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. <br /> <br />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.
