Your Stories & Memories of Harry Chapin and his influence on your life.
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…
The singer saw the ones in need and spoke out from his heartHe asked his showbiz friends if they would help him startTo feed the flock of millions over all the global landsThey said, "It can’t be done, Harry!" "My God, you’re just one man!" ("Silly Boy!")Everybody knows the hunger…
PS: @JUNE 2020 - Post Script form the new editor - Bob Marr is the original creator of this website back in 1997.....we owe him thanks! Harry Chapin was the best story teller I've ever heard. He'd write about common, everyday people and, in many cases, put them in situations…