I was named for, respectively, my great-grandfather and the grandfather who never lived to see his oldest grandchild be born. My name is John Joseph Dybala. I suppose for that reason alone, I was predisposed to becoming a Harry Chapin fan. My mother became a fan when Cats In the…
I used to live in Harry Chapin's town. Harry and family was always inviting people back to his big old House, and I can remember being the age of 16 and finding myself in his house singing around his piano. The kitchen was in full swing (Harry loved food). I…
I was a late comer to Harry's music. Oh, I'd heard "Taxi" in the early 70's, and loved it of course, and "Cats In The Cradle" got more air play than any of his other songs, but I didn't really discover the man behind the vast volumes of words and…
text/html TRose.htm ( HTML document, ASCII text, with CRLF line terminators ) The first time I heard a Harry Chapin song was 1973, in the back of a school van headed for a high school music competition... so what song do you suppose it was? "Mr. Tanner", of course. Instant…