Your favourite memories of what Harry Chapin means to you.
I was a police officer from 1976 - 1995 and on Thanksgiving weekend 1980 I met Harry Chapin on US 12 in a small town in SW Michigan. I was patrolling on the midnight shift when I observed a Dodge Aries K-car speeding eastbound on US 12. I stopped the…
I never was much of a Chapin fan. I’d been to hundreds of concerts of hundreds of stars but Harry Chapin’s was not one I was looking forward to. I was actually only going because it was the July 4th holiday, I was bored, wanted some company and mental distraction,…
In the fall of 1975, my college (Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ) fraternity (Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity) decided to try to host a Harry Chapin concert as a fund-raiser for World Hunger Year. I volunteered to chair this effort, and contacted WHY to try to set up a date.…
Well... I sat down and looked over the Harry Chapin newsgroup this evening and saw this URL... that was an hour ago... and many tears have flowed as I read all the wonderful stories told and memories shared. I only saw Harry once in concert, in Champaign, Illinois, must’ve been…