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  • @ClassicPass_
    @ClassicPass_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3204

    Can we all take a second to praise the boss man Maury Muehleisen. Holding down those melodic doublestops and sick harmonies... songs not the same without him.

    • @gabrielbotsford791
      @gabrielbotsford791 2 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      Let's take 10 seconds

    • @robiesauquillo3443
      @robiesauquillo3443 2 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      the best backup of music maury muehleisen

    • @roygolden2628
      @roygolden2628 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Jim would be less without him

    • @EsotericDave
      @EsotericDave 2 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      100%. Well said. Fits in perfectly. He sung and played in a way that didn't make it about him. RIP to a master along with Jim.

    • @QuestionEverythingMang
      @QuestionEverythingMang 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      I was going to say the same.. the guy is the most underrated guitar player of all time imho.

  • @crtnylstrk_imagery
    @crtnylstrk_imagery ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Only discovered Jim Croce recently thanks to a Spotify radio and this has been the most amazing thing I’ve ever heard. Cannot stop listening to Jim

  • @johnsantos1348
    @johnsantos1348 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brilliant

  • @keithlauderjr1691
    @keithlauderjr1691 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Was just thinking of all the music we never heard due to early demises. There's something in my eye, you know it happens everytime. You can keep the dime.
    What a beautiful soul he was.

  • @nik_mik
    @nik_mik ปีที่แล้ว +2

    song gets me crying every time

  • @lesduenas5699
    @lesduenas5699 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I loved your songs, you are always missed, RIP Jim Croce.

  • @nsnoesuarez
    @nsnoesuarez ปีที่แล้ว

    Jim Croce's Song are Gold and priceless.

  • @alonsogarcia3593
    @alonsogarcia3593 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Such a great singer, amazing 😢

  • @nikkieckley7077
    @nikkieckley7077 11 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Oh, how I miss "Jimmy Joe". I cried so hard the morning I woke & my little red round AM Panasonic radio announced his death as I was dressing for H.S--I ached in my heart so bad & could barely make it through that day. I was a freshman, and his death changed me. I turned quiet, felt like I was wearing cement shoes, Maybe I just was feeling the loss of so much love I had for such a man I admired so. I sure hope I will get to sing with him in Heaven...love him always.

    • @citrine65
      @citrine65 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was also in HS.
      I had a quote from Time in a Bottle in the yearbook under my photo.

  • @99Michael
    @99Michael 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Many lost a girlfriend to a friend and have taken a girl from a friend. Bittersweet song.

  • @RowlandGosling
    @RowlandGosling ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I grew up listening to this song and Croce's wonderful melodies. It was a very sad day for me when he passed.

  • @hamidrezahabibi8111
    @hamidrezahabibi8111 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rick Beato and Mary Spender dissected this song so perfectly. Jim Croce is gone but his songs are timeless and meaningful to generations to come and BEYOND ✨💎🎶🎶💎 Than you Rick Beato ✨

  • @stonefree2573
    @stonefree2573 ปีที่แล้ว

    upper darby proud brother....wish u were here....

  • @leehart4860
    @leehart4860 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This pure love of music

  • @WilliamVeselik
    @WilliamVeselik ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's a shame the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame is a business and who gets in is determined by more by financial factors than anything else. Croce belongs in the Hall.

  • @ice4chill
    @ice4chill ปีที่แล้ว

    Perfect combination... Amazing...🤗😘🥰

  • @jamesskinner1163
    @jamesskinner1163 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome talent!

  • @davidhole968
    @davidhole968 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    amazing chords

  • @domingodeanda6113
    @domingodeanda6113 ปีที่แล้ว

    11-27-2022, love it so much.

  • @jaspersheridan1710
    @jaspersheridan1710 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Fucking insane, can't believe how well put together this tune is

  • @loumontesano595
    @loumontesano595 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well god damn.. if that wasn’t perfect

  • @edalder2000
    @edalder2000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What gets me about "Operator" is that it's in a major key. The lyrics and phrasing just intensify the heartbreak.
    Croce was able to tell a story in a straightforward way where no one was to blame. As I have grown older, I realize that bad things "just happen" even if I do everything just "right."
    Jim Croce had that sense of world weariness that made him seem like he was talking just to you.

  • @alidefacchini3491
    @alidefacchini3491 ปีที่แล้ว

    Un grande scomparso troppo presto

  • @MarkBsaved
    @MarkBsaved ปีที่แล้ว +1

    MY BEST OLD EX FRIEND RAY..... A GUY SHE SAID SHE KNEW WELL AND SOMETIMES HATED....

  • @ritabeatles
    @ritabeatles ปีที่แล้ว

    😍

  • @bayoosborn6322
    @bayoosborn6322 ปีที่แล้ว

    rate d nothing but hes ❤️😍 i see him as ❤️

  • @tempestmkiv
    @tempestmkiv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1057

    The sycronised guitar playing is unbelievable, what a masterpiece!

    • @alex_from_texas_
      @alex_from_texas_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🎸

    • @yunotchotch
      @yunotchotch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      That guy backing him up is a serious musician

    • @moniquedhooghe
      @moniquedhooghe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@yunotchotch maury muehleisen

    • @kitsmith806
      @kitsmith806 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bob, 👍🏽🎯💯 absolutely ❤️

    • @darrellstaples7011
      @darrellstaples7011 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      What a master guitar player to me, they complimented each other so welll🇨🇦👍

  • @andrewjackson7758
    @andrewjackson7758 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1686

    I was born in 1971, so this song reminds me of being really small with my mom and dad crusing in the Plymouth deep in the woods of the Ozarks. It's incredibly peaceful like a security blanket. Mom isn't doing well. Dad died in 2017. But this song gives me peace of mind.

    • @Mahlercougar
      @Mahlercougar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      71 here too.. No words.. My dad used to sing along with Leroy Brown when I was so young. We are going to miss you Jim.. Such a down to earth -blue jeans man.

    • @davidweyland1253
      @davidweyland1253 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Andrew...God Bless yor for your words. You move back in with Mom if you have to....lf you can. I am going through the same mess. Mom is falling down and we can't afford a home attendant. Prayers up. I do remember this song cruising with Mom and Poppa in his Buick Electra. Lol. Peace and love to All. I am Praying for you and yours Brother!!!! I was born in 1975! Music is timeless.

    • @joshd6853
      @joshd6853 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      71 here....The love and beauty this song brings back makes me cry with warmth and happiness. So weird to be old enough to remember amazing beauty like this....

    • @thomasbayer3311
      @thomasbayer3311 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Born in 70. Remembering family road trips with the AM radio on...sending hugs out to all that are missing someone as much as I miss my Mom and Dad right now

    • @nc_cntrylife
      @nc_cntrylife 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I was also born in 1971. I heard this song on my older brother's Jim Croce album. I have loved this music ever since. Croce was so talented and we lost him much too soon.

  • @montaje2
    @montaje2 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +114

    Two guitars no orchestra, the words were all that mattered.

    • @marilynstrong309
      @marilynstrong309 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I loved both of these men. Jim was amazing. He died so young, He is as missed now as when he was alive!

    • @marilynstrong309
      @marilynstrong309 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      When great lyrics meant so much more than now!

    • @aaronporterfield3456
      @aaronporterfield3456 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Id give my last beer to see these play around a bonfire today.

  • @mistressofthedark1476
    @mistressofthedark1476 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +201

    This song describes perfectly what it feels like when you want to contact someone that you loved and still love, but they've moved on, and you want to want to wish them well, but you can't because it hurts to damn bad, so you don't even make the phone call.

    • @flytrapYTP
      @flytrapYTP 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Fuck, dude.

    • @STRAKAZulu
      @STRAKAZulu 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I was able to do just that about a decade ago.

    • @Lingcome
      @Lingcome 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Plus when the person left you for your best friend 🥲

    • @lawrencemyers3871
      @lawrencemyers3871 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yep

    • @JoannaCubana
      @JoannaCubana 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes❤

  • @corygreen3713
    @corygreen3713 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1085

    Wow. No drums. Nothing but strings and voice telling a sad and beautiful story.
    We are lucky to have this gorgeous music available to our tired souls.

    • @ronaldjohnston7918
      @ronaldjohnston7918 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I agree and I could not have said it better than you did. THANK YOU!

    • @jrvapor
      @jrvapor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Yes indeed Cory Green! Yes its clichè to say they don't make'em like they used to. In this case they really don't, Jim Croce and those artist had sincerity in their songs, it makes you feel something because these old timers meant it!

    • @thomastimlin1724
      @thomastimlin1724 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yes...total quality. Really sets the computerized sounds back into the category of BS junk...technocrats...auto tune put to shame. Maury Muehleisen was really the other half of Jim Croce, and I think Jim knew that when it came to performing and recording...truly these two are way above the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame bull crap.

    • @sandyw1891
      @sandyw1891 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      OMG he was gone too soon. but isn't that how it goes?

    • @anton2417
      @anton2417 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      rory gallagher

  • @aburke0823
    @aburke0823 ปีที่แล้ว +369

    I was born in 74, and my Dad was a guitar playing music teacher (k-12) who loved Jim Croce. If I close my eyes and sit very still while I listen to these songs it makes me feel like Dad’s in the room with me.❤

  • @davidfrench4477
    @davidfrench4477 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    Just one of the most beautiful songs ever made. Timeless. Why did you take Jim from us so soon? Maybe I should thank God for loaning him to us for a little while. He reached people in ways no one else could.

    • @gordeauxd
      @gordeauxd หลายเดือนก่อน

      The idea of a bearded God sitting up on a cloud making decisions about humans on Earth? As silly as Santa Claus.

    • @txlittle1411
      @txlittle1411 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      His songs like others, were the great story tellers in song.

  • @ericsieber8776
    @ericsieber8776 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

    Every time I got in my 69 GTO, a Croce tape went into the 8 track player. September 20, 1973 was our opening senior year football game vs our rival and, after learning of Jim Croce’s death that day, I played the worst game of my high school career. Jim Croce’s music was a huge part of my life.
    I recall during some rocky times just out of high school sitting in my car on graveyard shift writing all the word to “I’ll have to say I love you in a song” down for my junior high school girlfriend. We’ve been married now nearly 48 years and God willing, will be together at our fiftieth high school reunion in a few weeks driving that same 69 GTO. Maury and Croce’s music touched me like no other, that is until I found Casting Crowns and Chris Tomlin later in life.

    • @chickenfriedrice2932
      @chickenfriedrice2932 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Beautiful brother! Stay the course!

    • @miranda8409
      @miranda8409 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Magnífica historia saludos desde México ciudad!!

  • @larrycanepa
    @larrycanepa ปีที่แล้ว +784

    It's sad to think about how much music we were robbed of when these two amazing men passed away so young... 😔

    • @thebuffalo2263
      @thebuffalo2263 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Lost forever❤😢

    • @ThatOneGirlThatPlays
      @ThatOneGirlThatPlays ปีที่แล้ว +11

      His son is following in his footsteps ❤

    • @25jimbone
      @25jimbone ปีที่แล้ว +27

      They don't make music like this anymore.

    • @bluefandango
      @bluefandango ปีที่แล้ว +17

      it's not the way to see things. i prefer to think that someone or something decided that they had given us what they had to.
      maybe something better awaits them, somewhere else

    • @charlescousinscjr7855
      @charlescousinscjr7855 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ❤ very true gone to soon but their legacy lives on 😢

  • @DRLIT
    @DRLIT 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2052

    One of the most perfect songs ever written.

    • @PoliticusRex632
      @PoliticusRex632 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      He had many "perfect" songs. Such a shame he's all but forgotten today.

    • @KoloaKane
      @KoloaKane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      True

    • @philmullins136
      @philmullins136 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      I remember him. I also remember when his plane went down. His story & his music still brings tears to me. Best wishes to you.

    • @scottlockhart6057
      @scottlockhart6057 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      "Yes ma'am""" 😇💞 I remember "" first hearing 👂this song 🎵 when I was younger over #40 years ago """""" 🥰😎

    • @mauricewascom658
      @mauricewascom658 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeahyaright❗🙁💔

  • @silver_bullet682
    @silver_bullet682 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +348

    Anyone here in 2024 reminiscing?

    • @GordonRaynard
      @GordonRaynard 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Me

    • @petev.2120
      @petev.2120 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Absolutely

    • @lonelybro77
      @lonelybro77 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Big time! Jim Croce was one of my Dad's favorites 😪

    • @lanicollins4768
      @lanicollins4768 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I listen and transport

    • @OnoUdnt8
      @OnoUdnt8 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I play guitar because my father played it

  • @endertwelve
    @endertwelve 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +90

    "I think about the love that I thought would save me"
    This breaks me up inside every time I hear it. Ain't that the truth...

    • @JoannaCubana
      @JoannaCubana 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    • @DuangRungsaengchan
      @DuangRungsaengchan หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      When you're a slave in your relationship, it hurts to look back at yourself being in a pathetic position just because of your emotional deficiency.

    • @joycekelly852
      @joycekelly852 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Amazing lyrics. It makes us think. So beautiful.

    • @joycekelly852
      @joycekelly852 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Amazing lyrics. It makes us think. So beautiful.

  • @goldennuggetofwisdom5068
    @goldennuggetofwisdom5068 ปีที่แล้ว +395

    He was just too pure. He didn't die young, he just got called home early.

    • @lvait957
      @lvait957 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      That's the way it goes.

    • @DuaneClark-wo7eu
      @DuaneClark-wo7eu 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    • @tw6256
      @tw6256 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Your comment hit me hard! .. thank you

    • @jameswahnee-vn5nt
      @jameswahnee-vn5nt 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Very Spiritual choice of words. We honor your Soul.

    • @braunwilliammusic
      @braunwilliammusic 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Wow, choked me up w/ this 1. Amen

  • @alanmorganstein2699
    @alanmorganstein2699 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +124

    It should have been a crime for the camera not to get maury's fingerwork

    • @cam_ca973
      @cam_ca973 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Learning his parts on guitar currently, he was incredibly talented.

    • @user-ex4si2md6r
      @user-ex4si2md6r 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He was a fantastic guitar player....

    • @isaacjoseph2918
      @isaacjoseph2918 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      So true the the guitars is classic as well

    • @user-ex4si2md6r
      @user-ex4si2md6r 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@isaacjoseph2918 so true indeed 🎸

  • @Cheekiemoney
    @Cheekiemoney 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +76

    Remember when singers sounded the same live compared to their records?

    • @marilynstrong309
      @marilynstrong309 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes I miss that!

    • @ryanmcwade3371
      @ryanmcwade3371 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I think it was called talent

  • @thedallastexan
    @thedallastexan 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +145

    To be frank, there are not many 29 year olds who could write let alone sing a song with such precision, poise, harmony, vocals and just plain talent.

    • @mickjagger8439
      @mickjagger8439 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      He was truly gifted!

    • @freddy7304
      @freddy7304 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Hard to believe he died at 30 . He looks a lot older yeah , but he sings with the wisdom and soul of a 50-60 something who had already lived a long life .

    • @mickjagger8439
      @mickjagger8439 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@freddy7304 WAY too young 😞

    • @soyevquirsefron990
      @soyevquirsefron990 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@freddy7304on one hand I thought if Jim was going to die young, he might as well have died a little sooner and joined the famous 27 club.
      But then I thought about it and I know that Jim did a whole lot of living in those couple extra years and I’m sure he wouldn’t trade that for the world. I hope that you and I should all have our own couple years like that

    • @vernonharvey5657
      @vernonharvey5657 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Josh Turner and the other favorites do the song justice. He along with Toni Lindgren are elite guitarists, though in their 30's now th-cam.com/video/1oP2X0yLfHY/w-d-xo.html

  • @chuck5279
    @chuck5279 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    2 guys + 2 guitars + 4 microphones = history.
    .
    So simple.

  • @ktm42080
    @ktm42080 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +126

    Damn it. I'm 47, at work and there's something in my eyes.....

    • @duanegeorges9339
      @duanegeorges9339 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Ya know it doesn't happen all the time till you're 59 haha - jeez just slipped a disc writing that

    • @garygalinger
      @garygalinger 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I remember my dad playing this album on his stereo and being 6 or 7. Good music never fails. I've always wondered how big he could have become

    • @jimmytwomontez
      @jimmytwomontez 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Same...was not expecting that. 💪

    • @soyevquirsefron990
      @soyevquirsefron990 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@garygalingeras a kid I remember my father played a funny song about how “you can keep the dime” and only decades later did I realize this was the song and how much wisdom is in it

    • @DugrozReports
      @DugrozReports 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      You know it happens every time ...

  • @athmaid
    @athmaid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +434

    The harmonies, the little lead lines, these two were a great team. Haven't heard many live performances that clean

    • @garychambers5850
      @garychambers5850 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      These guys were one in a million! Like The Beatles, this will never happen again... Maybe in Heaven!

    • @isaiahknecht652
      @isaiahknecht652 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The only other person I've seen like this is Gordon lightfoot in the early days with Red Shea. They were a good duo too

    • @reynoldreyno3368
      @reynoldreyno3368 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The other voice /guitar player name please?

    • @dennissmith9259
      @dennissmith9259 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@reynoldreyno3368 Maury Muehleisen, who died with Jim Croce in the plane crash. Jim was 30 years old, Maury was 24.

    • @1bls
      @1bls 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Clean is a good word. They were, clean and precise

  • @benjaminlee5333
    @benjaminlee5333 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +154

    If you're still listening in 2024 you're cool :)

    • @carolshepherd1847
      @carolshepherd1847 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thanks Buddy. I am 75 and according to you, still cool

    • @bobbybob3865
      @bobbybob3865 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm 78 and still cool, I guess.

    • @benjaminlee5333
      @benjaminlee5333 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bobbybob3865 78, the number of cards in the Tarot and a multiple of 13, the coolest age to be

    • @bobbybob3865
      @bobbybob3865 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@benjaminlee5333 Whether it's cool or not, that's the age I am.

    • @krisgreenwood5173
      @krisgreenwood5173 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm kool. Real cool. Howbe it wit yo fine self .

  • @user-dq8wf6wc8u
    @user-dq8wf6wc8u ปีที่แล้ว +225

    Almost 50 years ago now. Truly a timeless classic. RIP Jim and Maury.

  • @geoffreycarter3981
    @geoffreycarter3981 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    I'm 28 and have discovered JC relatively recently and i have to say that it brings me to tears that this man's life and talent was cut short in the way that it was. Maybe this comment will live beyond my lifetime like Croce's music does. This man's talent has inspired me in tremendous ways. RIP Jim Croce.

    • @bielendacimino8603
      @bielendacimino8603 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If you get a chance go see his son AJ in concert (and online). It was fabulous. I’ve been a fan of Jim since I was a child (I’m in my 50s). 💙

  • @temptemp2881
    @temptemp2881 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    50 years today (20 September) Jim was taken so tragically and way too early. His music and voice still lives on after all these years. Legend 🙏🙏🙏

    • @TickleTipson169
      @TickleTipson169 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      he had actually just sent a letter to his wife that he was planning to retire from show touring to live his life with her

    • @jbs256
      @jbs256 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Maury was on that plane, too… 🙏💔

    • @bsoz9759
      @bsoz9759 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TickleTipson169 Oh Dear GOD.

    • @bsoz9759
      @bsoz9759 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@jbs256 Oh Dear God, is that true?
      I am so sorry for Maury and his family.

    • @jbs256
      @jbs256 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@bsoz9759 sadly, yes.

  • @Lord_Baphomet_
    @Lord_Baphomet_ 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +78

    I don’t think I’m asking for a lot when I say I wish I could hear this song for the first time again.

    • @sealyoness
      @sealyoness 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I wish I could hear him again.

    • @lonelybro77
      @lonelybro77 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      You kinda can, if you give some songs time. Then after awhile, you hear it fresh, thinking about where you were, what you were doing, how life was...

    • @zoeysmokey
      @zoeysmokey หลายเดือนก่อน

      ROMANS 10:9.......Jesus is the only way to Heaven

    • @Lord_Baphomet_
      @Lord_Baphomet_ หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@zoeysmokey which version of Jesus

    • @GeronFletcher
      @GeronFletcher หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s crazy, this is literally the first song of his I’ve ever heard. Just now. It’s so good. I’ve actually never even heard of the guy until today. One song down, I’ll explore more . That was a good ass song!

  • @proudpapaof51970
    @proudpapaof51970 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +81

    More talent on that stage between those 2 wonderful musicians than there is is 90% of the music industry today.

    • @michaelbrutallyhonest6026
      @michaelbrutallyhonest6026 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      100%

    • @jackremington3397
      @jackremington3397 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@michaelbrutallyhonest6026 100%

    • @dreamcast.0
      @dreamcast.0 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wrong. Just listen to music you like, there is no need to put anyone else down.

    • @proudpapaof51970
      @proudpapaof51970 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@dreamcast.0 I didn't put anyone down I was simply stating my opinion of the modern music industry. Back before electronic storage of music and good old autotune and before the industry turned into a flesh market musicians made it on talent. That's all I was saying.

    • @dreamcast.0
      @dreamcast.0 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@proudpapaof51970 They still do, you just have nostalgia goggles.

  • @JohnDoe-12
    @JohnDoe-12 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    Jim will live forever.

  • @liammcooper
    @liammcooper 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    RIP Maury Muehleisen

  • @royalbleu7406
    @royalbleu7406 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    The beautiful guitar work was what first drew me to this song. But as I grew older, the depth of the lyrics is what really make it timeless. There is so much unstated backstory in them - and yet on the surface all it consists of is a one-sided conversation with a telephone operator.
    Operators don't exist anymore, nor do phone booths. Dimes are probably going to be around for a while, but they are mostly an irrelevancy in today's world. But this song will never grow old.

    • @Sabe53
      @Sabe53 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      For me it's the lyrics,always has been, love this song. Every time I here it, it just takes me back to a simpler time.

    • @JoannaCubana
      @JoannaCubana 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes...🦋💖🌟💖

  • @petegrierson
    @petegrierson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +364

    Stunning performance, beautiful story telling!

    • @butameremortal9424
      @butameremortal9424 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      One of the GREATEST storytellers ever 💕

    • @johnmaki3046
      @johnmaki3046 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He was the BEST at songs that INVOLVED!

    • @LemonsAndSalt69
      @LemonsAndSalt69 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It isn’t being performed. It recorded.

    • @anireseegam6128
      @anireseegam6128 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LemonsAndSalt69 you don't know what you are talking about. Artists performed live back in those days. Fool

  • @arthurathanassiou3948
    @arthurathanassiou3948 2 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    This was my "gateway" song into the wonderful music of this man. I got a tear in my eye the first time I heard it - 40yrs on and my eyes still do the same.

  • @barrygrant2907
    @barrygrant2907 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    A treasure lost. "Time in a bottle" is my all-time favorite.

  • @muffs55mercury61
    @muffs55mercury61 2 ปีที่แล้ว +386

    Fortunately Jim lived to see his success take off (for about 14 months) and saw four hit singles and two hit albums on the charts before that fateful night in Sept, 1973. His guitarist with him, Maury Muehleisen was also killed in the crash.
    No lip synching here, we see Jimmy as he was. From what I've heard Jim liked small venues so he could be close to his fans. You don't hear much of that from performers now days.

    • @sgenetti77
      @sgenetti77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Not sure how/why I landed here randomly listening to music before I pick up the axe on a Saturday night (with zero intentions of playing something this laid back, lol!) but I'm glad I did. Oh, I've heard this plenty of times, always liked it, but never listened to this particualr version before, nor learned of the story of his guitarist that perished with him. Nor have I heard it with these ears at this age intentionally for the purpose of "hearing" all the parts. The guitarist's harmonies are great with this too. Nice, interesting finger picking progression as well

    • @muffs55mercury61
      @muffs55mercury61 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@sgenetti77 I was in high school at the time and the guys who liked hard rock also liked Jim's music. There was no real explanation for it as they simply thought he was cool.

    • @jeddyhi
      @jeddyhi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Jim was down to earth guy and I'm not sure he realized the magnitude of the success he was on the cusp of. At the time of his death, he still lived on the farm in Pennsylvania and was still wearing jeans and flannels and t-shirts. "Time in a Bottle" hit number one after his death at age 30.

    • @sweatypackage
      @sweatypackage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@sgenetti77 Reddit rabbithole brought me here, and same this was not the music route i planned on but its working lol.

    • @muffs55mercury61
      @muffs55mercury61 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@jeddyhi I like the down to earth personalities like that. So many others are so full of themselves & I can't stand them. "Time In a Bottle" was a hit by accident. It was in a TV film called "She Lives" about a woman dying of cancer. It was aired one week before Jim's passing. They already released "I Got a Name" so buyers either had to wait til November or buy the LP to get the song. It was the last #1 of 1973. Great memories though sometimes sad in Jim's case. He had so much ahead of him.

  • @rickharrison2120
    @rickharrison2120 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    “My best old ex friend Ray…” The layers of information in each line tells so much of a story. Every word placed perfectly. I get lost in this song every time. I can’t think of a time I didn’t mist up hearing it.

    • @lonelybro77
      @lonelybro77 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me too, Rick. How he got some little comfort from the operator, glad to hear a friendly voice..even a stranger. Plus I think of my Dad, who loved Croce's music..and it's a lite shower 😪

    • @soyevquirsefron990
      @soyevquirsefron990 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The number on the matchbook is old and faded… the phone number used to stay at the same address, so she still lives at the same place with Ray. She hasn’t moved but that’s the same number she wrote down on a free matchbook years ago

    • @lessharratt8719
      @lessharratt8719 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A man she knew, and sometimes hated.

    • @terrymuzy7772
      @terrymuzy7772 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ya gotta watch those "sometimes hated" kinda guys...LOL

    • @lessharratt8719
      @lessharratt8719 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@terrymuzy7772 Yes indeed. BTDT.

  • @SweetasaStrawberry10
    @SweetasaStrawberry10 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    Artificial intelligence may be able to create some mindless dance grooves, but it will never be able to write a song with this level of feeling, pathos, and understanding of what it means to love, and to lose. When you hear a song like this, you remember what it means to be human. Thank you for this wonderful music, Jim & Maury.

    • @sleepybot3905
      @sleepybot3905 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes it will. A.i will take over the entertainment industry in the next 3 years..

    • @BattShytKuhraezy
      @BattShytKuhraezy ปีที่แล้ว

      ... ¿y N 0 T??

    • @braunwilliammusic
      @braunwilliammusic 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sleepybot3905 Taking over an industry has nothing to do with song writing of this caliber.

    • @sleepybot3905
      @sleepybot3905 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@braunwilliammusic a.i will write songs like this, give it 3 years

  • @rickwebermusic
    @rickwebermusic ปีที่แล้ว +111

    This is simply one of the best live performances ever created. RIP Jim & Maury.

  • @conscience-commenter
    @conscience-commenter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +584

    Musicians are some of the most underated contributors to society . The best ones like Jim Croce and Maury Muehleisen are irreplaceable in what they offer medicinally to people's spirit and souls .Two talented souls taken way too soon.

    • @MrHitomiplum
      @MrHitomiplum 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @The mysterious Miss X This is ain't the right take chief.

    • @globalheartwarming
      @globalheartwarming 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @The mysterious Miss X That's not the way it _feels._

    • @user-zv7yb4yp9g
      @user-zv7yb4yp9g 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @The mysterious Miss X
      “Without music, life would be a mistake.” - Friedrich Nietzsche
      Without spiritual/emotional things like music we would not be very different from animals

    • @globalheartwarming
      @globalheartwarming 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@user-zv7yb4yp9g _Ohne Musik wäre das Leben ein Irrthum._ I especially love it for the evolutionary perspective (which comes to my whimsical mind in the English version), like if we and some other species hadn't evolved to make music, the whole adventure of having life on earth at all would have been a mistake! Of course that's silly, right? but sing something for Earth Day, which happens to be my birthday. I just sang the chorus of "'O sole mio" to a sunshower here in Seattle, USA. Now it's your turn ❤️🌎🕊️

    • @murphyr31
      @murphyr31 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Exactly! Well said, music is an integral part of my insides. It’s the way my heart and mind put words to feelings and allow me to emote things that are sometimes too difficult to make sense of.

  • @phyllisferguson747
    @phyllisferguson747 2 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Still listen to the original vinyl album at 66 years. His music goes straight to the heart. Living in the beautiful Ozarks and thankful to be here. Prayers for you.

  • @dennisdemark8151
    @dennisdemark8151 2 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    Such a timeless song...
    RIP 🙏🏼🕯️🙏🏼 Jim and Maury.

  • @jameschancey251
    @jameschancey251 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    This song came out when I was in high school. Now it's 2024 and I'm listening to it for the seventh time in a row now.

    • @dufunia8313
      @dufunia8313 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      this arab was amazing he sounded like an american hillbilly waving the flag with his asshole.

  • @wwaldo2525
    @wwaldo2525 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Thank you for your time

  • @robertryan2542
    @robertryan2542 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Still watching here in Ireland , 2022. A classic.

    • @djquinn11
      @djquinn11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Watching in Detroit but my heart is in Kilkenny with my family

    • @robertryan2542
      @robertryan2542 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I hope you have a most blessed Easter Dale.

  • @FercPolo
    @FercPolo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    Dude in the back CRUSHING the lead licks during Croce's epic singing.

  • @guslevy3506
    @guslevy3506 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    “You can keep the dime…”
    This song is perfect…

  • @willb5240
    @willb5240 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Both of them so talented. Such a tragic loss, but they have never been forgotten.

  • @JuneLynn
    @JuneLynn 10 ปีที่แล้ว +448

    Jim is still so missed...rest in peace Jim & Maury..

    • @michaelmeeks7649
      @michaelmeeks7649 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I have always wondered who the gentleman was backing up Mr. Croce.

    • @kabayodakila2481
      @kabayodakila2481 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Maury Muehleisen

    • @luisbohorquez7096
      @luisbohorquez7096 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Such a beautiful soul taking far too early .. sorely missed..💕💞❤️🙏🙏👼👼

    • @luisbohorquez7096
      @luisbohorquez7096 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@michaelmeeks7649 Died with Jim in the plane crash...R.I.P.💞🙏

    • @classicfightsboxingph252
      @classicfightsboxingph252 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michaelmeeks7649 thought it was johnny lennon

  • @BoggessRaceing
    @BoggessRaceing หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I was 11 in August of 72 when that song hit the airwaves in Cleveland, Ohio. Still hits me the same as it did back in 72! LEGENDS !!💯

  • @rogerjames5730
    @rogerjames5730 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +175

    The guy was only 30 when he passed. He would have gone down in history as the best folk singer EVER. He wrote most of his hits in just a few weeks time. Amazing talent!

    • @wwaldo2525
      @wwaldo2525 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Folk? Idk about that. I hate pigeon holing an artist

    • @dukenukem69
      @dukenukem69 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@wwaldo2525polk?

    • @dukenukem69
      @dukenukem69 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@wwaldo2525polka dot?

    • @athmaid
      @athmaid 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      And Maury was even younger, only 24! I'm 25 now, crazy to think about. It feels like my life has only just started and this guy was already on the top, and then everything just stopped for him. It's so sad

    • @Joseph-x7q8c
      @Joseph-x7q8c 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      30 going on 60. Seems like he lived a pretty full life.

  • @gregroye3395
    @gregroye3395 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Rest in peace, Jim and Maury. 50 years ago today 😢

  • @sandrabentley8111
    @sandrabentley8111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    His songs bring me so much joy, perfect blend of great song writing and HIS voice, just feels so right!

    • @iohnxxxx
      @iohnxxxx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      so. true I. been listening 2. Jim. since 1975

    • @iohnxxxx
      @iohnxxxx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ⁰ I believe in crist

    • @iohnxxxx
      @iohnxxxx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I believe in jesus

    • @tonyallen6510
      @tonyallen6510 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes RIP Jim

  • @beverlyclark174
    @beverlyclark174 2 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    It's so hard to believe that it's been nearly 50 years ago that we lost Jim. I would have loved to see how his career would have been. RIP Jim Croce

    • @jamesaleman
      @jamesaleman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was born in March of that year, grew up admiring this artist. The world lost a great musician.

    • @michaelsix9684
      @michaelsix9684 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      true musical genius, so lucky we had him

    • @JohnGadzaJr.
      @JohnGadzaJr. ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Basically, Jim Croce had made all kinds of plans while he was still around in the beginning of 1970s. In a letter to his wife Ingrid which arrived after his untimely death on September 20, 1973 from a plane crash, Jim told her that he had decided to quit music for good in order to stick to writing short stories along with movie scripts as a new career and withdraw from public life completely. Basically, Jim Croce was supposed to retire because he grew increasingly homesick as he was missing his family. Sadly, all of the wonderful plans that Jim Croce had would never materialize because of his unexpected death. May he rest in peace.

    • @exspiravit6920
      @exspiravit6920 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JohnGadzaJr. Screenplays and scripts....short stories!?!?!? Jeez talk about being versatile.

    • @VincentBernhard-hn2vw
      @VincentBernhard-hn2vw ปีที่แล้ว

      OMGosh! 50 years??

  • @kostyapolykova9879
    @kostyapolykova9879 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    This man wrote some of the most beautiful and haunting songs of all time

  • @ardaayval6033
    @ardaayval6033 2 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    he has such a relaxing voice i love it

    • @tonyallen6510
      @tonyallen6510 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mine mother love him👍😁

    • @TheSnoopindaweb
      @TheSnoopindaweb 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And He is a "Rapid Roy". Yup.! G-G 🎸🎶

    • @skoto8219
      @skoto8219 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      the dude singing backup too. delicate, kind of androgynous but perfect match

  • @jimburkett9799
    @jimburkett9799 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Perhaps the greatest song ever written. It’s a guided emotional journey.

  • @meeraaudio
    @meeraaudio ปีที่แล้ว +284

    Jim Croce is so underrated

    • @mickjagger8439
      @mickjagger8439 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Only by those that never heard him.

    • @doriscorea7776
      @doriscorea7776 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      But each of us here rate him at 100+%! He’s the best!

    • @dizbang3073
      @dizbang3073 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Not by me.

    • @darrellstaples7011
      @darrellstaples7011 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't underrated he died to young

    • @feellucky271
      @feellucky271 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@darrellstaples7011 all you have to do is listen to the music to understand why everybody loves him

  • @Oogieone
    @Oogieone 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    One of my favorite songs to sing in karaoke even though he died before I was born. Amazing singer-songwriter

  • @stephenrivera4382
    @stephenrivera4382 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    So perfectly executed! The only disappointment is that you can’t see the extraordinary 2nd guitar fretwork!

  • @heinibimmler
    @heinibimmler หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    The time when music was pure. Missing it...

  • @greggorsag9787
    @greggorsag9787 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Everything about this is beautiful and incredible. But for anyone interested in songwriting, listen to 2:08. Now that, there, is a bridge.

  • @christopherdavison652
    @christopherdavison652 2 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    Always loved Maury's perfect harmonies and stellar acoustic picking. These guys together were pure magic.

    • @markmcarthy596
      @markmcarthy596 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What’s Maury’s last name?

    • @christopherdavison652
      @christopherdavison652 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@markmcarthy596 Mark, Maury's last name (and I hope I spell it right) was Muehleisen. He was Jim's right hand man, and best friend.

    • @markmcarthy596
      @markmcarthy596 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@christopherdavison652 🙏

    • @1bls
      @1bls 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Glad you mentioned him, he is mostly unheard of, but he had a killer voice

    • @tabathastaples7884
      @tabathastaples7884 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shepherd's Chapel Network !!!!!!! Pastor Murray is an Anointed Servant of GOD who teaches the Word of GOD with Authority!!!!!!!

  • @brianphelan6606
    @brianphelan6606 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Jim's genius was his ability to tell a simple and relatable story backed up with tremendous feeling guitar melodies. Only other guy his equal is James Taylor imho

    • @davidarkinian2393
      @davidarkinian2393 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Don't Forget John Denver fantastic guitarist who met a similar Fate.

    • @barbiegross1002
      @barbiegross1002 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      P don't forget the dude that did Danny's song

    • @rhondaeverett8284
      @rhondaeverett8284 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Barbie Gross Kenny Loggins

  • @BLAH_13
    @BLAH_13 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Maury Muehleisen was Jim's musical partner - writing, singing, and playing the lead guitar part in the studio and on stage. He died in the plane crash with Jim.

    • @michaelcar4012
      @michaelcar4012 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Who was he playing with before Jim another popular artist or group. I can't remember. Them.

  • @PWatts-ff2fd
    @PWatts-ff2fd 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    "She's livin' in LA with my best old ex friend Ray."
    I just love the way Jim played with words and meaning in his songs. He was more than a musician and song writer. He was an old fashioned Bard.
    Jim, you are my favorite artist ever. I still miss you!❤❤❤

  • @frangos_0019
    @frangos_0019 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Se le nota en los ojos que era un gran hombre, su música definitivamente es un regalo.

  • @elcorrio86
    @elcorrio86 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Absolutely flawless

  • @paverinstalls7655
    @paverinstalls7655 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    His eyes show a pained soul but his voice shows a beautiful soulful passion

    • @PWatts-ff2fd
      @PWatts-ff2fd ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree 1,000%!

    • @elizabethharalson7903
      @elizabethharalson7903 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      His eyes , wisdom and burning fate. Look in the eyes of John Lennon, Martin King Jr., and Abraham Lincoln. That look, gentle wisdom .

    • @leonardnordenstrom6239
      @leonardnordenstrom6239 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      you knew his pained soul.

    • @WoodManDaBomb
      @WoodManDaBomb 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is the best description of his expressions singing his heartfelt songs, thanks man

  • @Ariel-T-Friesner
    @Ariel-T-Friesner 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    All these years later, Jim Croce still makes me cry: "I've overcome the blow. I've learned to take it well."

  • @1mongorock
    @1mongorock 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Maury Meuhleisen, the musical genius behind the amazing storytelling by Jim Croce

  • @Charon58
    @Charon58 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    he was a working musician for many years before his music got famous. Playing live like this and sounding this good is very hard. He died like a lot of musicians, traveling to a gig. Playing lead guitar here with him is Maury Muehleisen, who died with him not long after this was filmed.

    • @girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288
      @girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      So sad, such a tragic loss

    • @brianb1440
      @brianb1440 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I was 14 when he died. Loved his music so much and was only just beginning to understand how meaningful this song is. I still remember crying myself to sleep after hearing of his death. I still tear up. So many great singer-songwriters in the early 70s and he was the best of all!

    • @girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288
      @girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@brianb1440 I think Jim Croce was the first "45" single I purchased. Awesome musician!

  • @danadowning2065
    @danadowning2065 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Old enough to remember when this song came out.
    I wonder how many listening today have no idea what, "You can keep the dime" means? 😊

  • @jaredmello
    @jaredmello 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I like these live versions more than the studio a lot of times now as I get older. More passions and feeling in them.

  • @trevormiles5852
    @trevormiles5852 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I remember going to his wifes restaurant in San Diego on 5th. Classy place that really kept his spirit. Live music on Valentine's Day with my girl dressed in red. Truly the meaning of time in a bottle.

  • @mjwoss5227
    @mjwoss5227 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Now thats what I call accompanying a song - wow, incredible talent from these two gents. Great song, but Maury's accompanying of it lifts it into the stratosphere. RIP Jim and Maury, sad day when they died.

  • @angelmatos9143
    @angelmatos9143 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    One of the most beautiful & original songs ever written. 😇

  • @soyevquirsefron990
    @soyevquirsefron990 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Jim’s backup partner, as I understand it, was a Julliard trained musician who hired Jim as a backup player and then recognized that Jim was a better artist and followed Jim’s lead. They both died together but nobody remembers this guy’s name, including myself.
    The way this guy looks at Jim, I don’t know if he’s studying Jim’s artistry or he’s in love, but either way I wish that someone looks at me that way someday and I hope these dudes enjoyed the time they had