Your Stories & Memories of Harry Chapin and his influence on your life.
I discovered Harry Chapin many years ago quite by accident by borrowing Verities from our local library. I just loved his lyrics, his voice, his feeling, his humour. Unfortunately to the best of my knowledge he never toured in Australia. He did a visit and appeared on a show hosted…
I was "turned on" to Harry Chapin around 1975, by a photographer friend of mine, when he played the little remembered song "Dog Town" for me. I had never heard anything like it, and I became an instant Harry Chapin fan. Over the next couple of years I collected all…
I found Harry Chapin during adolescence. Quite by accident, after hearing Taxi, I bought one of his albums and so began my life with him and his songs and the guys in the band. I went to one, then two , then a third concert of his and each was…
Today is the birthday of one of the greatest Singer/Songwriters of our past. He is also my idol. Unfortunately, he died in a tragic accident on the Long Island Expressway on July 16th, 1981. He would have celebrated his 55th birthday today. Harry Chapin lived the life he was born…