When Michael Chapman
talks don't be fooled by the
twinkle in his eye; he's not
a man about to pull any
punches. A loner who
cares not a jot what anyone
thinks about him, hes one
of those brusque
Yorkshiremen who
would never call a
spade a shovel and
a man who knows
without any shadow of a
doubt that his way is the
best.

During the heady days of the '70s when
he recorded a series of albums from
EMI's Harvest label- home to Deep Purple
and Pink Floyd - Michael Chapman was certainly one of the most influencial characters on the contempory acoustic music scene along with Roy Harper and Al Stewart. After a shaky start (his first album was held back from release for nine months so that Pink Floyd could complete Umagumma)