"The tall, blond love child of early Elvis and Lauren Bacall."
Influences
Big Joe Turner, Marianne Faithful, Waylon Jennings, Bob Seger, Millie Jackson, The Rolling Stones, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tony Joe White, The Every Brothers, The Delmore Brothers, Hank Williams, Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs, Hank Garland, Willie Nelson, Elvis Presley, JJ Cale, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash
Marshall Chapman was born and raised in Spartanburg, South Carolina. To date she has released eight critically acclaimed albums and her songs have been recorded by a variety of artists including Emmylou Harris, John Hiatt, Wynonna, Joe Cocker, Irma Thomas, Jimmy Buffett, Dion, Tanya Tucker, Russ Taff, Olivia Newton-John, Sawyer Brown, Mindy McCready, Greg "Fingers" Taylor, Jessi Colter, Ronnie Milsap, and The Uppity Blues Women. She has toured extensively on her own and opened shows for everybody from John Prine and Jimmy Buffett to Jerry Lee Lewis and The Ramones.
Of her three rockin' albums for Epic, the Al Kooper-produced Jaded Virgin was voted Record of the Year (1978) by Stereo Review. Following 1982's Take It On Home (Rounder) Marshall released two albums on her own Tall Girl label: 1987's Dirty Linen (A- in Christgau Consumer Guide, released in Europe on Line Records) and 1991's Inside Job, voted Album of the Month in the April 1992 Stereo Review.
In 1994, Marshall recorded a live concert at the Tennessee State Prison for Women. The result was It's About Time...— her first live album and first release for Margaritaville/Island Records in May 1995. The CD drew rave reviews from Time, USA Today and The Village Voice. Marshall and her band (The Love Slaves) spent the rest of the year touring with Buffett, playing for over a million people. Afterward, they went in the studio and recorded Love Slave. According to Marshall, being a "love slave" is a way of life. "We're all slaves to something," she says, "....might as well be love!"
In 1998, Marshall began exploring new outlets for her creativity. One was theater. She and songwriting pal Matraca Berg contributed fourteen songs to Good Ol' Girls, a country musical based on the stories of Lee Smith and Jill McCorkle. The New York Times called it a "feminist literary country music review." In fall 2003, Good Ol' Girls played theaters throughout the South.
Marshall's first book, Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller (St. Martin's Press), was published in September 2003. Simultaneously, a companion CD was released. The book was a 2004 SEBA Book Award finalist, and one of three finalists for the Southern Book Critics Circle Award. A softcover edition was released in September 2004.
In the past year, Marshall has performed from San Francisco to New York, from Blytheville, Arkansas, to Loachapoka, Alabama, developing a one-woman show called "The Triumph of Rock and Roll over Good Breeding." She is currently writing commentaries for The Bob Edwards Show (XM Satellite Radio), and preparing for the release of Mellowcious!, her first studio album in nine years.
Street date: April 18, 2006.
Marshall Chapman, YOU ROCK BABY!!! Hoiw are you? Miss you loads youre an inspiration. I hope we can get beck to Nashville and see you again sometime. Are you thinking to come to the IK at all? Love , Hugs and respect Nikki and been....aka (The Scottish Girls).
Hello, Marshall and thanks for the add! It was a pleasure to see you at the Southern Festival of Books and it's always a treat to hear your music! Les Kerr
Marshall, just wanted to express how much I enjoyed reading your book. It was funny, inspiring and informative. I arrived in Nashville in 1989 and it was wonderful to get a view of what living and working around music row was like in the preceding years before I got here. Thanks! Markham
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If you were unable to get reservations to see Marshall play the Bluebird this Friday, October 5th or you don't live in Nashville.. you can still watch the show live online in Second Life. Just head over to www.bluebirdcafesl.com!
Hi Marshall! If you're in town, come down to 12th & Porter August 9; we're playing the whole new album live from beginning to end. Love to see you there! peace, love 'n' brown rice, G
Thanks for being my friend Marshall. Did I ever tell you that "Leaving LOACHAPOKA' inspired me to move to Nashville? Well, it did. Played it all the way here. Do tell.
I hope you and Tommy Womack continue to share the stage at times - I'd hoped to head south for the Handlebar show, but alas, I'll be moving that weekend.
Still savoring the memories from the Eddie's show last Labor Day.
How are you? Wanted to let you know I am doing ok and have been a bit creative lately. Would be great to hear from you so please drop me a line or two.
I also wanted to take the chance to let you know that I have uploaded a new song called "A legend called Joy" which is up on www.myspace.com/glengabriel. My homepage has also been updated a bit, if you want to see: www.glengabriel.com
