usually
Gabe Cummins – electric guitar
Dan Asher – bass guitar
Pat McLellan – keys
Randy Schrager - drums
Chris Olson - saxophone
Alex Chappo – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
sometimes
Simon Lott – drums
Nyasha Foy – backup vocals
Influences
backpack babies, small things like little birds and cute wolf like dogs, the media machine, politicians, rich people, poor people, bobby d., objects that spin, things that bounce, nyc ladies in the summertime, banksy, billy shakes, mlkj, Gandhi, skateboarding, juggling, Lao Tzu, oliver sacks, the stones, my folks, my sisters, my animals, my friends, my job, coincidences, imaginary friends, objects around my house that i talk to, yellow notebooks, small black notebooks, medium notebooks, anything that can be doodled on, doodles, squirrels, i. Kant, magic tricks, illusions, delusions, malaprops, misunderstandings, Dr. John, coffee, tea, artists, jerry g., paradigm shifts in thought, Balinese trances, the meters, chanting, drumming, rubber bands, baby strings, janis, bendable twistable objects, shell Silverstein, misspellings, bad grammar, jokes, mark twain, Robert Frost, "never seek to tell thy love", william blake, tigers, tigger, piglet, pooh bear, giggling, Andrew Felluss, Gabe Cummins, Simon Lott, Dan Asher, Randy Schrager, stevie wonder, Marques Durieux, ray charles, Ev Dinapoli, neil young, Sidney Besse, tickling, silliness, beck, pens that write well and don't smear all over my hand, pen-drum sticks, funky beats, Blackalicious, Aesop Rock, J-5, soulful people, sam cooke, people that look you in the eye, people that lie to my face, homeless people, paper airplanes, all my firsts, all my seconds, all my thirds, and lastly--you.
Buy the new album Media Machine digitally here at itunes or the the album and artwork here at Cdbaby.
CHAPPO fuses indie rock with swamp blues, New Orleans jazz progressions, a sweet embrace of pop and an occasional hip-hop beat. It is music you’d make with a tire iron, a hubcap and a one-string guitar in the middle of the swamp, a social-political commentary in an adventure song. The charismatic frontman, Alex Chappo, has a voice that has been known to call up the comparison to Neil Young and his innovation and performance reminiscent of the likes of Beck or The Flaming Lips. Their debut, Media Machine, was produced by Andrew Felluss and features Gabe Cummins on electric guitar, Dan Asher on bass, Simon Lott on drums, Pat McLellan plays keys, Chris Olson on saxophone and Alex Chappo on acoustic guitar, harmonica and lead vocals.
Singer-songwriter and Baton Rouge, Louisiana-native Alex Chappo has been living in the East Village and playing New York’s music scene since 2005. In 2007, Alex partnered with New York producer Andrew Felluss on a new project to capture the raw energy found in his live shows. Andrew and Alex brought together a group of musicians with the same type of passion and a background and training in jazz and blues. “I knew when we hit the first take of the session, something was taking place,” Alex says as he flashes a smile. “It wasn’t a flawless take, but it was infused with a rusty surge of energy and excitement that sucks a person in.” They turned the project into a full-length album, Media Machine, and the band CHAPPO emerged.
The band advises, “When you come see a CHAPPO show, you should bring a tattered umbrella, your father’s dusty mallet to keep a bloody beat, some sparklers, your pretty bag-o-tricks, a vintage pint glass that you can cheers gleefully with, and something pink.”
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Chappo - Love the new tracks on the page, brother. I may be out in NYC for your Oct 7 show. If I come - could you play Jubilee just for me? It's one of my all time favorite songs.
Saw you for the first time on Sunday night and met you briefly after your show. Wanted to reiterate how much I enjoyed myself. Great energy! Instantly a fan.
Had a great time listening to you guys rock out (with my friend Erin below). I hope to play on the same stage with you guys sometime soon! (Go veggie!)
