Epysode 13: "Fully Qualified Survivor", by Michael Chapman

Farmer John Presents "Psychedelic Relics"

Guests: Andru Chapman, Bridget St. John & Steve Gunn.

In this Epysode we delve into the career of an artist that spanned 5 decades, who recorded more than 50 albums, was adored by generations of musicians and who critics fawned over...yet hardly anyone knows his name. Michael was an immensely skilled guitarist and an excellent songwriter who released album after album to critical acclaim. Even his last albums - more than 50 years after his debut were considered among his best. Here was an artist who never settled, continually pushing musical boundaries...maybe that's why he remained on the fringes.

Fully Qualified Survivor is universally considered his best album and we dive into it track by track, though an artist with this body of work has to be explored further, so we also make pit stops throughout the rest of his amazing career too.

Michael Chapman is a name most people have never heard of and that's a shame, as I can't think of another artist with this amount of incredible work who is more deserving of recognition.

I hope you dig Fully Qualified Survivor and the rest of Michael's incredible career as much as I do.

-FJ

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Dig the music you heard here? Here's a Spotify link to all the songs used in this Epysode:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4TrYk3aWbSHRb8cMBxOFGy?si=7ab618e97809468b

I used portions of two interviews with Michael for the show. The first was by UK Rock History, and you can hear the full interview here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N190mQheNyM

The second was by Secret Records Limited and you can also hear that full interview here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1MBhckOTLo

===SONGS===

Songs used in this epysode, in order of appearance. See above for a link to a Spotify playlist ( *denotes track is not available on Spotify):

THE ROSE GARDEN “Next Plane to London”

MICHAEL CHAPMAN “Rainmaker”

MICHAEL CHAPMAN “No One Left to Care”

BRIDGET ST. JOHN “Ask Me No Questions”

MICHAEL CHAPMAN “Aviator”

MICHAEL CHAPMAN “Naked Ladies and Electric Ragtime”

MICHAEL CHAPMAN “Stranger in the Room”

MICHAEL CHAPMAN “Postcards of Scarborough”

MICHAEL CHAPMAN “Fishbeard Sunset”

MICHAEL CHAPMAN “Soulful Lady”

MICHAEL CHAPMAN “Rabbit Hills”

MICHAEL CHAPMAN “March Rain”

MICHAEL CHAPMAN “Kodak Hills”

MICHAEL CHAPMAN “Andru’s Easy Rider”

MICHAEL CHAPMAN “Trinkets and Rings”

MICHAEL CHAPMAN “An Old Man Remembers”

MICHAEL CHAPMAN “Wrecked Again”

MICHAEL CHAPMAN “Firewater Dreams”

MICHAEL CHAPMAN “Deal Gone Down”

MICHAEL CHAPMAN “Among the Trees”

MICHAEL CHAPMAN “Northern Lights”

*MICHAEL CHAPMAN “Heartbeat”

MICHAEL CHAPMAN “The Resurrection of Clayton Peacock”

JACK ROSE “Kensington Blues”

STEVE GUNN “Way Out Weather”

MICHAEL CHAPMAN “Memphis in Winter”

MICHAEL CHAPMAN “That Time of Night”

MICHAEL CHAPMAN “The Youth is Wasted on the Young”

MICHAEL CHAPMAN “It’s Too Late”

MICHAEL CHAPMAN “New York Ladies (live)”

*BRIDGET ST. JOHN “Aviator”

?? MYSTERY ARTIST ?? Tune in to the next epysode to hear his story...

*NEWPORT ELECTRIC "Beauty In The Wasteland" (this song is not yet streaming and is scheduled for release later in 2024)

~~Hey. See that beautiful face in the mirror? That's the face of someone who is groovy~~