ew, thurston, why so graphic
― one dis leads to another (ian), Saturday, 9 June 2012 01:58 (eleven years ago) link
he's a passionate man.
― scott seward, Saturday, 9 June 2012 02:04 (eleven years ago) link
since i can't really tell from thurston's blurb, what's it like? a solo acoustic thing?
― tylerw, Saturday, 9 June 2012 02:21 (eleven years ago) link
Agh, I would go see Michael Chapman but he just has to be playing at 8pm on a Thursday?! I have to work :(
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
:( he rules, bummer
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 22:39 (eleven years ago) link
bummer indeed! you guys see this thing? http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Michael_Chapman__The_Woodpiles/NATCH_7couple other good chapman sessions on the FMA too.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 22:44 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, the Natch series is cool! Some of those guys playing w Chapman are my fave locals.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 22:50 (eleven years ago) link
yeah seems like a cool little collective. the zachary cale session is nice too. need to listen to more of these things. http://freemusicarchive.org/label/NATCH/
― tylerw, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 22:52 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it totally sucks. i MIIIGHT change my mind and get a sub?! i did that for a swans show last fall and did not regret it.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
zach cale is playing in manhattan w gary higgins & ed askew at a place called the ding dong lounge, unfortunately it's during my radio show timeslot :(
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 22:58 (eleven years ago) link
also tyler, you should check the dave shuford/margo bianca/pigeons sesh.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
pigeons are another great new york band.
Just heard of Chapman last week when an editor asked me to interview him. I did my homework, listened to the first couple albums, and had a great chat with him. He's my new hero! This guy could have been a huge name but he just won't jump through hoops. Very inspiring that he's managed a non-stop career into his early 70s without ever catering to any muse other than his own.
Badass.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 23:19 (eleven years ago) link
I just spotted this in my local record shop:
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0003/564/MI0003564142.jpg
re-released earlier this year by Light In The Attic records:
We are happy to announce our release of yet another outstanding album from British singer, songwriter and hugely talented psych, folk and rock guitarist Michael Chapman. Wrecked Again (1971), is Chapman’s final album for EMI’s seminal stoner imprint Harvest, home to Kevin Ayers and Syd Barrett. Buried in EMI’s release schedule and afforded no promotional budget, Wrecked Again is his lost classic. Recorded at the noted Rockfield Studio, a residential complex-cum-working farm in Wales, Wrecked Again explores orchestration via Paul Buckmaster (Miles Davis, David Bowie) and The London Symphony Orchestra and production courtesy of Gus Dudgeon (Elton John, Bonzo Dog Band), but also explores a new sound influenced by Memphis soul. With a blend of electric and acoustic instruments, Chapman is found where he feels most comfortable: in-between folk and rock, contrasting soft with edgy.
― Duke, Saturday, 3 August 2013 18:39 (ten years ago) link
Just a few songs in; enjoying so far.
― Duke, Saturday, 3 August 2013 18:40 (ten years ago) link
Interview with Chapman here: http://thequietus.com/articles/12964-michael-chapman-interview
― Duke, Sunday, 4 August 2013 16:49 (ten years ago) link
https://michaelchapman.bandcamp.com/album/true-north
must have picked up a recommendation for this from elsewhere on ilm cuz it's such a rolling tompkins square records thread album, but i only just got around to it so i forget
― j., Sunday, 14 July 2019 23:05 (four years ago) link
Algorithm just kicked out one of this guy’s tunes and I am immediately hooked. “You Say” from Rainmaker.
― TS: Kirk/Spock vs. Hitchcock/Truffaut (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 8 February 2020 20:30 (four years ago) link
RIP
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 10 September 2021 17:47 (two years ago) link
???
― Evan, Friday, 10 September 2021 17:54 (two years ago) link
Aw man that is so sad!
― Evan, Friday, 10 September 2021 17:58 (two years ago) link
Oh wow, that is sad. Damn.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 10 September 2021 17:59 (two years ago) link
he had a hell of a life from what i can tell
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 10 September 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
Ah shit. He was immense. RIP.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 10 September 2021 18:22 (two years ago) link
Oh shit :'-/ RIP
― willem, Friday, 10 September 2021 18:33 (two years ago) link
NOT what I was expecting when I opened this thread. Very sad news. RIP.
― doug watson, Friday, 10 September 2021 19:09 (two years ago) link
saw him a couple of times in his later days - first time really sticks in my mind because i sat next to him beforehand in a half-empty pub and we watched the football together on some dodgy eastern european satellite feed and chatted about general nonsense, and then he went upstairs and played an absolute stormer of a set. farewell mc :(
― primate marmite (NickB), Friday, 10 September 2021 19:20 (two years ago) link
Sad news. Eighty years and active till the end
― Duke, Friday, 10 September 2021 19:32 (two years ago) link
ugh, fuck
― Dinsdale, Friday, 10 September 2021 20:51 (two years ago) link
RIP, what an amazing player, amazing character
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 10 September 2021 20:52 (two years ago) link
ums - where would you start with Chapman? I know he was an elder statesman of sorts in the post-Fahey scene but have never dived into him
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Sunday, 12 September 2021 05:42 (two years ago) link
I'd start with Fully Qualified Survivor. An obvious choice, but....
― Duke, Sunday, 12 September 2021 10:03 (two years ago) link
The song Among The Trees maybe
― Evan, Sunday, 12 September 2021 10:13 (two years ago) link