Topic: Goodbye Little Rock and Ro

Marshall Chapman rocks APSU

By Debbie Boen | July 21, 2008 |

It’s not really country, almost rock. It was difficult for the record companies to put my music in a genre, said Marshall Chapman, who spoke at APSU on July 15.

Did you get lots of pressure from them to do what they wanted? asked an audience member.

Yes. And I don’t do pressure. I’m my own person and I keep to my guns.

That was obvious. She makes southern drawl popular. She sang songs and read from her book, Goodbye Little Rock and Roller. And we were happy. Marshall charmed us with her wit and humor, and her stories about writing and singing. Best of all, I don’t think she cared if we were charmed. She was just being herself, and in so doing made it big as a song writer. She was one of those people who took the chance and bet her life on it. It paid off. She has written songs for and hung out with Jimmy Buffet, Chris Kristofferson and many many more. «Read the rest of this article»

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