Copyright 2023 Newsday. Author's search for Harry Chapin's America included visit to Watertown By CHRIS BROCK cbrock@wdt.net Jul 10, 2021 Updated Jul 12, 2021 0 Author Pat Fenton went on the road to find the America that singer and songwriter Harry Chapin wrote about. Ron and Tim joined the band by responding to a newspaper ad. Harry had been scheduled to do a free benefit concert the night of his death one of hundreds that he performed each year and two months later, the outdoor theater where he would have appeared was renamed in his honor. It's a seven-minute Harry Chapin tune about a devastating building fire called "What Made America Famous. Remembering Harry Chapin: Three decades later, looking back at a singer "But now I realize I can't spend every day fund-raising. HARRY CHAPIN, SINGER, KILLED IN CRASH - The New York Times Alexa was not able to answer this question until the person above taught it how to. "When I was a committee chair, I didn't even want to give the committee report.". St. Mary's College, Newburgh, NY (2 shows), March 6, 1977 Huntington High Schol, Huntington, NY (2 shows 2.00 & 8.00, with Kenny Rogers, to benefit PAF Playhouse), March 7-8, 1977 Secret Sound Studio, New York City, NY (RECORDING SESSION), March 9, 1977 Kirkland Fine Arts Center at Millikin University, Decatur, IL (2 shows), March 10, 1977 Loras College, Dubuque, IO, March 11, 1977 Denison College, Granvile, OH, March 12, 1977 North Central College, Naperville, IL, March 15, 1977 Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, March 16, 1977 Sienna College, Loudenville, NY, March 18, 1977 Kings College, Wilkes Barre, PA, March 19, 1977 Grand Opera House, Wilmington, DE (2 shows), March 20, 1977 Greenwich Catholic School, Greenwich, CT, March 22, 1977 Whiting Auditorium, Flint, MI, March 23, 1977 Murray State University, Murray, KY, March 24, 1977 Painter's Mill, Baltimore, MD, March 25, 1977 Bryant Colege, Smithfield, RI, March 26, 1977 Civic Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, March 27, 1977 Huff Gym at the University of Illinois, Champaign, IL (Solo. Benefit for the bureau of Western Mythology), February 27, 1976 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, March 5, 1976 State University of NY, Binghamton, NY, March 6, 1976 Aerie Crown Theater, Chicago, IL, March 16, 1976 North Kentucky State College, Highland Heights, KY, March 19, 1976 PAF Playhouse, Huntington, NY (Harry Chapin's play The Zinger opens), March 20, 1976 University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, March 22, 1976 Willow Bowl at Wayne State College, Wayne, NE, March 26, 1976 Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, March 27, 1976 Jefferson Community College, Watertown, NY, April 4, 1976 Huff Gym at the University of Illinois, Champaign, IL (Solo.