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Old songs balance new
Chapin humorous, mellow
By STEVE HALVONIK
Collegian Staff Writer
As he strode onto the stage,
the lanky figure was greeted
by enthusiastic applause.
Harry Chapin replied with a
"thumbs-up" gesture and a
warm smile.
The mutual admiration and
camaraderie lasted
throughout Harry Chapin's
mellow concert last night at
Rec Hall.
Accompanying himself on
acoustic guitar and supplying
his own back-up vocals,
Chapin opened with
"W.0.L.D."
The band entered at various
times throughout the next
song, "Shooting Star."
The first portion of the show
featured a nice balance of old
songs and new, and of pensive
ballads and breezy ditties.
Joking among themselves
and with the audience, Chapin
and his band gave to
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Chapin also let the band
step into the spotlight. Each
band member had a role in
"Blues Boy," and brother
Steve Chapin performed his
own song, "Let Time Go By
Lightly."
Chapin closed the first
portion of the show with an
exceptionally reflective
version of "Cat's in the
Cradle."
After a 15 minute break,
Chapin began the second
portion of the show with the
bouncy "Six String
Orchestra."
Changing moods abruptly,
Chapin performed several of
his more poignant songs.
Explaining the setting as
Watertown, New York ("I
spent a week there one af
ternoon), Chapin launched
into "A Better Place To Be."
This tale of lost love was the
perfect vehicle for Chapin's
weary voice.
The absence of or
chestration made the ballads
a little more intimate and the
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vocals a little less strangled
than on records. The sparse
arrangments gave the songs
more flexibility but didn't
lack the depth of the studio
originals,
The second portion of the
show also displayed the light
humor Chapin effectively
used to pace the first
segment. Drummer Howard
Fields' lament of life on the
road, "The Horniest Rock
Drummer," garnered for him
much applause and a pair of
women's panties from the
audience.
But perhaps the funniest
event of the evening came
from a fan. After Chapin had
played the first three end
ings to "30,00 Pounds of
Bananas," a man from the
audience demanded, "We
want an ending With appeal!"
Later in the same song he
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received a standing ovation
for muttering "apples."
Chapin also received a
standing ovation after his
closing number, "Taxi."
After a thunderous roar,
Chapin and the band returned
for an encore that featured
"Mr. Tanner" (a song , that
Chapin said he realized is
about him) and "Circle."
At first Chapin's humor
which the a udien..r was
supposed to believe was off
the-cuff, but which was ob
viously contrived was
irritating. And the audience
countdown to "As Dreams Go
By," an overworked ploy
used by every singer this side
of Chuck Berry to generate
audience participation,
seemed ridiculous. But Harry
Chapin's genuine warmth and
sensitivity made me forget
these small annoyances.
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