Jim Croce in concert in Ireland 1973
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- Опубликовано: 27 апр 2016
- Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy). Bad Bad Leroy Brown. Operator. These Dreams. Speedball Tucker. You Don't Mess Around With Jim.
From the TG4 programme Ar Stáitse 
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Mori Muhleisen never gets the recognition he deserves. His accompaniment is outstanding and really contributes to the songs
The real fans know. And maury probably liked it that way. He knew his role wasn't to be the star.
That's doubtlessly right. But you should spell his name correctly: Maury Muehleisen. He died together with Croce in the same f***ing plane crash on September 20, 1973.
@@freddysurbanebluesnight6250 crazy how he spells his name way wrong after trying to act like he knows more than someone else lmao
Agreed
I grew up with Jim when he lived on Sanford Rd in Upper Darby. Most articles always say Drexel Hill, PA. Not the case. I spent many a Sat night listening to Lawrence Welk with Jim. He was a truly great accordion player before he played guitar. We enjoyed a lot of clowning around. The rough, trucker imagine of Jim was not the way he was. Spent many a holiday at his grandparents house on Huntley Rd. He was a dear friend. Also spent a lot of time with him when he moved to Drexel Hill. He would play his new songs to me. His mother Flora would get so mad at him at times she would throw anything in her hands at him. Great times. I remember i had a fake snake and Jim took it and went towards his mom. After the screaming she threw more things at him. When i heard of his death it was the first time i cried over someone. Great friend. Many memories.
Richard, it’s wonderful reading about your being friends with Jim when you were young. Thanks for sharing. I know he had to have been a kind, caring, thoughtful individual.
thank you so much for sharing RIP Jim
That's incredible!! I wish I could talk to you and ask some questions about his life
I'm glad you liked my post. I want to try to get something together for the anniversary of Jim's death that will be more complete. So many things to write about his life that no one knows. Nothing great but little things that we shared over the years. Thanks @@dudemeisterSC
I lived under his bed.
Still listening to Jim Croce in March 2023. A pure and unique talent . 🙏🏼😍🇦🇺🎸🎶
My top 5 artists. Still loving him.
I’m listening August 2023 - Jim and Maury were so good together. I was 8 years old when they died but their music never will ❤❤❤
Just bought his record on vinyl, Jim is amazing.
I'm 32 and I try to play a Jim Croce song at every gig I do. Including open mics. Theres one for every mood. I always mention his name here in the UK because there aren't many who are switched on to him. I feel like its the biggest justice I can do him and encourage people to check him out. Wonderful man and songwriter.
Thank you for doing that for Jim. Every time someone sings or listens to Jim's songs..., he's alive again.
I don't think there's a Croce song I don't like, but this one and "I Got A Name" are the most iconic, I think. Or "Time in a Bottle."
Jim Croce was the first 45 I ever bought. I would bring it with me when I was babysitting, and I would play it on a low volume on the mom's stereo after the little boy went to sleep. Thanks Jim.
Hey I’m here in UK and I love Jim and Maury’s music.
Two guitars, two mics, no autotune, no fancy productions. Raw talent and great songs; what more could you ask for?
Exactly!
A better cameraman.
Bass, drums, and a larger audience.
@@142horizon Are you taking your meds?😎
@@chuck8974 :
Please explain why 'meds' would be necessary (or even why your lame attempt at Humor is).
You asked a question - I answered it🤷🏻♀️.
In my humble opinion, bass, drums, and a larger audience would add more to the concert experience. . .
Be that as it may - perhaps it is because You are on meds (or you need to be Off of them) that you don't realize there IS no such thing as "talking" your meds.
Maury and Jim. Impeccable and Irreplaceable.
This guy is one of the most underrated musicians ever. All I can say. Just brilliant.
He's only underrated because we didn't have him long enough.
@@geerterri True That!!
I think that title belongs to Sixto Rodriguez , but Jim definately a close second
WTF no one I ever heard has underrated him at all, he has always been listed among the best, do you live in a cave?
completely agree
This rendition of "Operator" is so touching. His sincerity makes me cry. Beautiful human being.
In my opinion, Jim Croce was one of the greatest American songwriters of all time.
Storyteller songwriter. Unbelievable.
Scottland do you know who Bob Dylan is
Great singer too!
Him and Tom Petty
@@evanbooth7368 overrated
When famous musicians passed when I was young - Hendrix, Mama Cass, Janis, Morrison, even Lennon - I felt sad but none of those losses hit me as hard as Jim Croce. He was an everyman's hero, your next door neighbor, the guy you saw knocking down a beer while tinkering with his car on weekends. I felt like I lost a good friend when he left us. So happy his music will continue to touch future generations. It truly is timeless.
Ya forgot Otis!
Ansolutely he’s unique
OMG i press the wrong button instead of b i press n sorry 🥸
Indeed. It was so sad. My first and only 8 track was Jim Croce ❤
Well done, a picture painted only an "everyday" guy could, nice. I like that.
I remember being 7 and riding my little mini bike, with this song going through my head all day, this one Mess around with Jim. My favorite songs by Jim are I got a name and operator.
Jim could spin a story and draw you in like no other.
It is hard to believe Jim would be turning 80 today. Jim was, is and will forever be one of the greatest songwriters and storytellers of all. He and Maury were magical together. Perfection. Nothing else needed. Jim was a big influence on me, he still is all these years later. These songs are a beautiful part of the soundtrack of our generation 's lives. His music lives on. Forever in our hearts.
I don't know why, all I know is that I loved him and his music. It was a real blow when he died. RIP
So lucky we are to be born in the 50’s 60’s & 70’s with music like this to grow up on!
Maury Muehleisen and Jim Croce were a dynamic duo. All of Maury's intricate guitar playing and harmonizing with Jim still sound amazing today.
Hello 👋 Terry. How are you doing? Hope you are fine, I'm Mark Clifford and am from Denver Colorado. Where you are from? You seem like a real country girl
his songs still touch us because they are honest, direct, truthful and timeless, you can't ignore his music
We danced to his music at our wedding. 43 years ago all most the day she passed away today. But that's not the way it seems.
totally agree, love his songwriting and performances
I watched this smiling and crying. God only knows why taken so soon. The world's a better place because of you. Thank you Jim Croce .
Amen!!! Just perfect
Operator gets me every time.
Perfect duo of Jim and Maury, they compliment their guitars in magical synchronicity.
This Jim Croce. A fun guy. Hard worker. Gifted song writer and musician.
One of the greatest singer songwriters that ever lived. Jim is a treasure.
it was 1974 when i was in 4th grade and my teacher point-blank introduced me to bad, bad lee roy brown! What a great era to be living in! Thank you, Mrs. Bergamo!
Still enjoy these songs 50 years later. What a tragedy the man died so young. No telling how many great ballads would have been penned had Jim Croce lived a full life. It's a loss for anybody that enjoys music.
One of the best things about being born when I was was the music live.
As a young man in the 70s I liked Jim’s music. But it’s taken me a few years to really appreciate it. Such a great talent.
Jim i fully enjoyed the concert i put it on loud while cleaning. I love your music jim i hope you can look down and see how many people your songs touched but its a shame you would never do time in a bottle. arguably your best song. For me anyway ❤❤❤❤
RIP Jim Croce (January 10, 1943 - September 20, 1973), aged 30
And
RIP Maury Muehleisen (January 14, 1949 - September 20, 1973), aged 24
You both will be remembered as legends.
30? I thought this guy was 50
They crashed just hours ahead of my 9th birthday on the 21st. My mother was preparing my party celebrations that night while Croce, others were without time to prepare for their deaths. There was a damper in the air over celebrations - I remember : /
Jim was an immense talent. Maury was such a great sideman.
@@cappystrano1 Very true. Life was much better in the 70"s!
@@A.F.Chimes Nah... maybe 40 at the most. Look at how smooth the skin on his face and arms is, besides the frown lines, and how dark his hair is. No gray. (I doubt he was the kind of buy that would color it.)
I’m 25, my mom always played Croce in the car when I was younger. I was too young to really appreciate him, I always liked the sound of his music. Now that I’m older I have came to love and truly appreciate his music. I own almost all of his records, I love you Jim. Your music lives on.
Almost 50 years after his death and his music stands the test of time. Such a talent! Rest In Peace sir.
Thirty years old. What a waste.
Isn't it amazing after so many years of not hearing these songs, I still know every word :).
He will not and can not rest in peace. He's strumming and composing and loving us all.
Perfect.
I still have his records. Imortal songs!
The plane crash of Jim and Maury's was our generation's Buddy Holly. Shocking and leaving you in stunned disbelief. You knew you were hearing an immense talent who was going to produce great music for another 50 years. One of the few artists you and your dad thought was cool. Missed but not forgotten.
He had such an expressive face; it matched his expressive playing and voice--and the words. Jim Croce was the real deal. I miss him.
Another musical genius that left us way too soon. Imagine the music we missed because he died and never got to write it.
73 took guitar lessons, sang his songs. 50 yrs later still doing it and have been told I have "it".
Very few noticed how difficult it is to sing and do fast plucking at the same time. These two legends made their synchronous performance so amazing.
Showed my grandpa how i learned a few songs when i first started and he’s like what youre not gonna sing a song? Lmao RIP 2 legends
Yeah I forget the lead players name, but he’s singing backup vocals while playing lead and the same time usually. That is very difficult to do.
You could name most of Jim Croce's songs and the songs he sang and they will still be heard and enjoyed many years from now. Age, Thursday, Lover's Cross, I'll have to say I love you in a song, Photographs and Memories and of course Time In a Bottle. A true musician, no frills and yet pure talent. RIP Jim and Maury, the world is a lot less enjoyable with your passing.
It gives me chills to hear the song Operator. I was a young boy when this song came out. It still feels like yesterday.
I’ve been Rocking Out to Crocs music for over 50 years , And it still is Enjoyable for me to hear and watch i played Acouxtic Guitar for more than 35 years and i still admire Jims Picking Techniques
I was born in Ireland in 1957 - can't believe I just found out he was her in 1973 the year he passed away, " Operator " what a classic love song !
Jim Croce and Maury Muehleisen were legends. RIP.
They still are legends!
Seemed Maury adored Jim and was his faithful sidekick. His name is not mentioned in any of the credits, though!
@@djshaffer09, Yes, Jim got the billing (and presumably the fee) and Maury mostly stood - or sat - a step behind Jim on stage. It worries me because Maury was the key to the Croce sound. I'm guessing Jim employed Maury. Maury was a self-effacing guy. Had they been given time, they might have ended up as a duo, like Simon and Garfunkel . . .
@@jamesneilsongrahamloveinth1301 I seem to remember reading somewhere that it started out as basically Maury being the "star" and Jim was his rhythm guitarist. But that soon changed because of Jim's songwriting abilities.. I dunno,,, I haven't been able to confirm that. I agree that Maury was the key to their sound!
@M Mac well said! I couldn't agree more.
So refreshing watching the humility and letting the music speak beautiful!!!
Nearly 51 Years On Never Forgotten RIP Jim & Mauary Taken So Young Just As He Was Making It Big Not Fair We Miss You Beyond Words Jim 😢
2024 and still incredible music ..
#timeless
He and I both grew up in Upper Darby, PA. My Grandmother and him were childhood friends. She was really hit hard when he died. He was only my age, 30. But I like to think that he'd be very glad that his music speaks to generations of people long after he went back home.
I was lucky to see Jim Croce at his last concert at Northwestern State University of Louisiana in Natchitoches in 1973. He was great. I had a chance to meet him and talk to him before the concert.
I’m listening August 2023 - Jim and Maury were so good together. I was 8 years old when they died but their music never will ❤❤❤
There’s nothing like listening to Jim and Maury with a nice cigar!
Hey how are you doing..?
Being a classically trained guitar player, Maury is the most underrated guitar player. My mind cannot be changed. Have a great day.
Great talent both guys. Cruel loss
Yep! He was right in step with JC. Added the extra ingredient brilliantly!
@@williamauld4083 Indeed he did, and he put his own career on hold to do that.
What rating do you refer to? The whole “underrated” thing is so overrated
, there's no artificial/decorations, it's only PURELY talent', , , .. r i p to this two legend, , after ALL thanks for sharing your talent, , .
I learned a few of Jim Croce’s songs from a great friend of mine in the early ‘70s...by the mid-‘70s I was already able to perform some in my gigs, during those times once you played any Jim Croce’s song, you’re someone. Thanks Jim, I’m already 67 now, I still love playing your songs, ‘love, ‘love them...
I envy you. I am 55 and only heard of Jim a month ago through a cover by Josh Turner(and friends) singing Operator. Wish I had heard his music in my teens and 20's. Best wishes
Jim Croce music was and still is the soundtrack to my growing up in the 70s & 80s. Whenever I hear one of Jims songs I smile and turn it up. He just has that something that makes being American cool. Timeless music from a now Legend . RIP Mr Croce
Brilliance like this doesnt exist among todays artists. Even if it did it wouldnt be appreciated.
50 years of time in that bottle, love his musical genius man. The Irish are blessed to have him on their soil.
Few performers have or ever will match the genius of Jim Croce's authenticity.
🖕🖕🖕no never...jim and maury what a good music they made....!
Do you want a list to the contrary?
@@redlightspellsdanger7177 not particularly as I'm likely familiar with most of the elite type of group that would be applicable to my comment as I meant it to be understood...
there are many of course but really my point was to accentuate that aspect of Croce's iconicly humble and workmanlike manner that complimented his song writing, his storytelling and undeniably original craftsmanship and talent.
So while I feel I could undoubtedly make my own list that would indeed perhaps be lengthy of great American originals...
I appreciate your sentiment that of course Croce's legacy doesn't exist in a vacuum...
however, if you're inspired to throw down some performers that you would say qualify to what you might deem to embody the spirit of how my comment was meant to be taken, then by all means - have at it;
I can certainly think of worse things to spend one's time on, heh... honoring original American authentic greatness is not project that I would ever argue as a futile endeavor because I very much believe in the practices of musical legacy discussion, exploration and preservation.
@@bmrtn101 well as you say “not particularly” and that you could “come up with your own list” I will not put forth my list. To be honest, “Time in a Bottle” was the only song I’d heard from Mr Croce before I skipped through this concert somehow recommended by the YT algorithm. Cat Steven’s and John Martin are two names that would be only list. I’m a soul manat heart
@@redlightspellsdanger7177 ha!. Ingesting. Ok soul man asv heart babin might add Wilson Pickett, Marvin Gay,, Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan
Dear Jim would have been 80 years old this year. Still missed along with the talented Maurie. RIP💔
Everytime when i gig in some folk house years ago, i never leave the place without singing " THIS DREAM" one of my favorite from jim croce..im 59 now but still listening jim croce's music..
Love this. I used to play Time in a Bottle, on the jukebox in my high school cafeteria. I was a senior in Bogan HS, September, 1973 when Jim Croce was killed. Sad, sad day. Great artist.
There was a great singer song writer whose life was cut short.Gone but never forgotten,Jim Croce.
It's one thing to play great guitar, and another thing to write great music. Jim did both great, he was one of the few greats.
My sister and cousin Alex, introduced this music back in 80s then I started to like it, the sad part is I always remember my sister who died at age 36 back in mid 90s but always remember her everytime I heard the songs of Jim Croce..
I love seeing him like this. I was just a kid when he died. Every once in awhile, I go down a Jim Croce rabbit hole and it just feels so comforting.
It's not a bad hole to visit; I do it often
Sigh. This man and his music shaped me back in the day. I’m 61 and I still cry now remembering him.
I'm with you dude...
Sometimes when I listen for a while I find I have to stop because his songs can really make you melancholy especially knowing he is gone.
❤️❤️❤️
In 1973, I made the jump to Europe after finishing university. It seemed a generational thing, what a lot were doing, getting a cheap return ticket, landing and then hitchhiking. After time in France, Italy, Greece and Turkey, I was at the Cambridge Folk Festival in probably August of 1973. I saw Jim Croce and Maury Muehleisen play and, from what I can remember fifty years later, they played what is featured in this footage. The put on a great show, played well together, real tight musicianship, and Jim sang his distinctive songs. He had a great stage presence. Tragically, a little over a month later, they were both killed in a plane crash. RIP.
Thank you to the uploader and thank you to RUclips for being the vehicle to upload videos like this! That's 23 minutes of golden time spent! Jim's music was one of the few i fell in love with way back in high school. At that time, i was listening to the music of-- what i would call my personal big three folk heroes-- him, James Taylor's and Cat Stevens'. Looking back, i can't help but feel nostalgic and happy about the simple joys of my younger life. Jim's music is heaven!
I know exactly how you feel. Those 3 artists are some of my most favorite too. Do you have any recommendations for what else to listen to?
Im in love of his songs!!.. all of his songs!!..but im wondering this concert he didn’t even have chair to sit..not easy strumming guitar standing the whole concert
@joseltp.. Me too I love James Taylor songs, Jim Croce , Cat Stevens. Make my day always listening to their songs.. This concert dated 1973? I was just 7 years old. I am 54 now .. but this music is just like yesterday.
Mr.Jim had a sound and words that made you feel like yourself.
Wow very said.Love that idea in my head.Ibwasnt born my Mom was probably just going into middle school and what group of kool and beauty those 3 voices and minds.Cat Steven can u imagine being at a show.This man Jim Croce was a voice and face.Love ya all.One foot two foot let's jam.Please everyone let's pray for protection and refuge from all bad weather destruction damage fornevryone in Louisiana
I REALLY ENJOYED THAT , NOT LOUD ,
NOT HEAD BANGING , JUST JIM AND
HIS GUITAR WITH A FRIEÑD STRUMMING
ALONG ,. 1973 , A MONUMENTAL TIME IN
MUSIC THAT WILL LIVE ON FOREVER ,
THANKS JIM , ❤️ RIP ❤️ ,
One of the greatest singer/songwriters of all time. Jim had truly earned his fame. His parents didn’t think a singing career was a real job. Jim never gave up on his dream. His voice and stories were that of the common man, the ones in pool joints or dirt tracks. His love songs were beautiful, with lyrics that take me back to a time when I was 18 and in love for the very first time. So sad that a fluke accident caused by a pilot running to the airport and then most likely having a heart attack and hitting the tops of trees at the end of the runway thereby killing Jim, Maury, and three others that fateful night. Jim’s music is timeless, his voice one of a kind that has never been copied. RIP Jim and Maury and thanks for making music that touched millions of people in your short life❤️.
One of the greatest ever, taken from us way to soon. He will always be missed and loved.
I am 65 years old, and I will always love his music. He was my 'comfort' music for years. His voice, his lyrics so recognizable. Pure class.
I am half your age and love his music.
Same here Marleen.
67 and i feel the same
63 years old here
59yo, 10 when they died. Still sad about it.
So so brilliant....both phenomenal musicians
Jim Croce was one of a kind. Pure class. I still love to listen to his music.
Me too...
Yes, I just learned that he did his last tour because of a promise he made even though he lost money travelling there. It was to Louisiana where he lost his life.
That's greatness folks NO electronic gimmicks. Two great musicians !
Exactly correct... don't see this much any longer.
So true...great players no b.s!
Kelsey Curtis
Basically they cheated....
They used talent !
Damn straight!
You don't see this in mainstream music. Look at Alabama Shakes, The Parlor Mob, all of Jack Whites bands (who did a documentary with Jimmy Page and The Edge called It Might get Loud),The Black Keys, WolfMother, Queens of the Stone age, Mac DaMarco, John Mayer. Even has some really bluesy stuff but you have to look for it like you did when for musicians of Croce's time
Jim. A lost jewel. Of American music.
Wow, you just forget how great Jim Croce was. He left us too early. Just amazing...and so was the guy playing the other guitar. Two guys making some seriously amazing music.
I really don’t think they produce them this talented and gifted anymore. No joke.
Fantastic…Jim Croce was a great gift to our planet. His life was way too short.
I had my tears in my eyes while I was watching this video, and I have to turn my head away from my wife because I have hard time to explain why I was sad. Jim & Maurie were the GOD in my mind since I knew them way back to my college time. My guitar partner and I were playing the guitar duo note by note from their music, Gee, that was 40 years ago back in Taiwan and I still love Jim like the first day I saw him. People say “only the good die young”, that probably not 100% true but Jim & Maurice for sure were the best at his age. The whole world will miss you guys, RIP...
I was a student at Northwestern State University when he played his last concert. I was struggling in an English class I had to pass in order to graduate and had an exam early on the morning after his concert there. I gave my student ID (which allowed admission and were never checked very closely by the student workers at these events) to a friend who lived off campus so he could take his girlfriend. I missed the concert and heard the news of his death the next morning on the way to class. I never saw Jim Croce in concert, but my friend told me the concert was great.
Jim Croce fans check out his son A.J. Croce who is touring and doing his dad's songs. He's amazing and wonderful and so inspirational.. just like his daddy!
We all are so lucky to see this video. Incredible song writer. Great friends. We lost something way too early and too many of us in the younger generations will never know how great Jim Croce really was. Thankfully we get a glimpse here.
I am a friggin 53 year old man and I actually get emotional listening to Operator
Long live Jim Croce, the epitome of folk. When I lived in Nashville, I saw his son playing in a bar. Looks like him and also a great musician.
"These Dreams" has such wonderful texture. All his songs are favorites from the early 70's, my college years.
As a kid Maury and I would play together all the time in Trenton, on S. Hermitage. Surprised the hell out of me when, many years later, I would discover he was Croce's sidekick on the guitar.
Thank you for taking the time to post this. Jim was one of my favorite singer/songwriters during my Jr & Sr high school days back in the early '70's.
I was working at an airport in Tampa, FL as a "Lineman" (the guy who fuels the aircraft, washes the windshield, and mans the radios at night, among other things), the day that Jim's airplane went down. There was a rumor that a Lineman at that airport didn't replace the oil dipstick in one of the plane's engines. It turned out that it wasn't true, but it shook me up and I always made sure that I triple checked all of my services on ALL aircraft.
RIP Jim & all of those on board that aircraft.
That's my Jim!
Ingrid, your man is very much alive through his music, and here, we are millions to remember him as a true artist, a loving husband and father, god bless you
Best regards to you, Ingrid, and your family. I love that song you sang with Jim, Spin, Spin, Spin, Spin Around. Thanks for sharing videos with Pete Huttlinger, so he could make the two Homespun videos. I love finger picking Jim and Maury’s music.
One of the first songs I learned to play was Time In A Bottle. Thanks Jim! Rest in peace beautiful soul.
I was in awe in 1973 when I first heard Time in a Bottle...For years and years I've covered that song...trying to emulate every line and nuance vocally, broke down the guitar parts w my guitar buddy...now 46 years later....when it's played, it still takes my breath away, just as it did the first time I heard it...as do many other of his songs. There will never be another Jim Croce. Ingrid, Thank you for replying to us who hold Jim in our hearts forever. You were his inspiration. :)
Always alive. Both of them.
This is superb guitar playing LIVE !!no overdubs ,tapes loops no just guitars ,voices and brilliant songs by Jim .remember the days
ABSOLUTELY, the nicest part of this video is to get the chance to hear Jim speak. I've known his music since I was a kid. This video really brings out just how lovely he was as a man. Thanks for posting. It's been a real pleasure to watch.
I think something happened the day that Jim died. I think the world turned, and not for the better. Jim would have made the world and us better, but he was gone. So sorry for that. RIP Jim. Thanks for the songs, and the memories.
I went to San Diego years ago and we ending up in Jim's wife's Bar there and I started talking to her and told her I was sad I never got to meet Jim and she said come with me and we walked over to a showcase where she removed a guitar and handed it to me to hold and she said now your holding a piece of Jim.The Guitar was the guitar that was in the plane crash That ended Jims life but his guitar survived.
spectrumlocalb191.
No way! Wow that’s amazing. I’m super jealous. Been listening to Croce since I was a young boy. I’m 26 now...
Wow!! I wish I can hold his guitar, your are lucky. First time I heard Jim Croce was 1978 five years after his death now I’m 57 as matter a fact the first song that I learn to play is “I have to say I love in song”
thats amazing spectrum...what a wonderful experience you had
which one was it? was it the martin, the gibson or the ovation?
Had all his music as a kid. What a loss.
Great memories !! RIP Jim
Imagine all the music we would have if he had lived longer. My all time favorite.
Per a letter to his wife written shorty before he died, Jim was planning to get out of the music, recording and touring business to concentrate solely on writing. There likely would not have been more original songs from him. We should just appreciate the great songs that he left behind.
and Maury Muehleisen
@@carletonharkins805 Exacrly right he had written her as they both were kinda disillusioned with the business. Also he was honoring a past agreement to makeup a tour he'd missed I think due to illness. It turned out to be his last concert.
Sitting in the front row in studio , what a warm and gentle man and a great player and raconteur , told me about teaching kids in the projects in NYC and getting through to them through the music , his Ovation was the envy of every musician he encountered ...we met up again a week later at the Cambridge Folk Festival .....the golden days - would not have happened without the legendary Radio Telefis Eireann TV Producer the late Tom McGrath .....
Every song … beautiful story… lost this gem way too soon!
I was hauling oats with a Chevy in a field on my Dad’s farm and listening to Bad Leroy Brown in the 70’s.
"These Dreams" at 13:25 blows my mind. The way his left hand crawls around the fretboard like a spider while picking the patterns out and slaying a slow soulful vocal melody is perfection. I want to learn to play and sing "Time in a Bottle".
Jim and Maury, you would have easily stood the test of time. Such beautiful songs that still touch my heart. Thanks friend!
I was able to see him in Atlanta. Such a great musician. Gone to soon.
Where would we be if he were alive today with his music? The inspiration that could have done a great amount of good for American culture.
Before he was big 1969 or '70 I saw Jim and Ingrid playing at a pub/cafe just off the University of Okla campus. I have a vinyl of their album "Another Day Another Town" signed by both of them.
✨ So, I'm scrolling along RUclips today, and I happened upon this song!🎼🎶
I have loved Jim Croce for at least 30 years!💖
I learned how to play the 🎸 and the 🎹--with Jim's songs.
We lost someone who could communicate to the people with his songs and music. 😔
I sit here and sometimes wonder how much more wonderful Jim would have became.
💖"I miss you Jim! Thank you for all of your beautiful music!💋
He's almost the total package. How I love the way he strums and plucks his guitar.
Oh the memories of listening to the incomparable Jim Croce! Such a blessing!