Jim Croce Band

James Joseph "Jim" Croce (/ˈkroʊtʃi/; January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) was an American folk and popular rock singer of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Between 1966 and 1973, Croce released five studio albums and 11 singles. His singles "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" and "Time in a Bottle" both reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.

 

The guitarist who worked with him, Maury Muehleisen, is one of the most unsung greats ever, in my estimation. One of my top 10 guitarists ever.

 

He's so underrated, as is Jim.

 

Yeah they just had that magical alchemy you sometimes get when you put the right people together. "Operator" is just something really special.

 

It's sad to see that this thread went unnoticed! My dad listened to him all the time growing up and the songs really resonated with me over the years.

Favorites are:

Time In A Bottle
These Days
Operator
Alabama Rain
Next Time, This Time

 

"The Hard Way Every Time" is my #3 song of all time.

 

That's a real good one!

 

Croce rules.

My dad introduced me to him when I was a kid but it wasn't until recently that I started exploring his music more. WAY underrated.

 

Looooove Jim!

I read the book that his wife wrote.
It made me extremely sad.

 

Not sure I knew this existed!

 

She has (or at least at the time when the book came out, had) a restaurant called Thyme In A Bottle, haha.

 

I knew about the restaurant haha

 

Actually I messsd that up; the restaurant is called Croce's but her cookbook is called Thyme In A Bottle. Awesome either way.

 

His son also plays music, pretty talented

 

Grew up listening to Jim Croce with my dad. Really glad to have that musical influence.

 

No mention of Lover's Cross? That one might be my favorite of his. Also working at the car wash blues is a fun song.

 

Tarantino is the man for featuring "I got a name" in Django.

 

That and "One Less Set of Footsteps" are my runner ups.

 

It really is amazing the beautiful work they did, just Jim and Maury.

 

"A Long Time Ago" is my personal favorite of his.

 

It's a top 10 for me!

 

My favorite of his fun bluesy songs:

"Careful Man"

 

When the weather gets warm, I'm guaranteed to play the shit out of "One Less Set of Footsteps"

 

"I never was much of a martyr before, and I ain't 'bout to start nothin' new" is such a fantastic turn of phrase.