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Paul Chapman...bass player

Touring with Terri Clark, freelancing in Nashville

About Me

I started playing the bass while growing up in Anchorage, Alaska. I lived in Dallas while earning a Bachelor's degree in Music from North Texas State University. I also lived in Atlanta and I'm currently based in Nashville. My first gig was playing 'White Riot' by the Clash at a high school assembly. Since then, it kinda goes like this.....Touring gigs: Terri Clark (currently), Jeffery Steele, Lee Greenwood, Brady Seals, The Kinleys, Ty Herndon, Susan Ashton, Ronna Reeves, Tim Miner, Mylon LeFevre, Wayne Watson, 4-HIM, Point of Grace, Kathy Troccoli, Steve Fister and The Evinrudes.Recording gigs: Terri Clark, John Corabi, Ken Block, Taylor Hicks, Kyle Jennings, Marshal Reign, Risa Binder, Joseph Wooten and the Hands of Soul, Suitcase Pimps, Zayne/Eric Solomon, JD Blair, Vaughan Penn, Shane Theriot, Jeffery Scott Wills, 4-HIM (live concert video), Mylon LeFevre (Grammy-nominated 'Mylon and Friends'), Kenneth Copeland, Liason, Code Of Ethics, Margaret Bell and Paul Q-Pek.TV appearances: Austin City Limits; CMT Musikfest, Showcase and Most Wanted; The View; Grand Ole Opry; CNN Showbiz Today; CMT Canada; Primetime Country and TBN.Other assorted live gigs, one-off's and trade show appearances include: Anita Cochran, Raul Malo, Joanna Cotten, Scott Simontacchi, Rodney Crowell, Dobie Gray, Emily West, Natalie Hemby, Bekka Bramlett, Crystal Taliefero, El Buho, Britten, Anna Wilson, Chely Wright, Mila Mason, Rod McGaha, Jeff Coffin, Tom Braxton, Bernard Wright, Billy Cobham, Bernard Purdie, Bobby McFerrin, Cab Calloway, The Platters, The Drifters, Doc Severinsen, NTSU One O'Clock Lab Band, The Mac Band, Cedell Davis, Eric Gales, Dave Pomeroy's Bass Orchestra, Oteil Burbridge, Keith Horne, John Billings, Victor Wooten, Joseph Wooten and the Hands of Soul and The Wooten Brothers.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/7/2007
Band Members: Dean Markley strings; Alien Audio, Ernie Ball, Fender, Gibson, Mike Lull and Modulus bass guitars; David Eden amps and cabs; Live Wires in-ear monitors.
Influences: AC/DC, John Adams, Rusty Allen, Mike Brignardello, James Brown, Ray Brown, Brownmark, Ron Carter, Paul Chambers, Stanley Clarke, Bootsy Collins, Rodney 'Skeet' Curtis, D'Angelo, Bob Daisley, Miles Davis, Charley Drayton, Duke Ellington, Steve Evans, Pete Farndon, Fishbone, Flogging Molly, Foo Fighters, Larry Graham, Gary Grainger, Tony Hall, Andrew Harkin, Anthony Jackson, Paul Jackson, James Jamerson, Louis Johnson, Darryl Jones, John Paul Jones, Mark King, Led Zeppelin, Tony Levin, Tom Lilly, Gary Lunn, The Meters, Marcus Miller, Charles Mingus, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, P-Funk, Pino Palladino, Darrell Phillips, Dave Pomeroy, Mike Pope, Mike Porcaro, Michael Rhodes, Keith Richards and the X-Pensive Winos, Jaco Pastorius, Jimmie Lee Sloas, Squarepusher, T.M. Stevens, Sly Stone, Jackie Street, Kasim Sulton, Tackhead, Velvet Revolver, Mike Watt, Weather Report, Willie Weeks, Jim White, Cliff Williams, Doug Wimbish, Allen Woody, Joseph Wooten, Regi Wooten, Victor Wooten, Glenn Worf, Stuart Zender.
Sounds Like: Joseph Wooten and the Hands of Soul "Mouth 2 Mouth," "Sexy;" Marshal Reign "Redneck;" Kyle Jennings "Long Black Cadillac;" Risa Binder "Nashville," "Trouble;" Terri Clark live gigs and "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed."
Type of Label: None