Hey Bru,
Sorry the DVD won't play in the UK. Best of luck in finding a copy that will. It will very definitely be worth the trouble. If you continue to have no luck in your search, perhaps you should e-mail Jim's widow Ingrid at her restaurant, Croces, in San Diego. Maybe she could point you in the right direction.
Jim very definitely idolized GL. Croce's early recordings, before he hit it big with his three albums for ABC Records that made him famous, feature John Stockfish on bass. He hooked up with John in the hope that they could make Croce an "American Lightfoot."
Both Jim Croce and GL seem to have been very similar types of people - very regular, down-to-earth, humble, and kind.
Years ago when I was in college (more years than I care to remember), I was talking music with my friend, Joanne. We were discussing, among others, Jim Croce and GL. She had an interesting story to tell.
It seems that, more than a decade earlier, Joanne was home on a typical evening watching television with her parents. Her Dad was reading the paper while the news was on. He heard something, looked over the paper and exclaimed "What happened to Jimmy? Why is he on TV?" Joanne replied "What?! You know Jim Croce?" It turns out that her father used to go on camping trips with a bunch of guys, to relax, hang out, and have some fun. One of the guys would pull out his guitar and sing songs at night around the campfire. The other guys would tell him how great they thought he was and that he should try to make a career out of it. He would always respectfully decline and thank them for the compliments, saying he just sang for fun. He never let on who he really was. My friend couldn't get over her father used to go camping with Jim Croce.
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