Michael Chapman - Among The Trees - 1975
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2009
- Among the trees I have lain and passed my golden days
Among the trees I have spent my summers in a haze
Of lazy afternoons, watching all the rain, as it patterns the
verandah, then disappears again.....Come the sun
How I wish I could return to those summers once again
How I wish I could just sit in the presence of a friend,
Making music or just listening to the birds so far from sight
Watching as the dark shades of evening turn to night,
Gone the sun...
Michael Chapman.
First Broadcast: 21-MAR-1975
Was followed by "Deal Gone Down"
One of a number of appearances on the OGWT
Unfortunately his 1970 TV appearance with Pete and Dud has been wiped although he featured on Dutch and German TV as well as the UK's Sight and Sound In Concert.
Hugely popular today with most of his records available.
Song from the albums "Window" and "Pleasures of the Street" both, as here, with Rick Kemp on bass. 
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this is just simply great music, ridiculously undervalued by society...
RIP Micheal. I was in your last concert at tel aviv a few years ago.
Today I've found your tree 🌳 in wadi Rosh Pina.
Always liked that he wasn’t afraid to play in Israel. I played at the Jacob’s Ladder festival in 1997 and stayed at Neveh Shalom/Wahd El-Salaam after. All countries have their problems but for me, the world is a better place with Israel in it than it would be without it.
RIP Michael, you were a wonderful artist
The man who never gave up. There'll be disappointed fans sadly getting their money back for gigs booked ahead of his demise. Nice bloke too. He lived not far from where I am and when he was about 68 I got him on the radio (my line of work) to talk about the risks of losing luggage like guitars at airports and so on and how you can reclaim them off the conveyor belts and find them smashed. He said he'd not been very well but was about to fly off on a small midwinter tour of the Eastern USA which had been having massive snow storms: 'Well, you've got to, haven't you?". Note about his guitar there....a Fylde "Olivia". Roger Bucknall, who made it, said he had no idea how to do solid black lacquer like Chapman wanted, but he managed it with rattle cans and a razor blade to clean up the binding....and as for the vine pattern on the fingerboard he said he'd only ever done dots and after some experimenting managed to carve the rebates for the inlay with a sharpened screwdriver. Roger's come a long way since then. And Michael's gorn to a better place.
So very sad to hear about Mike Chapman 'moving on'. One of my heroes. RIP
I bought the 'Window' album in London circa 1970, and this was my favourite track: just loved the rural sentiment and Michael's drowsily stoned vocal. A few years back I saw him playing live in a pub in Presteigne, Wales, and he was mesmerising: he set out his stall right from the start of the evening, saying 'If it's too loud, you're too fookin' old!' I bought the '50' CD,which he signed: he was happy to chat ... he told me he was off to the States, and had an invitation to dinner with his one-time producer, the legendarily eccentric Don Nix: 'I'll be takin' my life in my hands,' said Michael. It's hard to think of an artist who lived life more to the full than this man, who was always pushing his art forward, and never compromised. Bless you, Michael - RIP.
RIP Michael
Among the trees I have lain and passed my golden days
Among the trees I have spent my summers in a haze ..... R.I.P. & thanks for the great tunes
RIP Michael Chapman what a wonderful artist.
Listening to this on the banks of Loch Ness among the trees 👏
So good
Rick Kemp and Richie Dharma I believe. I saw Mike Chapman numerous times in Hull in the early70’s including a great All Night Concert at Burton Constable Hall and at the Brickhouse. His music lives on…still have to stop and listen to Postcards and You Say. Thx
Sad to hear he passed. He’s up there with John Martyn and the pen tangle for me.
Honored to share the same name as this legend
Me too!
First saw Michael circa 1970. He patronized our local folk club in Hull and then I saw him at Cranfield tech Inst. I've spent many hours listening to his record and his death will not change that. Thanks Micheal ... RIP.
absolutely beautiful.
R.I.P Michael Chapman
I saw him playing solo at the Penthouse Club in Scarborough on a Sunday afternoon in 1972 (or thereabouts); somewhat disappointed that he didn't play Postcards of ...
Best version,
A friend and I saw Michael and his bass player Rick Kemp in Norwich sometime in the early 70's I think.
Great songs including Postcards from Scarborough and One Time Thing to mention two.
I can remember when mike chapman played all the local hull venues and bassist rick kemp sold guitars in hammonds music department (also in hull) God those were the days Eh??
R.I.P. Michael you were my guitar hero..
Me too.
RIP ..you were one of the best
Just Beautiful...
Among the trees indeed...
Best version of this song, I reckon - and love the album he produced in this trio, Deal Gone Down. Sadly I don't think this version of Among T Trees has been released. I just have to come here a couple of times a year to have a listen!
Cant stop playing this, its beautiful. Didn't know much about Michael Chapman until quite recently. Must listen to more of his music. The drummer in this video really makes me smile. Great stuff thanks for posting.
10yrs r u dead ...
RIP Micheal.
Such a beautiful song
First saw him in 1977.my first ever gig and last saw him at End of the Road a coupla years ago..A tremendous guitarist..what a loss but thanks so much for all the heart and beauty. RIP
Beautiful
I went to a ELP live performance, and Mike Chapman was the supporting artist, and he was just amazing, and a truly gifted guitar player, blew me away at the time, and only now I've had the time to find out more about him.
I’ve never heard this guy before , Luvin it !
Underrated genius!
John Peel's favourite singer at one point .
Wow from trimmers salon at BISHOP AUCKLAND HAVE GREAT WEEKEND MAKING MOST OF THIS LIFE GOD BLESS
Wow. What a discovery
Sublime.
Love this live version, it is so natural.
Fly High, Master
Rest in peace bird man
Michael was so great. The sound of the drums, particularly the snare and toms are just so warm on this.
Always found Nigel Pegrum (the drummer here) a bit heavy-handed, if I’m honest. Good drummer, just not one of my favourites. That’s just me, though.
Rip Micheal, one of the greatest folk artist, starways to heaven was also inspiered by your song kodak ghost as well, and bowie was inspiered by you
I'm here because of Steve Gunn, and I'm glad I arrived.
Still got the LP...great songs
This is a rare Old Grey Whistle Test Performance that has been kept in the can until More Guitar Heroes at the BBC Part 2. (2009). The really great news is that parts 4,5 and 6 are being broadcast over News Year's Eve/New Year's Day on BBC 4. Part 4 is at 9:15 New Year's Eve and features a 1973 performance by Michael of "Wellington the Skellington" leaving "The Hero Returns" in the can.
What better way to celebrate the New Year?
11yrs ago legend
I love this...
Some of the best vocal delivery out there then and now. Michael owns that mic!!
i hear you mr chapman, 35 years later.
@campoperro The drummer is Nigel Pegrum, who payed with Steeleye Span. The bassist is Rick Kemp, who is still with Steeleye.
mint, saw this on BBC4 other other day and needed to hear it again
great musician!
Fantastic!
11yrs ago woow
RIP Buddy
Track and a half. Great stuff!
iv met this guy :)
Heros Return - Available on BBC session CD my favourite track ever
great video....thank you for sharing this....
i love Michael Chapman!!!
i have this song on platter, i like it :)
brilliant, last time i check i couldnt find any chapman stuff around, thanks for uploading
i have this song on platter´, i like it :)
Nice
The birth of Steve Craddock.
been lookin for this vid for aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaages thanks for uploading :D
Ma biggest mate Tavi loves this stuff man,nice tune Tavi lol
the song is The hero returns
@MsZephyr6 I got a feeling this drummer is Brendan Day, he taught my son to play..
RIP shame that pete and dud footage is lost
@derekrevell He's still playing! I saw him at Moseley Folk Fest last year, he was very good. And he's 'cool' now... got two albums in the Wire magazines end of year round-up, one of them on Thurston Moore(Sonic Youth)'s label :-)
Kemp played & recorded extensively with Chapman throughout the '70s and they often toured as a duo. Love his playing & sound!
+jergens chris very cool
Was it 'New York Ladies'?
A beautiful tune. 1973. On RUclips.
Michael still visits the city now and then and performs on local radio.
Ive been wanting this for aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaages too. And it aint availble to buy on iTunes! WHY?!!!
I'm sure I saw this guy perform as a support artist on an Emerson Lake and Palmer UK tour, he was brilliant then, he stole the show, and he was performing solo, I thought ELP were good, but he just was superbly talented, is he still playing guitar?
Sorry for 8 year delay - just saw your question. Saw Michael Chapman solo last night in Liverpool so yes, still playing at 78.
Love the drumming and bass on this too. This song on BBC4 'Guitar Heroes at the BBC' inspired me to check out Michael Chapman's back catalogue: loved the music and lyrics - just wish he wouldn't try and blatantly sing like/mimic Bob Dylan!
Good thanxx to bbc 4 have great Saturday zoom Say hi to JOBI CHEESMAN XX
He doesn't sound remotely like Bob Dylan - from his very first album onwards this is how he always sang.
@@YorkyOne How long he was singing like that is irrelevant - his singing and word structure sounds like Dylan - and don't try and tell me that Dylan isn't one of Chapman's main influences!
Love this track. Is that the bass player and drummer from Steeleye Span playing with him ?
Yes
brilliant song
be careful if your downloading it from itunes store because the song entitled among the trees is 8 minutes long and it is just michael chapman and some one talking
among the trees is called northern lights on the itunes store
i wasted 79p, hope you dont do the same
anyone know how icould obtain this as an audio file.album version don' t have that hweckid drumming on
How is the woman in the background towards that last drop not moving or tapping her feet lol 😂
"youre the best" from karate kid is a blatant ripp off of this
is this on an in print album?
someone knows the lyrics of Stranger passing by?
Here you go:
I have seen you dancing in the willow shaded park
I’ve seen you in the morning as we listen to the lark
And I have seen you naked in the sunshine and the dark
And I wonder why you ever went away
Tell me why you ever went away
I sometimes see myself in a mirror like a stranger passing by
Walking over stony ground, head bent beneath the sky
I see myself as a wanderer of old in the days before the road
Avoiding all inhabited places, afraid of the heavy load
Don’t you know I’m afraid of the heavy load
I sometimes see myself as a rambler living hand to mouthWaiting for the first cold wind to point my feet down south
Towards the grass still green you know and the leaves still on the tres
I guess I’m still a Little confused but that’s just what I see
What I see
(Repeat verse 1 with last line sung 3 times)
people are awesome
For 40 years ago I would say great! But I don't see or feel anything remarkable by todays standards. Maybe someone will take this opportunity to enlighten me! And keep in mind I am open and would appreciate the comments! :)
You are a pleb.
And you are so high and mighty!
A pleb is a fitting response EasterEllis
Phil Lango You know nothing about me!
Hmm, I don't think those people needed to be rude and suggest anything about social classes. To answer your question - if you like it, then it is good. If you feel that other artists have taken the bar higher since this was recorded, then you can just respect it for what it was. It's like a car chase in the movies - the first time it was done, people said wow. The ten thousandth car chase may be quite a bit more entertaining by modern standards, but usually the earliest attempts at things have a certain character that you can never really recreate. Other times, the early attempts just suck! LOL. But again, it's up to you if you like it. Additionally, sometimes it takes a trained eye/ear to appreciate certain art. For me, if I came up with the guitar part he's playing, I would be quite pleased myself. What if Eric Clapton (or someone else well-regarded) covered it today? Would it be good then?