The Brooklyn Technical High School Alumni Association will be inducting Harry Chapin into the Brooklyn Tech Hall of Fame at a gala dinner to be held at the New York Marriott Brooklyn on Thursday, November 16, 2000. Harry graduated from Brooklyn Tech in June of 1960, thus marking the 40th…
I remember it well. I was in 3rd grade, possibly 4th grade and we had to sing CAT'S IN THE CRADLE as one of the songs for our annual Spring concert. I forgot about the song and every now and then, the song would pop into my head. Finally, this…
The first Harry Chapin song I ever heard was Taxi. I was sitting in a car on a cliff top overlooking the ocean and all I could think of was how much it touched me. That was in 1973 I immediately rushed out and bought my first album- Verities and…
I saw Harry at the St Lucie Civic Center in Ft. Pierce Florida on 10-17-80. He walked un-ceremoniously on from stage left and addressed the audience, " The band is down in West Palm getting shitfaced tonight... ....so I'm going to do the show alone....." I was a little disappointed…