I don't really know if this letter will reach any of you, but I am a thirty-four year old father of two who "discovered" Harry Chapin when I was about 12 or thirteen. Your father/husbands music played an integral role in my life. My own father passed away suddenly in…
I still can’t think about Harry without feeling overwhelming sadness. Not about the way he lived, but that we lost so many stories. Only Harry Chapin could make magic, and memories, and haunting images, from everyday people and everyday events. I had the good fortune to see Harry live three…
I can remember sitting on the floor with my sons on a Sunday morning. I had very little time for them. I had a business to run and political ambitions, etc. So Sunday morning was basically my time for them. This was around 1975. I heard Cat's In The Cradle.…
I remember listening to Harry Chapin in the '70s, especially enjoying "Cat's in the Cradle" and "Taxi". I did not purchase any of his tapes or records, but I had an album entitled "Storytellers" which included Harry and his rendition of "Taxi", along with several other performers. When I heard…