http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/239/influences-harry-chapin/ Kim Kinrade's View on Musicians, Bands, Gear and Venues Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:59:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/239/influences-harry-chapin/#comment-3681 Music Before the Money - Kim Kinrade’s View on Musicians, Bands, Gear and Venues » Storytelling is a Music Art Wed, 21 May 2008 12:17:50 +0000 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/2007/09/08/influences-harry-chapin/#comment-3681 [...] Harry Chapin and Gordon Lightfoot lead the list of modern storytellers. The Taxi and The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, tell two completely different stories but more people know the story of these two songs than almost any other song written. It’s not because the stories were sad but that adds to the poignancy. Bob Dylan wasn’t a storyteller but their were snippets of stories in his work. Except for songs like George Jackson and The Hurricane, which were stories, his work was philosophy and getting people to listen. Lightfoot and Chapin wrote songs as if they were telling us, “Gather ’round the fire and I’ll tell you a story. [...] [...] Harry Chapin and Gordon Lightfoot lead the list of modern storytellers. The Taxi and The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, tell two completely different stories but more people know the story of these two songs than almost any other song written. It’s not because the stories were sad but that adds to the poignancy. Bob Dylan wasn’t a storyteller but their were snippets of stories in his work. Except for songs like George Jackson and The Hurricane, which were stories, his work was philosophy and getting people to listen. Lightfoot and Chapin wrote songs as if they were telling us, “Gather ’round the fire and I’ll tell you a story. [...]

]]> http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/239/influences-harry-chapin/#comment-170 Fegus... Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:12:34 +0000 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/2007/09/08/influences-harry-chapin/#comment-170 Hi Kim this is Fegus, Harry Chapan is one of my favoirite artists. The songs you eluded to in the blog are all great masterpieces. When I hear them they always take me back to the 70's and the life that we had in a small town. Every once in awhile I hear his music on satelitie radio, you just have to sit down be quite and listen to the words Hi Kim this is Fegus, Harry Chapan is one of my favoirite artists. The songs you eluded to in the blog are all great masterpieces. When I hear them they always take me back to the 70’s and the life that we had in a small town. Every once in awhile I hear his music on satelitie radio, you just have to sit down be quite and listen to the words

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