Sam Chappell with Jason Upton
Jason Upton is a dear friend of mine. I was at Regent University speaking to one of the business classes about the music industry. While I was out there, they asked me to go to chapel with them. Jason was a seminary student. He had a year or two to go and he led worship […]
Sam Chappell with Phil Driscoll
This is me with Phil Driscoll. He is a singer, recording artist, and a well known trumpet player in Christian music. I believe he played trumpet at Bill Clinton’s inauguration. He’s played before massive audiences all around the world as a trumpet player and a singer. I’ve known Phil for probably 20-25 years. I met […]
Sam Chappell with Andy Mineo
This is me with Andy Mineo. Andy is probably one of the most multi-talented artists I’ve ever worked with. He can do animation, he wrote a book, he writes songs, he records music, he produces his own work and the work of other artists. There’s really no limit. He started his own record label in […]
GMA Dove Awards Nominations Press Conference
In This Photo: Flame, KB, Sam Chappell Flame, KB and Sam Chappell attend the nominees during the 45th Annual GMA Dove Awards Nominations Press Conference at Allen Arena on Lipscomb University campus, August 13, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee.(Aug. 12, 2014 – Source: Rick Diamond/Getty Images North America)
Sam Chappell Nashville with Producer Ted T.
Ted T. is a well known producer in Christian music. He has worked with a number of artists and produced people like Rebecca St James and Britt Nicole. Recently he worked with For King and Country. Ironically, Ted and I had not worked together all these years even though we are both in the Christian […]
Sam Chappell with Tauren Wells
This is me with Tauren Wells. When I was managing Andy Mineo, we needed a male vocalist for one of Andy’s projects and Andy loved Tauren’s voice. Tauren actually knew of me because we had some mutual artist friends, but we didn’t meet each other until this project with Andy. Tauren used to be in […]
Sam Chappell with Lecrae & Andy Mineo at Facebook
In this picture we are in Cupertino, California at Facebook’s headquarters. Lecrae, on the left, was launching a new album and we were going out there to raise media support. Andy Mineo was about to release a record too. So here we have Lecrae from Atlanta, Andy from New York, Sam from Nashville, and we’re […]
Sam Chappell with Otto Price in Nashville
I’ve known Otto Price since the late nineties, so a little over 20 years. He used to be the bass player for DC Talk. Then when I was one of the Vice Presidents at Gotee Records, we signed a band called Zilch, and Zilch turned into Sonic Flood and Otto was their bass player. Otto […]
Sam Chappell with Steph Curry
This is me with Steph Curry. It was probably a three minute moment. Steph was a big fan of Lecrae, and I was Lecrae’s manager at the time. Steph and Lecrae were good friends already before this moment. Lecrae had a concert in San Francisco and Steph came backstage. I got a picture with him […]
Sam Chappell Receives Platinum Record for GRITS
I was the manager for GRITS early on in their career. They were signed to Gotee records and their song “Ooh Ahh (My Life Be Like)” was the first certified platinum record that Gotee ever had. It just got certified in the last couple months of 2018. I was managing the group when all that […]
