There is a terrible song my father loved. I mean "terrible" in a narrow, almost affectionate sense. Not broken. Not incompetent. Just earnest, sprawling, and convinced of its emotional seriousness.
Anytime I hear the hauntingly beautiful song,"Mr. Tanner," by Harry Chapin, I struggle to keep a dry eye. In it, Martin Tanner is a launderer and baritone with an otherworldly voice. His passion for ...
Harry Chapin, illus. by Bryan Langdo. Ripple Grove (SPU, dist.), $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-9913866-8-0 The late singer-songwriter Chapin’s 1976 song “Mr. Tanner” gets a picture-book adaptation that ...