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Winter's Claw · 10-26-2006, 05:50 PM

I have this DVD as well, and I really enjoy watching it. Lightfoot was definitely a big influence on Jim Croce, maybe even the BIGGEST influence. Jim also recorded "Steel Rail Blues" in the mid-'60s, which is the first track on the album Facets. I've never heard his version in its entirety, but I'm sure it's interesting.

You've really got to wonder how much more great stuff Croce would have written had he not died so young. Meanwhile 50 Cent gets shot eight times and still isn't dead. All Jim did was ride in a plane! There's a lesson here, kids: If you have no talent and enjoy playing with guns, you can become filthy rich and live to a ripe old age. But, if you have talent and work hard, you'll probably just die in a plane crash, even if you do everything else correctly in your life. Isn't life fantastic?!

10-26-2006, 05:50 PM	#9
Winter's Claw Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Portland, OR, USA Posts: 104	I have this DVD as well, and I really enjoy watching it. Lightfoot was definitely a big influence on Jim Croce, maybe even the BIGGEST influence. Jim also recorded "Steel Rail Blues" in the mid-'60s, which is the first track on the album Facets. I've never heard his version in its entirety, but I'm sure it's interesting. You've really got to wonder how much more great stuff Croce would have written had he not died so young. Meanwhile 50 Cent gets shot eight times and still isn't dead. All Jim did was ride in a plane! There's a lesson here, kids: If you have no talent and enjoy playing with guns, you can become filthy rich and live to a ripe old age. But, if you have talent and work hard, you'll probably just die in a plane crash, even if you do everything else correctly in your life. Isn't life fantastic?!