From the time he could talk, CHAPPY was hollering song. Raised in Georgia and shaped by visits to his grandmother in the North Carolina mountains — where Willie Nelson’s Honky Tonk Radio played on repeat and lap harps and dusty organs lined the walls — music was stitched into his bones early. Just down the road, his other grandmother was a prolific painter, passing down a different kind of influence — one of beauty, texture, and emotional weight. Between them, sound and story took root. An instinctual folk instrumentalist (banjo, acoustic guitar, dulcimer), CHAPPY has spent the last decade in Nashville as a bandleader, music director, and collaborator — playing on records, leading ensembles, and composing for podcasts, films, and narrative projects.

Now, with over two decades of music behind him, CHAPPY is stepping into the spotlight with Wrestle Me — a debut album that doesn’t just introduce an artist, it reveals a voice that’s been living and learning in plain sight.

Rooted in Nashville, CHAPPY blends the grit of rock & roll with the narrative soul of Americana. His sound is a bruised-knuckle handshake between vulnerability and power — built for open roads, dive bars, and windows rolled all the way down.