IF YOU GO* What: Marshall Chapman.* When: 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7.* Where: Charles & Myrtle's Coffeehouse, Christ Unity Church, 105 McBrien Road.* Admission: $10 suggested donation.* Phone: 423-892-4960.
Singer/songwriter Marshall Chapman returns to Chattanooga for a show Friday, Feb. 7, at Charles & Myrtle's Coffeehouse.
Chapman says she has fond memories of the city, dating to her first visit as a teenager.
"My mom drove me there in 1965 when I was 16 because I loved the guitar and singing," she recalls. "Once there, Walter Forbes arranged for Norman Blake to give me the only guitar lessons I ever had."
She returned in the 1990s with her band The Love Slaves to play at Market Street Performance Hall (now Rhythm & Brews).
She is currently finishing up a couple of songs for a movie called "Mississippi Grind" that is being shot in New Orleans.
She also has a part in the film.
"I'll be playing the mother of one of the drifters (Ryan Reynolds), a world-weary blues singer," she says.
Contact Barry Courter at bcourter@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6354.