In the fall of 1975, my college (Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ) fraternity (Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity) decided to try to host a Harry Chapin concert as a fund-raiser for World Hunger Year. I volunteered to chair this effort, and contacted WHY to try to set up a date.…
Well... I sat down and looked over the Harry Chapin newsgroup this evening and saw this URL... that was an hour ago... and many tears have flowed as I read all the wonderful stories told and memories shared. I only saw Harry once in concert, in Champaign, Illinois, must’ve been…
Just recently, I moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue a career as a songwriter. To learn more about my trade I purchased a few books on lyrics, looked at different styles and then realized something I learned ten years ago when I first started listening to Harry Chapin—some things you…
From time to time I see a bumper sticker -- the populist soap box over the last twenty years -- proclaiming, "What Would Jesus Do?". (The casual answer is that Jesus would step on the brakes because if he could read the bumper sticker he'd be following too closely behind.)…