“C” is for Chapman, Martha Marshall, II (b. 1949)

“C” is for Chapman, Martha Marshall, II (b. 1949). Musician. Chapman was born in Spartanburg. After graduating from Vanderbilt, she settled in Nashville and began her career as a songwriter and performer. In 2003, Chapman published Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller, an autobiographical account woven around twelve of her songs and including reminiscences of her early days in South Carolina. In 2010 she published They Came to Nashville, based on her conversations with the musicians who have shaped the modern history of music in the city. By the early twenty-first century, she had hundreds of original songs and many albums to her credit. In the 1970s Chapman’s success was linked to the popularity of “outlaw” country artists. Classified by many as a country-music artist, Martha Marshall Chapman,II, and her style nonetheless have been difficult to categorize.