My first memory of Harry was hearing "Cat’s In The Cradle" on AM radio in 1974 when I was 15. As I hadn’t really grown up yet, the song didn’t mean much to me at the time. That was to change. Fall 1976 found me at college, State University of…
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.…