Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based print magazine and media company that focus on popular music industry. RS reviewed five of Harry Chapin's albums and published a few articles about his various activities. The album reviews generally panned Chapin's work while focusing on his story songs for the most criticism, which for his fans and others in the media were what made him unique. The magazine has been kinder to Chapin after he passed away.
As of 2010 most of the archived content is now only available as paid content at the official Rolling Stone website www.rollingstone.com. Two other Chapin fan sites: The Harry Chapin Archive at www.harrychapin.com and Short Stories at www.halashby.co.uk/chapin have archived copies of many articles. Also, Howie Fields, Harry's drummer, runs a business known as RockPaper which sells back issues of Rolling Stone Magazine.
Rolling Stone has also lent it's name to theme-based compilation releases. Cat's in the Cradle was included on two of these compilations.
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Notable articles
- May 25, 1972 - Heads and Tales review - "..Harry's story songs are his worst.".[1]
- July 6, 1972 - In depth new artist interview of Harry.[2]
- December 7, 1972 - Sniper and Other Love Songs review - "What does him in is his own overweening self-pity..."[3]
- February 14, 1974 - Short Stories review - Harry "...tackles subjects too weighty for the common pop balladeer...".[4]
- August 1, 1974 - Article about Chapin's efforts to organize large scale "Concerts for Africa"[5]
- January 16, 1975 - Harry and Sandy Chapin's Cats features interviews about Cat's in the Cradle and the upcoming The Night That Made America Famous[6]
- November 6, 1975 - Portrait Gallery review - "a collection of story-songs as mundane, vacuous, overblown and cliche-ridden as any he's ever written".[7]
- January 25, 1979 - Living Room Suite review - "Chapin peddles big ideas' that invariably amount to no more than middlebrow homily".[8]
- September 3,1981 - "Harry Chapin: 1942-1981" is an expansive biographical essay covering focusing on the Chapin's impact on society. [9]
- May 27, 1997 - A brief on-line article describes an upcoming tribute concert on July 25 at the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theater in Long Island's Eisenhower Park. Performers included Chapin's daughter, Jen, and his brother, Tom.[10]
- July 10, 1998 - Tube Rock: A weekly guide to music on TV features the upcoming VH1 Behind the Music episode about Harry Chapin.[11]
- July 17, 1998 - A brief article describes a Tribute concert being performed the next day at Smith Point County Park on Long Island in New York featuring Steve Chapin and members of his original band.[12]
- June 21, 2011 - Readers Poll: The 10 Best Songs About Dad ranks Harry's Cat's in the Cradle second behind Cat Steven's "Father and Son Reunion". [13]
Various compilations
Cat's in the Cradle is featured in the following releases.
- Rolling Stone Presents: Male Singer-Songwriters (2001) - Rhino Records
- Rolling Stone Presents: The Timeless Stories of the '70s Singer-Songwriter (2008)
References
- ↑ Gerson, Ben (May 25, 1972). "Album Reviews: Heads and Tales". Rolling Stone (109). Archived from the original on 2005. Retrieved 2010-06-13 .
- ↑ Rensin, David (July 6, 1972). "Harry Chapin Takes 'Taxi' Wherever He Can". Rolling Stone (112). Archived from the original on unknown. Retrieved 2010-06-13 .
- ↑ Holden, Stephen (December 7, 1972). "Album Reviews: Sniper and Other Love Songs". Rolling Stone (123). Archived from the original on May 7, 2008. Retrieved 2010-06-13 .
- ↑ Gambaccini, Paul (February 14, 1974). "Album Reviews: Short Stories". Rolling Stone (154). Archived from the original on 2005. Retrieved 2010-06-13 .
- ↑ Marsh, Dave (August 1,1974). "Bangla Desh Revisted". Rolling Stone (166). Archived from the original on 2005. Retrieved 2010-06-13 .
- ↑ Gambaccini, Paul (January 16, 1975). "Harry and Sandy Chapin's Cats". Archived from the original on unknown. Retrieved 2012-01-14 .
- ↑ McGee, David (November 6, 1975). "Album Reviews: Portrait Gallery". Rolling Stone (199). Archived from the original on May 6, 2008. Retrieved 2010-06-13 .
- ↑ Carson, Tom (January 25, 1979). "Album Reviews: Living Room Suite". Rolling Stone (283). Archived from the original on May 6, 2008. Retrieved 2010-06-13 .
- ↑ Marsh, Dave (September 3, 1981). "Harry Chapin: 1942-1981". Rolling Stone (351). Archived from the original on unknown. Retrieved 2010-06-14 .
- ↑ "Chapin Tribute in the Works". rollingstone.com. May 27, 1997. Archived from the original on unknown. Retrieved 2009-07-01 .
- ↑ "Tube Rock: A weekly guide to music on TV". rollingstone.com. July 10, 1998. Archived from the original on December 1, 2007. Retrieved 2010-06-13 .
- ↑ "Chapin Tribute Show Set". rollingstone.com. July 17, 1998. Archived from the original on May 6, 2008. Retrieved 2010-06-14 .
- ↑ "'Readers Poll: The 10 Best Songs About Dad". rollingstone.com. June 21, 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-27 .
