Harry Chapin 1977-09-03
Rainbow Theater, London, England
Set 1
I Wonder What Happened To Him
Mercenaries
My Old Lady
Mr. Tanner
W.O.L.D.
Halfway To Heaven
I Wanna Learn A Love Song
Tangled Up Puppet
Taxi
Sniper
There Was Only One Choice
Cats In The Cradle
Bluesman
Odd Job Man
Dogtown
Mail Order Annie
Let Time Go Lightly
30,000 Pounds Of Bananas
Dance Band On The Titanic
Circle
Mercenaries
My Old Lady
Mr. Tanner
W.O.L.D.
Halfway To Heaven
I Wanna Learn A Love Song
Tangled Up Puppet
Taxi
Sniper
There Was Only One Choice
Cats In The Cradle
Bluesman
Odd Job Man
Dogtown
Mail Order Annie
Let Time Go Lightly
30,000 Pounds Of Bananas
Dance Band On The Titanic
Circle
Set 2
Set 3
Comment
Harry Chapin - acoustic guitar, vocals
John Wallace - bass, vocals
Doug Walker - lead guitars, mandolin, vocals
Howie Fields - drums
Kim Scholes - cello
Stephen Chapin - keyboards, vocals
Upon arriving at the concert hall, Harry informed us, something to the effect of..."In Europe, we are Randy Newman", meaning...we play serious, serious music. I believe he was still quite high on the "Ovation For A Master" review in the London Times from our April 7, 1977 show there (see that entry). In any event, what this meant was that the focus of our show on this night was going to be the most cerebral of his songs. Consequently there was the most monumental train wreck imaginable in "There Only Was One Choice", a song we were just not prepared to play. - Howie Fields
From Howie's Journal 9/3/77
"Too much heavy stuff and way too many long songs as is evidenced here in the set list for that night by "I Wonder What Happened To Him", "Mercenaries", "Halfway To Heaven", "Sniper", "There Only Was One Choice", "Bluesman", and "Dogtown". It was hard playing a show like this but probably harder to be in the audience. The length of the show is still being computed."
John Wallace - bass, vocals
Doug Walker - lead guitars, mandolin, vocals
Howie Fields - drums
Kim Scholes - cello
Stephen Chapin - keyboards, vocals
Upon arriving at the concert hall, Harry informed us, something to the effect of..."In Europe, we are Randy Newman", meaning...we play serious, serious music. I believe he was still quite high on the "Ovation For A Master" review in the London Times from our April 7, 1977 show there (see that entry). In any event, what this meant was that the focus of our show on this night was going to be the most cerebral of his songs. Consequently there was the most monumental train wreck imaginable in "There Only Was One Choice", a song we were just not prepared to play. - Howie Fields
From Howie's Journal 9/3/77
"Too much heavy stuff and way too many long songs as is evidenced here in the set list for that night by "I Wonder What Happened To Him", "Mercenaries", "Halfway To Heaven", "Sniper", "There Only Was One Choice", "Bluesman", and "Dogtown". It was hard playing a show like this but probably harder to be in the audience. The length of the show is still being computed."
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