MALCOLM CHAPMAN (Lead Gtr)

Malcolm originally started out playing guitar for the Leatherhead based Sundowners (fronted by Lee Gocher) primarily to back Ronnie Dawson at a gig in Ship Street, Brighton. After a year of playing around London and the south of England, the band folded and Malcolm ended up spending 18 months with the Jive Aces, where he constantly toured the UK and Europe. It was during this period that he was asked to take TK Smith's place in Big Sandy & the Fly Rite Trio for a European tour and to do some recording. Stints with the Drinking Buddies and the Bop Shack Stompers brought Malcolm to the Boston Arms in Tuffnell Park where he met with Carlos Mejuto who pressed him to start a band. After 2 years of constant nagging they began to write songs and record their debut LP.
Whilst playing in the Bandidos he also found time to spend 5 years alongside Paul Ansell in Number 9, and is part of the Hemsby House Band, fronted by Wayne Hopkins, playing guitar behind such 50's luminaries as Janis Martin, Sammy Masters, Marvin Rainwater and Sonny West (among others).
Like Roger, Malcolm is also in demand as a session guitar player and has found himself playing with the Nick Gilroy Kombo alongside Boz Boorer (who used to give Malcolm guitar lessons), Chrissie Lane & the Rhythm Wranglers and the Rockettes. He's currently also playing guitar for the Staines based Heartbreakers band and also in the Georgia Brown Trio with Bill Crittenden & Mick Wigfall.
Malcolm shares song / tune writing with Carlos and has written some of their more "darker" songs in their repertoire. Like Neil, Malcolm is a constant collector of Rockabilly records and when not pouring over old dusty disks, he's a voracious reader on Soviet & Russian history.