had a chance to catch a limited showing of the new Nilsson doc last night at a cool theater in Austin....one noteworthy stones connection: one of the recurring interviewees in the movie was frequent nilsson collaborator, saxist trevor lawrence, who, of course, toured with the lads back in the day. i thought he was pretty cool and articulate in the flick.

very good movie if you're a nilsson fan - or even if you're not - cos this will make you one. an amazing talent and an amazing (albeit too short) life....



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I'd like to see this film but who knows in what way it will be visible in Germany?

That's funny, on the way to work today, I heard Cats in the Cradle and couldn't remember how he died....

that's Chapin, not Nilsson.



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that's Chapin, not Nilsson.

holy shit, you're right..! I was wondering if there was some resurgence of interest on the guy who sang Cats...



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that's Chapin, not Nilsson.

Confused about who is who and who write what or is that a song from....? could be a thread of it's own.

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That's funny, on the way to work today, I heard Cats in the Cradle and couldn't remember how he died....

I think he crashed his Jeep somehow if I remember correctly

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That's funny, on the way to work today, I heard Cats in the Cradle and couldn't remember how he died....

I think he crashed his Jeep somehow if I remember correctly

On July 16, 1981, he had a heart attack while driving westbound on the Long Island Expressway, slowed down in fast-moving traffic, and had his compact car get run over and crushed by an 18-wheeler, which caused it (the car) to burst into flames. I was driving eastbound a short time later, on my way to my job at Newsday, and saw the aftermath of an obviously horrible event in the westbound lanes. When I arrived at work, it was all over the radio that Harry Chapin had died in that accident.



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That's funny, on the way to work today, I heard Cats in the Cradle and couldn't remember how he died....

I think he crashed his Jeep somehow if I remember correctly

On July 16, 1981, he had a heart attack while driving eastbound on the Long Island Expressway, slowed down in fast-moving traffic, and had his car get run over and crushed by an 18-wheeler. I was driving westbound a short time later, on my way to my job at Newsday, and saw the aftermath of an obviously horrible event in the eastbound lanes. When I arrived at work, I found out that Harry Chapin had died there.

Ironically, he was driving without a license -- it had been revoked for a bunch of previous speeding and other moving violations. He should have never been behind the wheel in the first place. A great songwriter and a great loss.

Back to Mr. Nilsson, looking forward to seeing the documentary.