From a Quiet Couch to Country’s Biggest Stage: The Unlikely, Timeless Journey of Tracy Chapman’s ‘Fast Car’
In 1986, Tracy Chapman sat on her couch with her dog by her side, guitar in hand. She wasn’t chasing fame—she was trying to capture the quiet struggle she’d grown up around in Cleveland. That night she wrote Fast Car. Her dog’s ears perked at the chorus, and Tracy smiled—maybe she was onto something. Back…