On this day, in Greenwich, Connecticut, Ralph and Roberta Eve Paul added the last child, Robin Eve, to their combined families of 6 children.   "She's a beauty, her Dad said as he held her in the delivery room".

Later that day, Ralph returned to his job in New York City as the announcer for The Ed Sullivan Show, which was taping it's final show of it's many year run.  Roberta, who had been a performer most of her life, singing and playing her 6 string Gibson guitar (and later, her 12 string Guild acoustic guitar, affectionately dubbed "The Grail" , by her awestruck daughter) had recently changed her music career from performing  in and around New York City/ Greenwich Village, to hosting her own radio shows for children, Merry-Go-Round and Stories and Such, plus singing for children.

 Once The Sullivan Show ended, The Paul Family pulled up their stakes 6 weeks later and relocated to Amityville, New York.  Through the years growing up in Amityville, life was filled with many challenges, and much sickness.  It was also filled with laughter, love, creativity, and music.  Aside from her mother Roberta's obvious influence, there was Harry Chapin, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Cat Stevens, Peter, Paul & Mary, Crosby Stills, Nash and Young, that filled Robin's mind with song, and possibilities.  Robin's very first concert was Harry Chapin, at Huntington High School in the late 70's and the way she remembers it, you would have thought he played to Madison Square Garden.  She and her family were invited back to Harry and Sandy Chapin's home on a few occasions and saw people like Pete Seeger, Tom Chapin, Richie Havens, and Kenny Rogers.  Quite an experience for a kid who just loved music.

 Robin's first direct hands-on experience in music was in 1980, when she first started to learn how to play her father's favorite wind instrument, the flute.  Over the next 7 years, Robin would compete many times at the NYSSMA Competition, (New York State School Music Association) and receive highest ratings.  She also performed in their All-State Concert on three separate occasions.

 Then came the fall of 1987.  In November of that year, Robin's father passed away after a very long illness.  That day, the music died in Robin as well.  Vowing to never play again, the flute was sold, and the lessons forgotten....until May 1998, when her future husband, Richard Chifari, would purchase a flute knowing that her heart has begun to heal.  Still not close to the flute player she once was, starting to play again was an awakening of sorts.  It was time to begin the long and sometimes painful process known as, the evolution of Robin.

 The next few years proved very difficult for Robin.  The "Ride of Life" showed too much wear, and the bumps were too difficult to take most of the time.  She had simply forgotten how to do the one thing she had always known how to do deep inside - LIVE.  
Through the love of an amazing family, wonderful friends, and of course, music, she began to see the light of life around her again.

 In January 2002, the light became a beacon at what has become " The Big House", a home where some of her best friends live in Lindenhurst, New York.  In their living room, Robin began taking guitar lessons with two wonderful teachers and friends, an hour with each every week.  Through the release of music, the dark clouds began to find another home, and Robin wrote her first complete song, "All My Yesterdays" (see lyrics link) in May of 2002.  It was after playing and singing this song for her mother for the first time that month that Robin received a gift she would forever cherish..."The Grail", passed down by a mother that believed in her daughter's song, and her soul.

 On May 15, 2003, at the encouragement of her husband Rich, Robin performed some of her original songs, while playing "the Grail" for the first time on stage, at the Village Pub South Open Mic night, in Amityville, New York, her home town.  It was after being welcomed with open arms by many amazing musicians that night, and the continued encouragement at home, that Robin went back the next week, and the next....always watching and learning and striving to better herself, and share the many messages she has in her heart to write, and sing about.  To borrow a lyric from John Denver, it was "coming home to a place I've never been before".

 "Somewhere in the middle of now and then", Robin has found herself immersed in the local music scene after a very short time of playing.  Her songs are honest, first and foremost.  She writes  about how she views life as it is, as it has been, and as it still could be for herself, and those she has come in contact with throughout her many lives.  She writes as a mother herself, a wife, a daughter, a friend, a woman, and a human.

 Please take your time and look through the sections of this site.  Any suggestions or comments would be welcomed as this is still a work in progress.  Please sit back and enjoy having the opportunity to be introduced to some wonderful artists, interesting sites, and the original, acoustic music of Robin Eve Chifari.

 Thank you for taking the time to visit.  May all your days be filled with wonderful memories.

R.E.C.

(written by Robin)