I had the opportunity to see Harry Chapin perform only once in my life. It was early 1981 at Allentown Symphony Hall in Allentown, PA. I went there expecting a fine performance and left with much more. Harry’s plane was late and the show started with a 30-45 minute emergency…
While I was fortunate enough to see Harry in concert several times in the 70’s, the most memorable for me was when he played at the old Kiel Opera House in St. Louis. We had third-row-center seats and felt as though Harry was singing directly to us the entire evening.…
I was a police officer from 1976 - 1995 and on Thanksgiving weekend 1980 I met Harry Chapin on US 12 in a small town in SW Michigan. I was patrolling on the midnight shift when I observed a Dodge Aries K-car speeding eastbound on US 12. I stopped the…
I never was much of a Chapin fan. I’d been to hundreds of concerts of hundreds of stars but Harry Chapin’s was not one I was looking forward to. I was actually only going because it was the July 4th holiday, I was bored, wanted some company and mental distraction,…