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Borderstone · 07-19-2011, 12:18 AM

I'm a bit late on this obviously.

In the 70s,I heard Chapin's "Cat's In The Cradle" many times on the radio but in the early 80s,I knew noting about his demise until I got my frst Billboard Book Of #1 Hits in 1986.

By then it had been 5 years. I wondered how it was I hadn;t heard about it but then I just chalked it up to being younger.

I have (formerly on VHS and since transferred to DVD) a PBS tribute concert that was taped in the early 90s. My copy ends just as harry finishes a song. (I didn;t make it to the end credits).

Weird thing,when I transferred it,that's exactly where it ended,on the very last bit of time on the disc! :>o Wonder if harry had a hand in that?

07-19-2011, 12:18 AM	#6
Borderstone Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Phoenix,Arizona -America Posts: 4,427	Re: Lightfoot and others remember Harry Chapin 30 years after his death I'm a bit late on this obviously. In the 70s,I heard Chapin's "Cat's In The Cradle" many times on the radio but in the early 80s,I knew noting about his demise until I got my frst Billboard Book Of #1 Hits in 1986. By then it had been 5 years. I wondered how it was I hadn;t heard about it but then I just chalked it up to being younger. I have (formerly on VHS and since transferred to DVD) a PBS tribute concert that was taped in the early 90s. My copy ends just as harry finishes a song. (I didn;t make it to the end credits). Weird thing,when I transferred it,that's exactly where it ended,on the very last bit of time on the disc! :>o Wonder if harry had a hand in that? __________________ "A knight of the road,going back to a place where he might get warm." - Borderstone