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Todd Chappelle, Comedy Guitarist

Moderately Funny Acoustic Comedy

About Me

My e-mail address is TODDCHAPPELLE (at) GMAIL (dot) COM. -----Todd Chappelle is a singer-songwriter whose material ranges from the irreverent to the downright silly. After graduating from the University of Delaware in 1993, he spent much of the mid-1990's performing cover songs in bars, coffeehouses, and anywhere else in Delaware and SE Pennsylvania that would have him. He was also a member of the band LEGENDS, which was a 50's/60's/70's cover band that performed consistently throughout DE, PA and MD for several years before it disbanded in 2005.Left without an outlet for his music, Todd put together a repertiore of humorous songs that are meant for adult audiences without being TOO dirty or offensive.His 2007 CD "I'M FROM DELAWARE" was named the best comedy CD of 2007 by the listeners of 93.7 WSTW. The title track has been played on 12 stations so far in Delaware and Maryland.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/10/2005
Band Website: toddchappelle.com
Band Members: Todd Chappelle - vocals, guitar, piano, etc.
Influences: Alcohol, Stephen Lynch, Rodney Carrington, Tom Lehrer, Adam Sandler, Tenacious D, Stucco Lobster Breadbox, and of course, more alcohol.
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Columbia House - 13 CDs for a penny, baby!
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Gig on May 30th is CANCELLED

My gig at Maria's Italian Grill in Franklinville, NJ on May 30th is CANCELLED.  No reason given by the owner, just cancelled.  Hopefully, I'll see you at a gig in June!
Posted by Todd Chappelle, Comedy Guitarist on Thu, 29 May 2008 07:49:00 PST

33 days without coffee

One good thing that has happened as a result of my tonsillectomy is that I don't drink coffee anymore.  I couldn't drink it anyway for the first 2 or 3 weeks because it is waaaay too acidic, but ...
Posted by Todd Chappelle, Comedy Guitarist on Sat, 03 May 2008 02:09:00 PST

BENEFIT FOR KIRK on Sunday, April 20th

First of all, things are mostly back to normal from my surgery.  I can talk and eat regular food again.  The speaking voice is almost all the way back, and the singing voice is improvin...
Posted by Todd Chappelle, Comedy Guitarist on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:38:00 PST

Tonsillectomy recovery - day 10

I’m happy to say that things seem to be improving.  I’m nowhere near 100%, but things are definitely better than they were a couple of days ago. Pain in the morning isn&rsqu...
Posted by Todd Chappelle, Comedy Guitarist on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:43:00 PST

Tonsillectomy recovery - day 6 & 7

Well, this has been no fun so far.    I knew I would still be hurting at this point, but jeez --- I still can’t talk, but at least I can sort of whisper now.    I&rsqu...
Posted by Todd Chappelle, Comedy Guitarist on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:59:00 PST

Tonsillectomy recovery - day 5

Oh boy, this sucks.  This morning was the worst yet.  It almost makes me not want to go to sleep at night, because waking up and taking that first swallow of the morning darn near kills me.&...
Posted by Todd Chappelle, Comedy Guitarist on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:51:00 PST

Tonsillectomy recovery - day 4

The pain has ramped up a  bit, but the doctors had warned me it would around this point.  The worst pain was this morning when i first woke up, holy cow --- but once again, vicodin came to m...
Posted by Todd Chappelle, Comedy Guitarist on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:26:00 PST

Tonsillectomy recovery - day 3

Day 3 of recovery, and here’s the report.   It is hard to tell, but I think the pain is about the same, I am just aware of it more, if that makes any sense.  I am supposed to take...
Posted by Todd Chappelle, Comedy Guitarist on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:05:00 PST

Tonsillectomy recovery - day 2

So, day 2 has been similar to day 1 -- same level of pain.  More water, more pudding.  My lovely wife brought me some Rita’s Water Ice, which, as it turns out, is fantastic.  I h...
Posted by Todd Chappelle, Comedy Guitarist on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:12:00 PST

Tonsillectomy recovery - Day 1

So, the operation went just fine.  The procedure took about an hour, I was in post-op for about 3 hours, and then my lovely wife drove me home.  Now I am tonsil-less and uvula-less. As expec...
Posted by Todd Chappelle, Comedy Guitarist on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:54:00 PST