Its been a long time now… I got to thinking about Harry Chapin after hearing WOLD on the radio, and I remembered back in July 1981. I was living in Florence South Carolina at the time, coming home here to the mountains for a visit. I thought it was time to stop for gas and hit the exit on I-26, Chapin SC exit no less. I had just gotten slowed down, starting to turn left on the overpass, listening to the radio, the news was on at the top of the hour and then I learned of Harry’s death. My hair stood on end, I finally stopped at a little rural gas station, just sat in the car on that horribly hot day in South Carolina and finally realized what the world had lost……

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