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Wayne, NJ Steve & Tom Chapin Show / Tribute Announced
Wayne, NJ Steve & Tom Chapin Show / Tribute Announced
September 3, 2001
Michael Giorgio from William Paterson University wrote in with the following:
STEVE & TOM CHAPIN: FEATURING A TRIBUTE TO HARRY CHAPIN
Saturday, November 3, 2001 at 7:30 p.m.
WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY
Shea Center for Performing Arts
Wayne, NJ 07470
Phone/TDD: 973-720-2371
This is the kind of event that only comes around on special occasions... On
July 16, 1981 a space was left by one of the world's most passionate,
political, prolific and inspiring songwriters of the 20th century. Twenty
years later, a few friends, two of whom happen to be his brothers, thought
it might be fun to get together, sing some songs, and show you that the
legend is a family thing! Award-winning
multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriters Steve and Tom Chapin present their
own music of love, protest, discovery, and more than a few laughs along the
way! However, this journey also includes a special Taxi ride through the
catalogue of songs that made the name Harry famous! Musicians from all
three brothers' bands round out the proceedings, including "Big" John
Wallace (a.k.a. Mr.Tanner), and lend their talents to the classics,
including W.O.L.D, Story of a Life, and, of course, Cat's In The Cradle.
A major component of the Chapin legacy, created by Harry and carried on by
Steve and Tom, is their commitment to World Hunger Year. $2 from the price
of each ticket for this event will be donated on your behalf to World Hunger
Year.
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"Oh, if a man tried to take his time on earth and prove before he died what one man's life could be worth, I wonder what would happen to this world?" -- Harry Chapin, 1942-1981.
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The Latest Release
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Sniper & Other Love Songs
[iTunes]
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!
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