Two Hands Clapping for the Zen Cowboy
Josh Joffen | New York City, USA | 12/05/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Step By Step is as good an introduction to Chuck Pyle as you will ever get...The album highlights his gifts for great melodies married to descriptive and heartfelt lyrics. The songs feature the strong and complex guitar fingerpicking and the relaxed but focussed singing that are Pyle's trademarks.These are visions of inspiration and resilience, in life and in love, with heroism, humor, and above all, humanity, as seen through a pair of eyes looking out from under a Stetson. To listen to Step By Step is to take a deep breath of a cool wind under big skies. There are songs from this album that you'll hear in your mind long after the CD is over."