Harry Chapin (Harry's new avitar)

[Tom Geiger]

I was pleased to see Harry finally choose a Harry that I like!

Back in the day, Harry Chapin did all kinds of shows and benefits in the NY/NJ metro area. I would go to every concert that we found. He was a great guy, great story teller in his music and he always met the audience afterwards to shake hands, sign autographs and just talk. He never left until everyone was satisfied. Just the guy he was.

Here's the Harry memorabilia that is on my den wall....

Here's a period concert booklet, that Harry signed for me. Note that it's made out to me. I also have one of his World Hunger Organization t-shirts tucked away.

Here's my favorite piece, and probably the only one that survives. This was one of the best Chapin concerts I went to. It was just him and Big John acoustic, without the full band. It was at Brookdale Community College and I was a student there at the time. I grabbed the poster as they were taking it off a college bulletin board the following week.

This was Harry's last concert booklet. Only I didn't get it back then. A few years ago his band did a Harry Chapin Tribute night in Phoenixville, PA. Another modeler, Mike Cole told me about it, and we met him there. The band was selling the old programs and autographing them in the lobby, chatting with the audience just like Harry did. The signatures are Steve Chapin, John Wallace and Howie Field, all from his old band. It was very cool reliving a night of Chapin Music!

[Harry P.]

I was pleased to see Harry finally choose a Harry that I like!

You didn't like Harry Morgan?

Everyone likes Harry Morgan!

[ratdoggy]

Just sucks the way he died......

I had just started working a full time job as a driver and drove past that spot many times in the days after.

[Harry P.]

After I read this post I looked him up. Didn't really know anything about him aside from his name and his music. It turns out he was quite a humanitarian and worked hard for some excellent causes. I never knew. But now I do.

[Guest]

Cats in the Cradle, one of the best songs ever.

[Harry P.]

I like "Taxi."

"She said, how are you, Harry? And I said, How are you, Sue?"

[twopaws]

30,000, way too many pounds of bananas for that truck. Loved his music and loved the Man.

[Tom Geiger]

Cool, my link works! Everyone has mentioned Harry's songs that have gotten all the air play. You have yet to discover the gems buried on his albums. Harry quipped that most of them were too long to get airplay. Above is Mercenaries, a very ironic story song, from the Dance Band On The Titanic album. I have all of Harry's albums.

The one thing that always bothers me when I play old music is that it's dead, I fear that no one will ever play a song live again. Well, this fellow Art Starling has a bunch of cool old obscure Chapin music on YouTube. Enjoy!

Edited August 19, 2014 by Tom Geiger

[Custom Hearse]

I still have yet to see Harry Pristovnik...

[Mike 1017]

I saw him at a small college around Chicago. The Taxi album just came out. I love that song. Never get tired of hearing it.