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Dear Brian,

As a musician, I'm a decent sportswriter, but the actual musical half of our duo, Kevin Mulvenna, actually knew and learned from Chapin. Kevin made himself such a pain in the butt as a teenager, that Harry invited Kevin back stage several times to hang out and learn. I listen to a lot of music, especially singer-songwriters (both live and recorded) and have never heard anyone other than Harry do Chapin covers like Kevin. But, more importantly, Kevin's own stuff is outstanding, although drawing the occasional inevitable comparison to Chapin.

In fact, Kevin has a biographical tribute song to Harry titled "Keep The Change," which is outstanding.

Anyway, please pass along subscribe to newsgroup info and I'll send it to Kevin ASAP.

Adios from Cheeseland,
Jim

The Latest Release

Sniper & Other Love Songs In 1972, Harry released Sniper & Other Love Songs. Thirty years would pass before the album would ever reach the CD format. Sniper was finally re-released in June, 2002. Originally given a working title of Sweet City Suite, the album tells the story of various characters one might run into in a city. The album features the original studio versions of Chapin classics "A Better Place to Be" and "Circle." But perhaps more importantly (as those songs are already well-distributed on compilation CDs), the album features seemingly lost Chapin stories, including "And the Baby Never Cries," "Burning Herself," "Barefoot Boy," and "Woman Child." Sniper is for the seasoned Chapin fan. New fans would do better to check out Greatest Stories Live. But for Chapin fans who have reached the level of the Dance Band on the Titanic album, this is the next step. Slightly over-produced and having a little of the "forced" feel that some of Harry's studio albums possess, this album does not capture the powerfully live Harry Chapin. Nonetheless, it captures Harry's great iconoclastic songwriting--Harry takes the story song to new heights here. But the album works best for those ready for it; don't buy it until you are ready to appreciate it!