Scott T. Appel (March 3, 1954 – March 11, 2003) was a musician and a musicologist.
Appel began playing the guitar at the age of eight. Initial influences were the English "folkies" Davy Graham and Bert Jansch.
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 covers and also some Drake-influenced pieces. It was reissued in 1995 by Schoolkids Records[1] The album was warmly received and received four stars by Rolling Stone.[1]
Appel died in New Jersey at the age of 48 after a long battle with heart disease.[2] Friend and fellow guitarist Mark Fogarty posted an obituary of Appel on his MySpace page:[3]