Michael Chapman (24 January 1941 – 10 September 2021) was an English folk singer-songwriter and guitar player. Chapman originally began playing guitar with jazz bands. He was born in Hunslet, Leeds, England. His career began in 1966.
Chapman died on 10 September 2021 at the age of 80.
Discography
Rainmaker (1969) – Harvest
Fully Qualified Survivor (1970) – Harvest – UK No. 45
Window (1970) – Harvest
Wrecked Again (1971) – Harvest
Millstone Grit (1973) – Deram / Decca
Deal Gone Down (1974) – Deram / Decca
Pleasures of the Street (1975) – Nova
Savage Amusement (1976) – Deram / Decca
The Man Who Hated Mornings (1977) – Deram
Play Guitar The Easy Way (1978) – Criminal Records
Life on the Ceiling (1979) – Criminal Records
Looking For Eleven (1980) – Criminal Records
Almost Alone (1981) – Black Crow Records
Original Owners (1983) – Konnexion
Heartbeat (1987) – Coda
Still Making Rain (1991/3) – Self Release 1991 / Making Waves 1993
Navigation (1995) – Planet Records
Dreaming Out Loud (1997) – Demon Records
Michael Chapman Black And White (1998) – Rural Retreat Records
BBC Sessions 69–75 (1998) Strange Fruit Records
The Twisted Road (1999) – Mystic UK
Growing Pains (2000) – Mooncrest Records
Growing Pains 2 (2001) – Mooncrest Records
Americana (2001) – Apropos / reissued on Blueprint
Live And Unhinged (2001) – Rural Retreat Records
Kule 2 B Blue with Alamo Leal (2001) – Rural Retreat Records
Americana 2 (2002) Dogs Got More Sense (2004) – Secret Records Journeyman Live DVD (2004) – Secret Records 27 06 05 Live in Brighton (2005) – Rural Retreat Records Plaindealer (2005) – Rural Retreat Records Lost (2005) – Rural Retreat Records Words Fail Me (2007) Vanity and Pride (2008) – self release – limited edition – Michael Chapman and Ursa Sweet Powder (2008) – Rural Retreat Records Time Past & Time Passing (2008) – Electric Ragtime And Then There Were Three Live in Nottingham 1977 (2010) – Market Square Records Wrytree Drift (2010) – Rural Retreat Records Trainsong: Guitar Compositions, 1967–2010 (2011) – Tompkins Square Records Fully Qualified Survivor (reissue) (2011) – Light in the Attic Records Rainmaker (reissue) (2012) – Light in the Attic Records Wrecked Again (reissue) (2013) – Light in the Attic Records Window (reissue) (2014) – Light in the Attic Records The Resurrection and Revenge of The Clayton Peacock (2011) – Blastfirst Petite Pachyderm (2012) – Blastfirst Petite The Polar Bear (2014) – Blastfirst Petite Live At Folk Cottage, Cornwall 1967 (2014) – TreeHouse44 Fish (2015) – Tompkins Square Records 50 (2017) – Paradise of Bachelors EB=MC2 (2017) (Ehud Banai & Michael Chapman) – Nana Disc True North (2019) – Paradise of Bachelors Plaindealer + Twisted Road (2020) Double album – Mooncrest Michael Chapman Americana LP Vinyl (2020) Mooncrest Michael Chapman - Sweet Powder & Wrytree Drift Double CD (2020) Mooncrest Michael Chapman - The Decca Years 1974-77 - 8 Panel Digipack (2021) Mooncrest