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Rich Chappell

inestimably lovely

About Me

For three years I was singer and guitarist in ska/punk band The Capones. Around 18 months ago I started playing acoustic solo gigs, having written in this style as well since busking on the streets of Cambridge as a teen. When The Capones split up at the beginning of 2006 I started gigging more frequently.
I played over 60 gigs in the West Midlands and beyond and have performed on BBC radio Birmingham. In October 2007 I joined Cracked Actors as rhythm guitairst, and therefore took a break from my solo work.
Whilst I am still working on a full length CD with Kris and Amy, i have in the meantime recorded the "Someday There Won’t Be Any More Tomorrows" EP, featuring just vocal and guitar, featuring 6 tracks all of which can be downloaded above. Although the EP is "free" it would obviously be very helpful to me should you feel like donating a small amount in return for these recordings. You can donate from Paypal or a Credit or Debit card by clicking this button. You don’t need a Paypal account yourself to do so.
My older physical CD is also still available to purchase. "Only Almost..." was recorded in November 2006 by Jos at StanField, and features the tracks:
100 Years
Give Up
Awful Quiet
The Usher
You Don’t Have It In You
Cold Bright Winter’s Morning
£3.00 incl. p&p
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/11/2005
Band Website: soundclick.com/richardchappell
Band Members: Richard sings and plays the guitar, banjo, mandolin, ukulele and bouzouki
Kris Agius plays bass guitar
Amy Cunningham plays violin
Influences: In this guise: Iron and Wine, Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon, Nick Drake, Sufjan Stevens, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Elliott Smith, R.E.M, James Yorkston and the Athletes, Manu Chao, Eels, Beirut, Decemberists, Okkervil River, Weakerthans, Logh, Last Days of April, William Elliott Whitmore all kinds of stuff played acoustically from Alice In Chains through to Jose Gonzalez
Sounds Like: What I would like to sound like would be somewhere in between: R.E.M, Iron and Wine, Elliot Smith, Nick Drake, Sufjan Stevens, Counting Crows, Bright Eyes, James Yorkston, Neutral Milk Hotel and The Weakerthans. Recently I've been compared to Dashboard Confessional and The Smiths
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Album?...EP?...Violins?

After welcoming the young and annoyingly talented Amy Cunningham to the fold, Kris and I are working with her the songs that will one day, maybe, become the album I;ve been working on for the last...h...
Posted by Rich Chappell on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:44:00 PST

Sky TV Appearance

I'm going to be on Armchair Revolutionary Tuesday on Red TV (Sky Channel 186) next er...tuesday, funnily enough. It's a brand new live music programme presented by Brett Morton and the first episode ...
Posted by Rich Chappell on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:18:00 PST

Things, happenings, etc.

Folowing a period of prolonged inactivity during the darkest winter months, I have emerged, tortoise like, from my hibernation clutching an abumsworth of new songs. Mysel and bassist Kris Agiu, former...
Posted by Rich Chappell on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:45:00 PST

Hiatus

Ok, so the reason I haven't been gigging that much of late is that I'm supposed to be working on the album, and on working on playing those songs with extra musicians. This is taking time. I was hopin...
Posted by Rich Chappell on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:06:00 PST

Download My First Two Demo’s Free!

Visit www.soundclick.com/richardchappell to download 12 of my early tracks, including the tracks off my first two, now deleted, CD demo's, and also some stuff never before released. Enjoy!  ...
Posted by Rich Chappell on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:37:00 PST

Update

Hello friends, fans and dubious virtual aquaintances. Just a quick update really, the "Sadness" CD has been dealyed whilst I have been unable tyo access my equipment temproarily, and I've also been d...
Posted by Rich Chappell on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:29:00 PST

New Ep Next Week

Hopefully my new demo Ep, Sadness, will be available from late next week. I;ve put a couple of demo's up on the site to whet your apetites.
Posted by Rich Chappell on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:05:00 PST

I'm going to be on the radio!

I'll be chattig and playing some tunes live on BBC Radio Wm 95.6 FM this monday at around 19:45 GMT. You can also listen on line at http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/local_radio/...
Posted by Rich Chappell on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:55:00 PST