Biography

Appel began playing the guitar at the age of eight. Initial influences were the English "folkies" Davy Graham and Bert Jansch

Bert Jansch

Herbert "Bert" Jansch was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s, as an acoustic guitarist, as well as a singer-songwriter...

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In 1972 Appel gained admittance to Boston's Berklee School of Music.

In 1989 Appel released the album Nine of Swords on the Kicking Mule label as KM-343, which included six Nick Drake

Nick Drake

Nicholas Rodney "Nick" Drake was an English singer-songwriter and musician. Though he is best known for his sombre guitar based songs, Drake was also proficient at piano, clarinet and saxophone...

 covers and also some Drake-influenced pieces. It was reissued in 1995 by Schoolkids Recordshttp://www.musicmash.net/review/Scott_Appel-Nine_Of_Swords-8380/ The album was warmly received and received four stars by Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

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Appel died in New Jersey at the age of 48 after a long battle with heart disease. Friend and fellow guitarist Mark Fogarty posted an obituary

Obituary

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 of Appel on his MySpace

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