Your Stories & Memories of Harry Chapin and his influence on your life.
As with JFK, John Lennon and a few others, I can never forget where I was or how I felt when I got the news about Harry's death. Eventually, I learned the details...that he had died in a collision with a tractor trailer on a Long Island freeway. Other details…
I've never been able to forget the first time I saw Harry Chapin live. It was at Milwaukee's Summerfest in 1974, either July 1 or 3, whichever was a Wednesday. A friend of mine had turned me on to Harry. Of course, I had heard TAXI and SNIPER and BETTER…
About 26 years ago, while living in Poughkeepsie, NY, I attended a Harry Chapin concert at Vassar College's Chapel. Early into the concert, Mr. Chapin stopped playing and announced that there had been a bomb threat and we all had to leave the chapel. With GREAT disappointment, we all went…
Found your website. It's pretty cool seeing a list of Chapin concerts. I saw him solo at Monmouth arts center, Red Bank, NJ on 7/26 or 27/77. I was about eight so my memories are a little faded. I do remember that he was extremely late and came rushing through…