@@pamkammann1176 Me, too. My own music has been influenced by it: ua-cam.com/video/OHnK_8bSz_8/v-deo.html. Take a listen and leave me a comment if you have a chance. Thanks and take care.
Really amazing how you can hear the sincerity in his voice with each lyric, but for me, particularly with "but you're the girl who said you loved me..." I think all men know how much we hold onto those words from girls like this, no matter how long it may have been.
Is this not blatantly one of the greatest songs ever written? I don’t see it getting recognition anywhere, it’s breathtakingly beautiful. Those guitar harmonies 😍
Ridiculously talented, music's best kept secret. I'd love to see a mainstream revival of his music someday. He should be ranked near the top of his profession.
This song has haunted me for almost 50 years. I live in Georgia and my ex and I hung out on a road called Macon Road. We said “I love you” many times as we rode up and down our Macon Road. Since we split (we were so young), we have often talked about what might have been. Beautiful memories!
Love the line “And if she’s still around I’m gonna settle down’. That tells the listener that he doesn’t even know if she’s there anymore. And when you add in his misfortune of having all he owns on his back, and walking in the hot Georgia heat just to take a chance at her love, is a true testament to the genius songwriter that Jim was.
When Maury joined Jim, it was Perfection...these songs will still be relevant 100 years from now, Maury ahares my hometown,,Trenton, NJ, I know his family, And Visit His Grave it's two rows from my stepfather....so tragic, I can only wonder what if. And how much more music there would have been...
Great singer and tragic death; Jim is a very overlooked artist. Most think of him as the guy who sang "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", which is a great song, but cannot hold a candle to his others. Genius songwriter!
New York;s not my home.... struck me deeply,, moved away from my hometown my Sr. year in HS,,,, simple change in "NY" allowed me to consider the song my own,,, ;
Here in the philipines all songs of jim croce are my favorate. 😍😍😍 my dad was introduce me in this song ... So later on i was so impress and i like too much. 😘😍😍😍😍 beautiful songs of jim croce folk song singer. 😊
70's camping staying up all night around the camp fire listening and singing his songs. Best times. Still amazing songs today, wish i could have seen him in concert. RIP
I actually heard this song accidently in my spotify playlist and falling in love since then. Still playing this song everytime I feel I need some good song for my soul. God i love this song so much! Its too beautiful to describe! All my respect for Jim. Best of best!
I still miss this guy. Anytime someone can sit down on a barstool in front of 1000's of people and keep them entertained for hours....my hat is off to them. Now that's hard core.
This song is just outstanding in every way! The girl it reminds of was probably who I should have spent my life with. Our lives (like a lot of other peoples) changed when I left our small town in Arizona for the service. She tops my list of things regrettably lost to time, and after 40 yrs. I could still grieve if I let myself do so. But that would only harm me and maybe her as well. We will be together after this world is through with us, I hope.
Never forget the morning I turned on the radio and heard about Jim's death. So many great songs in such a short life. Wonder what might have been, how many amazing songs were still to come.
Guys like Croce, Dylan, Lennon, etc... always seemed to be able to articulate life experiences, insights, lessons of older people while still in their 20s. Really amazing, a true gift.
Just got my first car at age 41...first albums to feed my radio are Jim Croce - Best of and Beck Seachange :) and thats enough...Jim is the best folk songwriter
How in the hell can such a great artist have looked into my life and wrote a song about. Jim Croce, an true artist who will always be loved and remembered.
Jim died so young. His genius was growing with each new song. This song is but one of his masterpieces. Thank you, Jim. You are one of the greatest singer/songwriters/performers.
This song found me more than I found it 4 years ago. I've carried it with me through hard times and good. In a weird way it speaks to me. Thanks Jim hope you rest easy
this may upset some people, but this man hands down was the best poet, singer, song writer, of the past century.. dylan doesnt even compare in my opinion..
Thats a bold statement and I can respect it .I was just a kid ..in fact Croce had already passed before I discovered his music. Many years later I became aware of Dylan and all things changed. But I will give you this....Nothing has ever come close to Dylan ....even Neil Young agrees but I think Neil is on same level and I agree with you on Croce ...all three are the best of my time on the planet. God Bless.
About 8 yrs ago I was digging through boxes in my parents basement and found my Aunt's old record collection. I then purchased a record player & was rooting through her vinyls when I came across Jim Croce's "You Don't Mess Around With Jim". I will never forget that moment when I pressed play and sat down on my bed as I watched the arm move from the resting position and lower itself down until the needle met the vinyl, there was several seconds of crackling and then I first heard his voice. Magic
' on that hot dusty long ago ' . It sums up the magic of jim croce right there . Eveyone knows time in a bottle and all the other hits. But when i play this for friends they are blown away, definately one of my favorite guitar players !!!!
You can just listen to his music and feel everything he is singing about. It's so relatable. I truly believe he put his heart and soul into songs such as this. He has been the only thing I've listened to for the past month. I love him. How someone can't love him is beyond me. Such a tragic end. It's heartbreaking 💔💔
Grew up in the 70's as a teenager and fell in love with his music, so sad that the great singer/songwriters are taken from there families and there fans way to soon. RIP Jim you are miss and still loved.
this song directs me to come and see georgia by train, been listening to this song since ages ago, had a chance now, and maybe meet the hard loving georgia girl!!
Dad used to play all Jim's songs to me as a kid on his guitar all the time, and throughout my teen years till now at 42 I still love his music and still find it as relevant today as I did back then different ways now though 😊. He is absolutely one of the greats in my opinion. Something special was lost x
I find it hard to think how prolific Jim was in such a short time on the planet. But what strikes me even more is that for a man who was with one woman nearly his entire life, he had such a firm hold on the emotions of lost love. Often when I listen to his music, I find myself washed in the loss I felt after marriages failed. Yes marriages...plural. Even though in those cases it didn't end with good relationships, I find myself with warm, wonderful feelings about the time we had.
Georgia in Georgia great lyrics and picking, and of course singing. This one and one less set of footsteps was my favorites , operator sounds great too
He certainly was brilliant, but so many people don't know his music. When I was young I spent DAYS listening to him. His songs seem to always hit home. Although I never turned back on a decision to walk away. But that was long ago ...
This song makes me ache for a time when things were simpler - people and life was just that bit nicer. My heart aches hearing this, beautiful song, with such longing. X
I've been playing his music for 40 yrs, and still don't have it all. Noticed he played with finger pics trying to master that now. What a man what a talent. Got misty reading the comments. It;s even hard playing his music. The crowed gets misty too. P.S. I love you Jim Croce.
many many thanks to the girl who pointed me in JCs direction in 1989 on a FAS course in Baldoyle Dublin Ireland..have been a huge fan since and always will be..my kids have JCs songs on their IPODs ! quality never gets old
I was born in 1973, We lost jim about 6 months later. My father had every album available from Jim. To this day I still listen to those albums. My Hope is that Jim will be in Heaven. Jim's music and voice is second to none.
I was born in 1972 and the first music i remember hearing was Jim. My mom played him for me all the time. i still have those same records. Jim created a soundtrack for life. Everyday experiences,happiness and sadness. My dad had a friend named Jim and when i was 3 ,. ii was scared of him because "You don't mess around with Jim" . I thought the song was about him. Thank you Jim Croce for being apart of my life.
I'm now 24 years old and I so loved this song when my uncle first introduced his music to me back when i was a kid. I wish i was born around the time when Jim was a hit, instead of hearing todays new crappy songs dominating the music industry, all nonsense lyrics and nudity..
I am a bit younger than most Croce fans. Was impressing some of my mom's friends singing obscure Croce songs like this one. He died 7 years before I was born. What a treasure though!
I found myself in Decatur/Atlanta. There was a bar that had a guitar player. I loved, when he played this song. To this day, Georgia on my mind. Currently in Frankfurt/Germany.....
Everyday I think of Jim and Maury and I'm so hooked on the music they left I want to know all I can about them! I had the privilege this summer to go see where they played their final concert and visit the airport and see the plaque that hangs in the natchitoches airport lobby! It was so humbling and the sinking feelings in my gut to know this was the last stop for Jim Maury and four other men! I am thankful to be able to make the trip and remember these remarkable men!
The Book His Wife Wrote Is Great. In It Don McLean Used To Come Over And Jim Helped Don In His Early Years. Jim Croce Was And Is A Blessing That Will Never Be Equaled.
great album from 1972 too bad not until that plane went down Sep 1973 did America really discover this perfect album. ..I still play it 40 years later no filler tracks just perfection.....I got a name was great too
+Thomas Ponzio I always loved Box #10 & A Long Time Ago, but you're spot-on---there's no filler here. It's all solid, talent generated brilliance. These songs are so honest and from the heart they just draw you into them. And months or even years later coming across one of them you naturally feel that long dormant admiration you once knew come back in vivid 2015 HD. I'm going to listen to them all. I almost forgot how incredibly powerful Walking Back To Georgia can be. I feel like I'm on that hot dusty Macon road....it's all so tangible I can smell peach blossoms weaved into the fumes of a Greyhound bus. okay, bye!
I regret I never got to see this amazing singer songwriter perform and I also regret that his life was cut short depriving him of the success and career he would have had.
Yes, it's truly sad that their musical and personal careers were cut off just as they we breaking into stardom and fame.there are still many unanswered questions about that tragic night. Many question and views are brought out there.thanks for visiting and we are glad to hear these.keep posting
The man was incapable of writing a bad song, a travesty ,and commentary on what it has become, that he along with Nick Drake and Gram Parsons are not in the Hall of fame. Man was brilliant
Jim is buried at Haym Solomon Memorial Park in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Great song! For all of us who have lost loved ones. Life goes that fast and we will see them again that soon! Hello type in "Ron Howard Palace" listen to Opie sing "Lady"! Also type "Ron Howard cover" listen to "The Dance"!
I don't even know what to say....(1979) six years later I found his album in a trailer we were renting in Arkansas. I had that album and an old record player that was left there as well. For the first time I heard a voice that spoke to me, been hearing that voice ever since....
This song is completely awesome! Maury smoked the guitar licks! This is my favorite song, then I listen to the others and think the same thing! Wow, can never get tired of listening and talking about Jim and Maury! The best ever!
I first listened to Dylan and sang and played my heart out till I feel asleep, then in 1972 I heard Jim Croce and woke up to another poet, wordsmith that filled me with so much emotion and I found a real calmness to his craft. So sad his journey so soon ended. Dylan, Cat Stevens and Jim Croce, few bottles of wine and what a ride..JIM CROCE forever much love, so underrated 🙏🏻❤️
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Jim’s music makes me wanna take a road trip across America with the windows down.
@Jeff Eiskina You'll get there. Just hang in there.
1983...
I'm on highway 50. regularly travel 3,000 miles a time. jim and maury are def on my playlist. cheers to you getting out on the road!
Amen brother!
maybe once it's warmer than -35
Croce's music represents a much simpler time when small things meant a lot.
And I’m so glad I’ve lived in that era of music.. ❤
@@pamkammann1176 Me, too. My own music has been influenced by it: ua-cam.com/video/OHnK_8bSz_8/v-deo.html. Take a listen and leave me a comment if you have a chance. Thanks and take care.
Completely agree
Really amazing how you can hear the sincerity in his voice with each lyric, but for me, particularly with "but you're the girl who said you loved me..." I think all men know how much we hold onto those words from girls like this, no matter how long it may have been.
This
Couldnt agree more . All of us guys think about the one that got away. Especially when her name was georgette !!
Dude sings with his heart.
The best singer ever....love jim and so maury!
Taken away too damn soon
Is this not blatantly one of the greatest songs ever written? I don’t see it getting recognition anywhere, it’s breathtakingly beautiful. Those guitar harmonies 😍
Wouldn't it have been nice for Jim not to die so tragically - his music affected so many and I am one of them
It's only one of Jim's classics that should be household memories up with the very best of them.
have to listen to this song over and over again, absolutely one of the best singer songwriters of the past century
Sure was!
I feel like Jim doesn't get his due - such is the music business, legend lives on.
Villa Zamorano no doubt.
Ridiculously talented, music's best kept secret. I'd love to see a mainstream revival of his music someday. He should be ranked near the top of his profession.
This was my personal favorite hands down. Such a loss. He wrote all his songs in a period of 18 months. How much more was there?
This might be my favorite song of all time and I'm a metalhead, it's just a damn near perfect song
Absolutely agree
This has haunted me for over 40 years- love it. RIP Jim- you are well loved!
Absolutely beautiful simply beautiful I have a very deep feeling from this song from a place in life so long ago
This song has haunted me for almost 50 years. I live in Georgia and my ex and I hung out on a road called Macon Road. We said “I love you” many times as we rode up and down our Macon Road. Since we split (we were so young), we have often talked about what might have been. Beautiful memories!
Jim Croce's songs make you realize how precious life is and the relationships that you form. You only come this way once but leave footprints forever.
@horseman528 Wow!!! So profound!!
Well stated friend!
Love the line “And if she’s still around I’m gonna settle down’. That tells the listener that he doesn’t even know if she’s there anymore. And when you add in his misfortune of having all he owns on his back, and walking in the hot Georgia heat just to take a chance at her love, is a true testament to the genius songwriter that Jim was.
Nice! Jim and Maury were the greatest acoustic guitar duo ever.
When Maury joined Jim, it was Perfection...these songs will still be relevant 100 years from now, Maury ahares my hometown,,Trenton, NJ, I know his family, And Visit His Grave it's two rows from my stepfather....so tragic, I can only wonder what if. And how much more music there would have been...
I have loved Jim's music since I was a kid and I am a Senior citizen now and still love his music just as much.
Great singer and tragic death; Jim is a very overlooked artist. Most think of him as the guy who sang "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", which is a great song, but cannot hold a candle to his others. Genius songwriter!
tdk1004 And the greatest acoustic guitarist with him!!!
Spot on man
New York;s not my home.... struck me deeply,, moved away from my hometown my Sr. year in HS,,,, simple change in "NY" allowed me to consider the song my own,,, ;
Here in the philipines all songs of jim croce are my favorate. 😍😍😍 my dad was introduce me in this song ... So later on i was so impress and i like too much. 😘😍😍😍😍 beautiful songs of jim croce folk song singer. 😊
I didn't know about Jim until my counselor recommended me to listen to Time in a Bottle. I agree with all of you, his music is very soothing and deep
70's camping staying up all night around the camp fire listening and singing his songs. Best times. Still amazing songs today, wish i could have seen him in concert. RIP
Jim can say more by humming than most can say with an entire album.
The best there ever was and the best there will ever be.
Every song he did has struck a nerve in me somewhere.
Heard this at 7 years old and The warm sweet Melody and Maury's gentle guitar picking have held onto me ever since..
One of the best ever bar none. As a proud 3rd generation Italian American, Jim and his music are the stuff of legends in my house.
I actually heard this song accidently in my spotify playlist and falling in love since then. Still playing this song everytime I feel I need some good song for my soul. God i love this song so much! Its too beautiful to describe! All my respect for Jim. Best of best!
Box #10 and "tomorrow's gonna be a brighter day" are two more really good ones
Me too came across this on Spotify
I still miss this guy. Anytime someone can sit down on a barstool in front of 1000's of people and keep them entertained for hours....my hat is off to them. Now that's hard core.
Words lose their wisdom when used to describe Jim Croce. Such a talent in every way.
This song is just outstanding in every way! The girl it reminds of was probably who I should have spent my life with. Our lives (like a lot of other peoples) changed when I left our small town in Arizona for the service. She tops my list of things regrettably lost to time, and after 40 yrs. I could still grieve if I let myself do so. But that would only harm me and maybe her as well. We will be together after this world is through with us, I hope.
The more I listen to Jim, the more I fall in love with his music !! Wish we could have a few more albums before he left us !! :(
That's for sure!
Never forget the morning I turned on the radio and heard about Jim's death. So many great songs in such a short life. Wonder what might have been, how many amazing songs were still to come.
Saddest words ever written, "What might have been."
Guys like Croce, Dylan, Lennon, etc... always seemed to be able to articulate life experiences, insights, lessons of older people while still in their 20s. Really amazing, a true gift.
I like how his songs aren't reaching for anything earth-shattering.
jungcarlgustav Time in a Bottle is I'd say
jungcarlgustav Exactly what makes them earth shattering for me. Simple straight forward about life.
That's what made him great. He wasn't a rockstar or anything of that sort; just a guy with a guitar and a story to tell
Harvey Birdman perfectly put mate.
jungcarlgustav you’re right they aren’t, but they can translate that way
Just got my first car at age 41...first albums to feed my radio are Jim Croce - Best of and Beck Seachange :) and thats enough...Jim is the best folk songwriter
Jim has the most authentic voice in all of music
How in the hell can such a great artist have looked into my life and wrote a song about. Jim Croce, an true artist who will always be loved and remembered.
a true*
Jim died so young. His genius was growing with each new song. This song is but one of his masterpieces. Thank you, Jim. You are one of the greatest singer/songwriters/performers.
Thanks Jim your 16 month career influenced my life forever. The heavens needed a lead singer.
Croce's music is so melancholy ,so steeped in nostalgia and a longing for a lost time and place. It makes me ALMOST cry and I'm not a crier.
This song found me more than I found it 4 years ago. I've carried it with me through hard times and good. In a weird way it speaks to me. Thanks Jim hope you rest easy
this may upset some people, but this man hands down was the best poet, singer, song writer, of the past century.. dylan doesnt even compare in my opinion..
Colby Wagaman well said . Jim's songs are from his heart.
Gone too soon
Thats a bold statement and I can respect it .I was just a kid ..in fact Croce had already passed before I discovered his music. Many years later I became aware of Dylan and all things changed. But I will give you this....Nothing has ever come close to Dylan ....even Neil Young agrees but I think Neil is on same level and I agree with you on Croce ...all three are the best of my time on the planet. God Bless.
gone but not forgotten. wonderful music in Heaven now with the other who have passed on lately...Prince, Bowie, Frey, et al
baler johnson
About 8 yrs ago I was digging through boxes in my parents basement and found my Aunt's old record collection. I then purchased a record player & was rooting through her vinyls when I came across Jim Croce's "You Don't Mess Around With Jim". I will never forget that moment when I pressed play and sat down on my bed as I watched the arm move from the resting position and lower itself down until the needle met the vinyl, there was several seconds of crackling and then I first heard his voice. Magic
This song really hits you where you live...makes me either cry or want to cry whenever I hear it.
Powerful! Still my fave all time singer/writer- it still hurts to think about his early departure and what was still to come....
' on that hot dusty long ago ' . It sums up the magic of jim croce right there . Eveyone knows time in a bottle and all the other hits. But when i play this for friends they are blown away, definately one of my favorite guitar players !!!!
You can just listen to his music and feel everything he is singing about. It's so relatable. I truly believe he put his heart and soul into songs such as this. He has been the only thing I've listened to for the past month. I love him. How someone can't love him is beyond me. Such a tragic end. It's heartbreaking 💔💔
Great singer.
Absolutely! One of the most heartfelt singer songwriters I ever heard. I knew all of his songs by heart by the time I was in junior high.
Listening to Jim makes me emotional. The world lost a true artist.
Such a sad loss of one of the world's finest songwriters.
Great guy from my home state.
Yep...wish it was Britney bieber or Arianne grande all that thrash singers today!
@@jgmdewilde8078 you don't wish death on other people, no matter what
Wouldn't you rather choose to appreciate than to compare?
Another classic from the best story teller in the world God bless you Mr Croce
I've introduced many people to Jim Croce over the years and they all agree he was one if the greatest singer, songwriters of our generation.
Grew up in the 70's as a teenager and fell in love with his music, so sad that the great singer/songwriters are taken from there families and there fans way to soon. RIP Jim you are miss and still loved.
@DennisBrownDhighway i was a pre-teen in the early 70's.... But he left such a mark.....He perished when i was 10 years old...50 years ago
this song directs me to come and see georgia by train, been listening to this song since ages ago, had a chance now, and maybe meet the hard loving georgia girl!!
So expressive and clear. What emotion packed in few words. Jim, you are unique....we miss you.
Jim was and still is one of God's very special gifts to the world!
Been listening to this stuff for 40 years and Maury still amazes me.
40 years for me too; 45 now. dad played croce all the time on 8-track in the van back then.
Maury's playing was the real genius on these songs.
Every song is a story, Maury sets the mood.
Dad used to play all Jim's songs to me as a kid on his guitar all the time, and throughout my teen years till now at 42 I still love his music and still find it as relevant today as I did back then different ways now though 😊. He is absolutely one of the greats in my opinion. Something special was lost x
this was all jim maury did nothing except backing vocals
I find it hard to think how prolific Jim was in such a short time on the planet. But what strikes me even more is that for a man who was with one woman nearly his entire life, he had such a firm hold on the emotions of lost love. Often when I listen to his music, I find myself washed in the loss I felt after marriages failed. Yes marriages...plural. Even though in those cases it didn't end with good relationships, I find myself with warm, wonderful feelings about the time we had.
Georgia in Georgia great lyrics and picking, and of course singing. This one and one less set of footsteps was my favorites , operator sounds great too
Omg I love this song so much. It goes right though me
He certainly was brilliant, but so many people don't know his music. When I was young I spent DAYS listening to him. His songs seem to always hit home. Although I never turned back on a decision to walk away. But that was long ago ...
This is one of those songs that is actually *that* good
This song makes me ache for a time when things were simpler - people and life was just that bit nicer. My heart aches hearing this, beautiful song, with such longing. X
One of jims, best tunes , and wow maurys guitar licks are his signature on this song! Totally amazing!
It's simply outstanding! A voice full of love!
I've been playing his music for 40 yrs, and still don't have it all. Noticed he played with finger pics trying to master that now. What a man what a talent. Got misty reading the comments. It;s even hard playing his music. The crowed gets misty too. P.S. I love you Jim Croce.
Very very VERY few UA-cam videos I click before I hear. But ABSOLUTELY EVERY JIM CROCE.
A lot of Jim's song's sure make you think obout the choices you made in your life ,never be another like him
This guy was around when so many great artists were around yet he offered something unique and unmistakeble.Rip mr Croce.
great song
many many thanks to the girl who pointed me in JCs direction in 1989 on a FAS course in Baldoyle Dublin Ireland..have been a huge fan since and always will be..my kids have JCs songs on their IPODs ! quality never gets old
I was born in 1973, We lost jim about 6 months later. My father had every album available from Jim. To this day I still listen to those albums. My Hope is that Jim will be in Heaven. Jim's music and voice is second to none.
out of control!!! JIM'S TALENT!!! owe!
She's the only one who knows ... how it feels when you lose a dream, and how it feels when you dream alone" - that line gets me man
The one that gets me is me is you're the girl that said she loves me on that hot dusty long ago. How could you not lo e this guys music !!!
People don’t know what they’re missing with Jim. God bless my parents for introducing me to his music.
the man i have loved since grade school..moved away years ago..he asked me to listen to this song and it has touched my heart so deep..love this song.
Mr.Croce was an old family friend. I never got to meet the man who taught my grandmother English when she moved here from Ireland.
I was born in 1972 and the first music i remember hearing was Jim. My mom played him for me all the time. i still have those same records. Jim created a soundtrack for life. Everyday experiences,happiness and sadness. My dad had a friend named Jim and when i was 3 ,. ii was scared of him because "You don't mess around with Jim" . I thought the song was about him. Thank you Jim Croce for being apart of my life.
This man only spreads positive vibes. Love it
I'm now 24 years old and I so loved this song when my uncle first introduced his music to me back when i was a kid. I wish i was born around the time when Jim was a hit, instead of hearing todays new crappy songs dominating the music industry, all nonsense lyrics and nudity..
Simple, Hart felt, straight ahead no Bullshit style! that was JIM CROCE!
don barlow Hart... so like a deer?
I am a bit younger than most Croce fans. Was impressing some of my mom's friends singing obscure Croce songs like this one. He died 7 years before I was born. What a treasure though!
I moved from Florida to Georgia on my own, and this song happened to play when I was driving. This has been my favorite song ever since.
I found myself in Decatur/Atlanta. There was a bar that had a guitar player. I loved, when he played this song. To this day, Georgia on my mind. Currently in Frankfurt/Germany.....
Everyday I think of Jim and Maury and I'm so hooked on the music they left I want to know all I can about them! I had the privilege this summer to go see where they played their final concert and visit the airport and see the plaque that hangs in the natchitoches airport lobby! It was so humbling and the sinking feelings in my gut to know this was the last stop for Jim Maury and four other men! I am thankful to be able to make the trip and remember these remarkable men!
Damn. They nailed this one. Jim makes me see that hot dusty Macon road every time I listen (And Maury's lead was ON).
Once again, I sang this song last night at the radio. One of the best composers.
I love these guys! Like a shot of whiskey to my soul. God bless Croce!
The Book His Wife Wrote Is Great. In It Don McLean Used To Come Over And Jim Helped Don In His Early Years. Jim Croce Was And Is A Blessing That Will Never Be Equaled.
So simple yet so powerful. Two guitars and could be beating on guitar for drum. The orchestra is in his voice.
great album from 1972 too bad not until that plane went down Sep 1973 did America really discover this perfect album. ..I still play it 40 years later no filler tracks just perfection.....I got a name was great too
+Thomas Ponzio I always loved Box #10 & A Long Time Ago, but you're spot-on---there's no filler here. It's all solid, talent generated brilliance.
These songs are so honest and from the heart they just draw you into them. And months or even years later coming across one of them you naturally feel that long dormant admiration you once knew come back in vivid 2015 HD.
I'm going to listen to them all. I almost forgot how incredibly powerful Walking Back To Georgia can be.
I feel like I'm on that hot dusty Macon road....it's all so tangible I can smell peach blossoms weaved into the fumes of a Greyhound bus.
okay, bye!
I regret I never got to see this amazing singer songwriter perform and I also regret that his life was cut short depriving him of the success and career he would have had.
Yes, it's truly sad that their musical and personal careers were cut off just as they we breaking into stardom and fame.there are still many unanswered questions about that tragic night. Many question and views are brought out there.thanks for visiting and we are glad to hear these.keep posting
I am still in love with Georgia. Her and life are just as precious.
The man was incapable of writing a bad song, a travesty ,and commentary on what it has become, that he along with Nick Drake and Gram Parsons are not in the Hall of fame. Man was brilliant
Jim is buried at Haym Solomon Memorial Park in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Great song! For all of us who have lost loved ones. Life goes that fast and we will see them again that soon!
Hello type in "Ron Howard Palace" listen to Opie sing "Lady"! Also type "Ron Howard cover" listen to "The Dance"!
I don't even know what to say....(1979) six years later I found his album in a trailer we were renting in Arkansas. I had that album and an old record player that was left there as well. For the first time I heard a voice that spoke to me, been hearing that voice ever since....
It is unreal how awesome this song is. It is just as unreal that it only has 7,000+ views.
This song is completely awesome! Maury smoked the guitar licks! This is my favorite song, then I listen to the others and think the same thing! Wow, can never get tired of listening and talking about Jim and Maury! The best ever!
Great lyrics great singer be two guitars damn near 50 years ago and people still can't figure out how to make music
Thanks, Colbert!
Mama Cass, Jim Croce, and Freddie Prinze...what a sad decade for talented endings...
One of my all time favorites.
Amazing songwriter. Love you Jim. Gone too soon. Takes me back to my childhood.
Jim could make us see ourselves in those snapshots of life---you know the ones when life takes your breath away---miss you Jim
I was riding along on my goose and this song came into my head,that was long ago.still have the goose the song and the memory.
I first listened to Dylan and sang and played my heart out till I feel asleep, then in 1972 I heard Jim Croce and woke up to another poet, wordsmith that filled me with so much emotion and I found a real calmness to his craft. So sad his journey so soon ended. Dylan, Cat Stevens and Jim Croce, few bottles of wine and what a ride..JIM CROCE forever much love, so underrated 🙏🏻❤️
Jim could come back to me anytime he wanted to. What a voice and musician love him .
on of the finest singer songwriters america had
How has he been so successful at haunting me for 40 years? I love this man...RIP