Michael Chapman (musician)
Michael Chapman (born January 24, 1941 in Leeds , Yorkshire , England , † September 10, 2021 ) was a British guitarist and singer . He played acoustic and electric guitar .
Chapman was known for his sarcastic , sometimes autobiographical texts. His music fused rock , blues , folk , jazz and country . Chapman also translated texts by Udo Lindenberg into English and performed with Achim Reichel . In the mid-1980s he founded the band Savage Amusement with Rick Kemp from Steeleye Span . In 1995 Michael Chapman published the novel Firewater Dreams with strongly autobiographical features.
Michael Chapman, Ramblin 'Roots Festival 2017, Utrecht
Discography
- Rainmaker (1969)
- Fully Qualified Survivor (1970; inter alia with Mick Ronson and Rick Kemp)
- Window (1970)
- Wrecked Again (1971)
- Millstone Grit (1973)
- Deal Gone Down (1974)
- Pleasures of the Streets (1975; live, among others with Achim Reichel , Steffi Stephan and Keef Hartley )
- Savage Amusement (1976)
- The Man Who Hated Mornings (1978; inter alia with Keef Hartley)
- Playing Guitar the Easy Way (1978; tutorial)
- Life on the Ceiling (1979)
- Looking for Eleven (1980)
- Almost Alone (1981)
- Michael Chapman Lived Here from 1968-72 (1982)
- Original Owners (1984) (live, with Rick Kemp)
- Heartbeat (1987)
- The Best of Michael Chapman 1969-71 (1988)
- Still Making Rain (1993)
- Navigation (1995)
- Dreaming Out Loud (1997)
- BBC Sessions 1969-75 (1999)
- Americana (2000)
- Growing Pains (2000)
- Growing Pains 2 (2001)
- Americana 2 (2002)
- 50 (2017)
- True North (2019)
Web links
Commons : Michael Chapman - Collection of Images
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Helman: Folk Guitar Great Michael Chapman Dead At 80. In: Stereogum. September 10, 2021, accessed September 10, 2021 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chapman, Michael |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | British guitarist |
| BIRTH DATE | January 24, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leeds , Yorkshire , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 10, 2021 |