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Auburn Annie · 12-11-2003, 08:21 AM

quote:Originally posted by DMD3:
Sad to say it but I've never heard of Jim Croce....

Aaarrrrgghhhh (sorry, folks - geezer reflex kicking in.)

I'm better now.

Jim Croce was a wonderful singer/songwriter from the early 70s who died WAY too young in 1973 in a plane crash. Sigh. He was just hitting his stride and making a mark musically; many, if not most, of his songs were posthumous hits: Bad, Bad Leroy Brown; Time in a Bottle; Operator; I Got a Name;I'll Have to Say I Love You In a Song; Photographs and Memories; One Less Set of Footsteps; Lover's Cross; Workin' at the Car Wash Blues; You Don't Mess Around with Jim - did I miss any? He was a terrific writer who sang funny story songs and lovely ballads.
http://www.jimcroce.com/biography.html
is a funny biographical piece written shortly before his death.

Incidentally on Jim's first album, "Facets" (1966) the first cut is Gord's "Steel Rail Blues".

[This message has been edited by Auburn Annie (edited December 11, 2003).]

12-11-2003, 08:21 AM	#9
Auburn Annie Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 3,101	quote:Originally posted by DMD3: Sad to say it but I've never heard of Jim Croce.... Aaarrrrgghhhh (sorry, folks - geezer reflex kicking in.) I'm better now. Jim Croce was a wonderful singer/songwriter from the early 70s who died WAY too young in 1973 in a plane crash. Sigh. He was just hitting his stride and making a mark musically; many, if not most, of his songs were posthumous hits: Bad, Bad Leroy Brown; Time in a Bottle; Operator; I Got a Name;I'll Have to Say I Love You In a Song; Photographs and Memories; One Less Set of Footsteps; Lover's Cross; Workin' at the Car Wash Blues; You Don't Mess Around with Jim - did I miss any? He was a terrific writer who sang funny story songs and lovely ballads. http://www.jimcroce.com/biography.html is a funny biographical piece written shortly before his death. Incidentally on Jim's first album, "Facets" (1966) the first cut is Gord's "Steel Rail Blues". [This message has been edited by Auburn Annie (edited December 11, 2003).]