Will Chatham's Music Site

The Whappers

will — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:07:24 +0000

My current band, The Whappers, is playing its first real show tomorrow night. You can check out some tunes at the official web site, or on our MySpace page.

It’s straight-up rock and roll music, and I finally feel like I have my chops back on the drums. Check us out and let me know what you think!

New(er) Channel 18 tunes

will — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:44:25 +0000

I finally got around to uploading some of the tunes Jeremy and I did back in the spring of this year. We had my pal Jay Altemose (Fantastic Life, Klink) come sit in on bass for the rather haphazard session in my living room.

Be sure to have a listen to these new Channel 18 songs.

Oh, and Jeremy, if you are reading this, I need you to re-send me the Sheepshagger tune that has vocals (and a different name) — I seem to have lost it.

News

will — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:39:18 +0000

I have been getting some good feedback from people finding this site. Some run across it not knowing what the heck it is all about; others were trying to dig up relics from the past and ended up here.

Either way, I am always glad to get feedback and comments from people about this site, just so I know it’s being used and should be kept up

Oh, and some Paypal love (see link on the right) wouldn’t hurt to either

New Songs

will — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:59:49 +0000

I just posted a new page containing some songs I recorded with Jeremy Givens back in August. It’s under the name Channel 18, which was the band Jeremy and I worked on back in the early 90’s. It was a lot of fun whipping out these tunes. Jeremy and I both believe in the “first take is a keeper” philosophy, which allows a song to maintain the edge and attitude that vanishes once you have tried to redo it 5 times.

Self Destruct

will — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:39:30 +0000

Mike Bucayu, former Kinghorse bass man, and owner of the now-defunct Self Destruct records in Louisville, sent this picture he took to me today. Pictured from left to right are John Kampschaefer, Paul Oldham, and myself. Good ole days…

Videos

will — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 01:31:25 +0000

I have started recording a series of videos, mostly of me playing the banjo. You can check them out on Youtube. Here is the first installment:

New Site, At Last

will — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 04:08:46 +0000

I finally moved this site to its own domain with its own database. Hopefully this will generate more traffic.

Please have a look around and let me know if I need to add or fix anything. And enjoy the tunes. As always they are free, but donations are welcomed via the Paypal button on the right.