Harry Chapin
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Interview by Ian Ravendale, Rock's Backpages audio, 11 September 1977
The late singer-songwriter talks about unreleased tracks recorded with Michael Nesmith; his relationship with Elektra; how hits such as 'W•O•L•D' are representative of his work, and about his stage show and relationship with his audience.
File format: mp3; file size: 9.9mb, interview length: 10' 45" sound quality: ****
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Harry Chapin Takes 'Taxi' Wherever He Can
Interview by David Rensin, Rolling Stone, 6 July 1972
"I NEVER REALLY drove a cab," said Harry Chapin, the filmmaker-turned folkstar, "But I do have a hack license in case of emergencies – like ...
I've Been Around The World Long Enough To Realise That It's Not All Down To Dollars And Cents
Interview by Jerry Gilbert, Sounds, 25 November 1972
AN AMERICAN-style interview generally means a rap over the breakfast table and it was under such circumstances that I met Harry Chapin at the Westbury ...
Harry Chapin: Short Stories (Elektra)
Review by Michael Watts, Melody Maker, 9 February 1974
BY NOW IT should be deemed a case of criminal neglect that Harry Chapin's 'W.O.L.D.' is not in the top ten or even higher, because ...
Report and Interview by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 11 May 1974
SHORT STORIES is the most apt title for Harry Chapin's new album, for Chapin is not so much a singer as a storyteller, an artist ...
Harry Chapin: Avery Fisher Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Michael Watts, Melody Maker, 14 December 1974
NEW YORK: The trouble with Harry is that he's such a goddam regular guy. The way he handles himself onstage, for instance. Like a scoutmaster, ...
Book Excerpt by Bruce Pollock, 'In Their Own Words' (Collier Books), 1975
HARRY CHAPIN IS probably the most novelistic of our songwriters. Using techniques most often found in prose, he has created a series of story songs, ...
Interview by Paul Gambaccini, Rolling Stone, 16 January 1975
HARRY CHAPIN'S hit that hits close to home came from within his own. "My wife, Sandy, had written a poem that implied I was on ...
Report and Interview by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 22 March 1975
HARRY CHAPIN, the singer who tells stories rather than sings songs, has recently moved his craft a giant leap forward with the opening of The ...
Harry Chapin: Dance Band On The Titanic
Review by Chas de Whalley, Sounds, 1 October 1977
I REALLY can't make my mind up about this guy Harry Chapin. One one level he is totally crass and on another he is totally ...
Harry Chapin: Singing for the World's Supper
Report and Interview by Dave Marsh, Rolling Stone, 6 April 1978
THE MORNING OF February 3rd, singer/ songwriter Harry Chapin flew to Washington D.C. from Ontario. He'd just done a concert and, having slept on the ...
Obituary by Dave Marsh, Rolling Stone, 3 September 1981
HARRY CHAPIN often described himself as a "third-rate folk singer," and judging from most of the reviews he received in these pages and elsewhere, he ...
School of Rock Study Guide: Singer-Songwriters
Guide by Barney Hoskyns, iTunes, October 2008
"WHERE DO YOU have left to go but in?" It was a question posed by Joni Mitchell, the brilliant Canadian blonde who specialized in intensely ...
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