Your Stories & Memories of Harry Chapin and his influence on your life.
Several weeks before Harry Chapin died he did a solo performance in Jamestown, New York at the Palace Theater. I do not remember the actual date of the performance. (Jamestown is about 200 miles west of Binghamton, and perhaps it was prior to or after his performance there in June…
My first Harry Chapin experience was in the spring of 1976 when I bought Varieties & Balderdash, and saw him in a solo concert at Northern IL Univ. in May of that same year. I say it was only the first experience because I was fortunate to have many more.…
Unfortunately Harry was gone by the time I discovered him, but once I did, I would listen to everyone I could tell me what he was like in concert, as a friend, or how they were simply touched by him and his stories. I was a disc jockey at Kent…
I am originally from Scranton, Pa., and grew up in Punxsutawney, Pa. I was introduced to Harry Chapin’s music when I was little..perhaps 8 or so. My father and I come to visit the relatives all the time in Scranton, and one day he put in a tape and the…