Chappell and David Holt on the San Francisco Open Mic Poetry Podcast TV Show from San Francisco Open Mic Poetry Podcast on Public Access TV. Spoken word on TV.
This is Clara Hsu/s segment of the San Francisco Open Mic Poetry Podcast TV Show and this is the 1rst part of 2 segments with Chappell and David and Holt. Here is their bio: Chappell Dave Holt "The Jazzy Side of Americana" Singer/songwriters who offer an unusual musical statement ? a crossroads where jazz, blues, folk gospel meet. Dave Holt studied piano at Toronto's Royal Conservatory. The 60's brought rock n roll, blues, jazz and a move to Northern California, while honing his songwriting skills. He toured with the country rock band, Frontier, fronted by Mitch Greenhill Mayne Smith; was accompanist to blues singer Pamela Polland and her cabaret show, The Melba Rounds Revue; fronted his own bands and began honing an original singer/songwriter partnership with Chappell in 1980. Later he earned an SFSU BA and Master's in Creative Writing and has become a published, award-winning poet, and is often in demand to read and perform his poetry accompanied by his drum, and sometimes Chappell on guitar, autoharp dulcimer. His book, Voyages to Ancestral Islands: Poems Poetry, is available at Amazon.com. The daughter of a minister, Chappell grew up singing gospel music. Frequent moves took her Navy family to San Diego. With a guitar, dulcimer, and autoharp she left for Northern California during the 70?s folk music revival inspired by the new singer/songwriters and the soulfulness of jazz. She began to explore merging poetry with music in songwriting. She is also an artist, a professional seamstress, and clothing designer. Some of her paintings are displayed in the website Pictures section. Karl Hartmann is an accomplished jazz bassist.
