time. The records that made their mark with me were, for the most part, one guitar and one voice. It always seemed the most direct way for me to connect with the music, as though Etta Baker, Norman Blake, or Doc Watson was sitting across from me playing and singing. In a sense they were. Just inside the speaker. But years ago, when I started playing, I imagined them right there with me. I didn’t want to make a carbon copy of anyone’s version of any song, yet I hope the influences can be felt. Some of these songs I’ve been living with for years, others are more recent. But all of them are piecework, verses from various sources, some poetic license, plus my own arrangements. A long time ago I asked myself, “I wonder if I could do that?” I hope you like what you hear.