European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 20 the stars and stripes april 1977 modern living the Ballad of overpopulation by kick Maze staff writer Wii in a worn Rappel was tacked onto the some of the audience left for a break in the hour concert when the grand was Rullod onto the those left i the Hall marked murmuring when a cello player showed on i i stage of a Rock ewer it the tin several thou Sand risk n Roll tans lift trim shrilly whistling Ballad sin sir 1 Larry and his hand off the Oia pm expected i started very 1 have never Lead ii nil following in must of because of Ian and i didst to be a hit in Munich Lull Shupin Slaw Start and All was a hit at the i vat Kastur Ilock n toll blues Clingm is definitely a different kind of performer when he it isl Asil he is really but he is in living or at a telling you a Story about worlds most populous nations Singer Chapin i feel in responsible to my fellow men to make life better however i his considered americas Only Balladeer of he talks about life like it really is unfeeling and occasionally Llis songs Are 65 per cent his hit single n Gold is almost based on truth in the a Man named Harry is driving a taxi in san Fransico late at when he picks up a who happens to be an sex Lover Chapin was almost a taxi he had applied for a taxi License in 1971 to help support his wife and but the Day he was to Start driving he received three other Job offers some of his other songs Are his who is crazy about a Singer in who gets bad re views from the new York and about a father be electing his All have a ring of it was his first concert in although he appeared once on a German television special Chapin 1 thought they were going to boo us off the stage when we showed up with a cello when the band played their cats in the Cradle and Wold the audience changed their minds rather than being a Siapin likes to think he is a he no one else in the world has the same Llis new double album band on the changes his image a bit in that the songs Cui Ilam More Tausif and less but Chapin said he is Happy with it in the past our it Burns eight of them Haven been t am a live and Haven mastered the recorded medium one of his new songs is called pounds Dana about the crash of a banana truck in it Chapin Doest have the Mournful toned voice which has made him famous instead it is a humorous tune Llis new album also includes Chapins own Brand of Kentucky a style which Onnan audiences seems to but again Doest coincide with the records behind Chapin said he is getting closer to what he wants with this new album ii is a learning process for was bom on dec one year after the attack on 1earl in 1965 he had a Choice of attend ing College or going to he chose Chapin worked As a film maker from 1965 to producing More than 300 legendary a film he directed and edited was nominated for the Academy award for Best feature documentary in it didst but film did place first at the new York and Atlanta film festivals that same lie had marked before in a few Small nightclub bands and turned to music full Lac in 1971 when he started recording for Chapin is what a critics Call a headline act in the especially popular in the none of his albums arc considered but his Brand of music appeals to College audiences and Middle aged fans Chapin appeared in concert 150 times last year for 130 limes to Benefit he takes his Contri bunions seriously enough to have his own world hunger ninety five per cent of the funds Are jus in Iho past year Chapin contribute More than a million dollars to you should understand that f inc my Cal food Sod n i United states supermarkets is bought by americans who eat it themselves it turns out to be mostly the Young and s close to Tow Hasic definition f a toph naders Public Fri l r r Proulk and is the airman of the Board for the performing arts foundation of Long an artistic and educational foundation l u in is a son Silva Man Unsun h f pc probably no differently than Many others but he expresses it like wish we that s probably what makes him i11apin consid himself but line vol cd in these Public interest