Thursday, December 17th at Ryde Town Hall

Roger Chapman (Chappo) and the Shortlist

The former Family, Streetwalkers vocalist brings his eight piece storming band the Shortlist to Ryde for what looks like a cracking gig. Roger Chapman is expected to perform some of those old Family stonkers like Burlesque, In My Own Time, The Weavers Answer along with material from his extensive career over three decades. He has a new album out called No Turn Unstoned and there will be plenty of material from that as well in this two hour set.

Roger Chapman aka Chappo is renowned for his superb stage presence, incredible vocals, great performances and the odd broken tambourine.

Line up: Roger Chapman, vocals and broken tambourines; Steve Simpson, gtr and elec. violin; Gary Twigg, bass; Ian Gibbons, keyboards; Helen Hardy, vocals; John Lingwood, drums, Pat Crumley tenor and alto saxes; Laurie Wisefield, gtrs.

Support comes from the Island's very own Mississippi Sheiks, JC and Angelina Grimshaw.

Tickets £10 in advance, £12 on the door

Tickets available from Island Photo and HiFi, Ryde and Newport
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Promoter Peter Hall

Box Office 568099

 Albums by Roger Chapman: Chappo (1979); Live in Hamburg (1979); Mail Order Magic (1980); Hyenas Only Laugh For Fun (1981); The Riffburglar Album (1981); He Was, She Was, You Was, We Was (Live 1982); The Riffburglars, Swag (1983); Mango Crazy (1983); The Shadow Knows (1984); Zipper (1986); Techno Prisoners (1987); Live in Berlin (1988); Walking The Cat (1989); Hybrid & Lowdown (1991); Under No Obligation (1992); Kick It Back (1993); King Of The Shouters (1994); Kiss My Soul (1996); A Turn Unstoned (1998)