Croce's wife Ingrid has an autobiographical cookbook, Thyme In A Bottle, in which she writes interesting anecdotes about Jim. Here's what she wrote about this: "One weekend, after being on the road for many months, Jim got a chance to come home to relax with his family. We settled in to enjoy our time alone together. Though Jim was expecting company the next day, avoiding confrontation he never told me that we were to be joined by an entire film crew! The next morning, 15 people from Acorn Productions descended upon our house to record a promotional film of Jim Croce at Home on the Farm. I prepared breakfast, lunch and dinner for the whole film crew and after the group left, I questioned Jim about our finances. After a year and a half of his working so very hard on the road, we were barely making ends meet, but Jim wouldn't talk about it. He hated questions as much as he hated confrontation, especially about money. He stormed out of our bedroom and went down to the kitchen table to brood. The next morning he woke me gently by singing his new song. 'Every time I tried to tell you the words just came out wrong. So I'll have to say I love you, in a song.'"
I will have to find that cookbook. We ate at her restaurant years ago and have always said it was one of the best meals we ever tasted. I remember hearing about him dying over the radio when I was a teenager. Such a loss. Imagine how much music would be different if he was still around and having an impact. Gone way too soon.
Jim Croce was a great singer and artist who died way too soon in a plane crash in 1973. Other good songs of his are "Alabama Rain," "Photographs and Memories", "New York's not my home and " "these Dreams" His son A.J. Croce is also a singer.
Love this song. The story behind it is that Jim and his wife Ingrid had an argument. They both went to bed angry at each other and Ingrid cried herself to sleep. Alone. The next morning, Jim woke her up and said, “I’ve got something I want you to hear” and played her this song he had written just hours before. Croce died way too young. He was such a genuine, sweet, quiet soul.
I didn’t know he died so young. I just looked up the story - so tragic. How devastating that must have been for his wife and family 💔. Makes me so sad to think about 😢
A long time ago I found a record album outside the college radio station in a pile of LPs marked discards. The album was Gingerbreadd by Maury Muehleisen. I was quite surprised how good the album was, especially Maury's guitar work. His singing voice was quite high, not everyone's taste, yet his songs were quite catchy. If Jim had not hit it big in the music industry, he told Maury he would play guitar with Maury as the lead singer. You can find the album on TH-cam. Thank you for giving Maury credit for his musical talents.
If you watch the two of them on Sugarman, you can tell how much subtle fullness Maury added to Jim's work. I had heard that Maury was the more established musician when they met, having already released some songs on the radio that got a bit of air play, but the man instantly recognized that he would go further backing up Jim than he would ever go on his own. He is the viola to Jim's violin.
4:33. Agreed. I’m glad Amber finally is pronouncing “Croce” correctly and that Jay is aware of his mispronunciation. Now they need to learn from us that the guitar work was a duo.
I was born in 1947, 1 year after my Dad got home from the South Pacific in WW2. Truly a baby boomer. We got to experience some of the best musical artists!!
True,I’m a gen Xer born in ‘67 but totally remember hearing these songs in the early 70s,now they can really bring you back to simpler times when you listen to them 😎
A few weeks after Jim died, his wife Ingrid found a letter he had sent to her before he died. This is the actual text of the letter: “Dear Ing, I know I haven't been very nice to you for some time, but I thought it might be of some comfort, Sweet Thing, to understand that you haven't been the only recipient of JC's manipulations. But since you can't hear me and can't see me, I can't bull**** using my sneaky logic and facial movements. I have to write it all down instead, which is lots more permanent. So it can be re-read instead of re-membered, so, it's really right on the line. I know that you see me for who I am, or should I say, as who I are. 'Cause I've been lots of people. If Medusa had personalities or attitudes instead of snakes for her features, her name would have been Jim Croce. But that's unfair to you and it's also unhealthy for me. And I now want to be the oldest man around, a man with a face full of wrinkles and lots of wisdom. So this is a birth note, Baby. And when I get back everything will be different. We're gonna have a life together, Ing, I promise. I'm gonna concentrate on my health. I'm gonna become a public hermit. I'm gonna get my Master's Degree. I'm gonna write short stories and movie scripts. Who knows, I might even get a tan. Give a kiss to my little man and tell him Daddy loves him. Remember, it's the first sixty years that count and I've got 30 to go. I Love you, Jim"
This was from Jim's I Got A Name album from 1973. It was released after his death. It went to Number 9 posthumously in 1974. It was written for his wife after an argument about money. He appeared in the bedroom the next day and sang it to her. The back up singers, as well as the string section, masterful guitar playing from Jim make this an amazing love song. Such a loss. 😥😥 Great reaction. Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️❤️ 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
I absolutely love Jim Croce. Gone way too soon. His son is singing his songs now. Would love to hear Photographs & Memories, Working at the car wash blues
My dad introduced me to Jim Croce and I always think of my dad every time I hear him. Which is a lot now that my dad has passed. Jim is one of the best storytelling singers ever!
Although Jim Croce wrote the songs I believe most of the great guitar work was by Maury Muehlheisen who played and performed with Croce and died along with him when their plane crashed in September 1973.
Jim was a genius. The way the vocals and the melody go together so seamlessly, it's like the song existed for a thousand years. The more times you hear this song, the more you love it.
I was a big fan of Jim Croce in high school in the early 1970s. Some of his other big hits that I'd recommend are "Photographs and Memories", "I got a Name", "Alabama Rain", "Dreamin' Again", and maybe "One Less Set of Footsteps". I was sure sad to see him go when he died in 1973. So much potential.
Jim was a genius, artful, soulful and genuine. He had passed before I realized how moving music could be. I was only 8 when he died. Not long after that I started to listen to music any way I could, on late night radio, on my father's turntable, on the radio in the car. Croce was one of my early favorites with Bad, Bad Leroy Brown and You Don't Mess Around with Jim. Songs like this one were imbedded in my brain for later times. He wrote music for everyone, and he did all of it well. 50 yrs ago this fall. RIP JC
He wrote this song in one night for his wife after they had been arguing. He couldn't find the words to say so he wrote this song for her. It is beautiful 👍🏼
Such a beautiful lead guitar by Maury. Can you imagine how much music we would have had if all the singers and artists that died young had live until old. Wow, just imagine!
This is one of my favorite songs by JC. As I listen and watch your reaction Videos, I realize how quickly you; Amber and Jay are learning and appreciating this great musical history. There is so much more, please continue on this musical journey! I am sure all your fans enjoy it as I do.
This makes me wistful. This was Jim's last Top 10 song, which was released six months after Jim died in a plane crash in September 1973. It's so sad thinking of the songs he never got to write or share with the world. He had a total of 10 Top 100 hits, six of which made the Top 20 - and you've now done all of those (the one you missed listing was "I Got a Name"). The one you have left before getting into Jim's deep album cuts are "One Less Set Of Footsteps", "It Doesn't Have to Be That Way", "Workin' At the Car Wash Blues", and "Chain Gang Medley". "Lover's Cross" and "Mississippi Lady" are also worth checking out.
Jim Croce and John Denver both play in a finger-style or alternate picking style that gives that distinct plucking character to their playing. And ONLY 40 things?! Seriously J, as an old sentimental guy who used to do this for my honey all the time, keep it up bud! They DO notice! It gets filed away in the female brain, and earns you serious brownie points! Great reaction, and ... JAZZ HANDS!! LOL
I love most of his songs. Here are some you may had missed 1. Lover's Cross 2. You don't Mess around With Jim 3. I Got A Name 4. One Less Set of Footsteps 5. Salon and Saloon 6. It Doesn't Have to be that way 7. Photographs and Memories "I got a name" is the song his family picked to remember him.
Every time you listen to Jim, you also should also cite his musical partner Maury Muehleisen -- it was Maury who did all the intricate plucking on the guitar while Jim played straight-forward rhythm guitar, it was Jim who provided background vocals and delicate harmonies, and it was Jim's musicianship -- he was a classically trained pianist who taught himself to play guitar -- who elevated the music Jim created as a partnership. Before Maury, Jim was playing bars. After, they teamed up, they produced three chart-leading albums. And Maury did all this at an exceptionally young age, about 22 when the two paired up, and only 24 when they died in a plane crash.
Jim died on my 8th birthday, Sept. 20, 1973, in Natchitoches, LA He had just finished his last concert of the year at NSU and was finally heading home. His plane clipped a row of pecan trees at the end of the runway. A true poet and wordsmith, his music is still relevant today.
He's got so many like "A good time man like me ain't got no reason singing the blues," "Hard time Losin' Man", "Working at the carwash blues", "Roller Derby Queen." Oh yeah, one more I just remembered is "Box # 10". Just making some suggestions for further reactions to this great man's music. I grew up listening to him so I'm a major fan.
If you were lucky to see them in concert you were not disappointed. God bless my mom for making sure I saw them twice in Toronto. We drove from buffalo ny. Elvis was close to Mrs Osmond . She reminded him of his mom.
Love how the guitar’s like a constellation of notes, it creates such a spaciousness around the melody, almost a Spanish approach rather than a more one- dimensional American guitar style. Makes it romantic + thoughtful at once
Mr Jim was one of the greatest storytellers in song along with Roy Orbison, Gene Pitney etc. BTW, I don’t know if you’ve reacted to Gene Pitney at all but he’s another with a very unique voice and always has a great story, try his ( Somethings Gotten Hold Of My Heart) Jay, Jay, Jay, nothing wrong with your girl wanting to express her appreciation for your way of expressing your love for her, so proud of you guys and how you share your love and joy to everyone, it really make my day.
This song was written for his wife. Time in a Bottle was for his son A J . Jim died 8 days before A J second birthday. A J had a bad life , his mothers abusive boyfriend cause A J to lose his sight. Sunday Morning did a segment about how A J is now playing his father's music. He does Time in a Bottle with his father.
Jay Jim Croce is,was and always will be a top singer song writer. IMO. He wrote excellent romantic songs as well as lifting up your feelings. Comedy ones too.
Jim Croce's lead guitarist Maury Muehleisen made Jim's great songs sound even better. Jim's guitar playing was good too but his was more setting the foundation and structure for the song while Maury played around it but both guitars blended and fit together beautifully like butter on toast
You should check out "Rock and Roll Heaven" by the Righteous Brothers. It is a tribute to some of the greatest artists who are now in heaven. Jim Croce, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison are just some of the greats mentioned.
As others have said, never forget Maury Muehleisen when you talk about the sweet picking and fullness of the guitar sound, he was a big part of Jim's success ❤🎶🎸
I heard Operator 30 years ago and just started playing the guitar. I wanted to sound just like him. This was before the internet and I finally realized I was failing so miserably because it's actually two guitars. Jim on rhythm and Maury doing the lead. So beautiful.
Jim Croce wasn’t as high on the list of storytellers as Cash and Waylon and Willie but they lives into their 70-80s. Croce was only 30 when he died in a plane crash. He left one heck of a legacy in his short time here. (Also, this video shows exactly what I love about Jay and Amber. Their relationship seems so sweet and playful and pure and respectful. They always make me smile, no matter what kind of mood I was in before watching.)
You two are adorable. I think part of your success is that you are sincere with your reactions. You have been honest about how you both have grown since starting the channel. You two are always a bright spot in my day.
1977 I met the only man I would ever love he played this for me on his guitar this was the happiest time of my life. His parents arranged a marriage with someone else everytime I hear this it takes me back 2023 I still miss him
Jim is not alone in the guitar playing, there is another guy too. I just can't think of his name right now. I was just out of high school when this came out, loved Mr. Croce's music from the start.
Maury Muehleisen was Jim's musical partner, playing lead acoustic guitar and backing vocals. He was also killed in the same plane crash. Jim was 30, Maury was 24.
Like a lot of these love songs (take "Annie's Song", for instance), this one was written after an argument with his wife. Of all of Jim Croce's songs, this one is my all-time favorite. The words, the way the guitars play off each other and the strings all combine to make this one of those great love songs. It's short, but sweet.
Croce's wife Ingrid has an autobiographical cookbook, Thyme In A Bottle, in which she writes interesting anecdotes about Jim. Here's what she wrote about this: "One weekend, after being on the road for many months, Jim got a chance to come home to relax with his family. We settled in to enjoy our time alone together. Though Jim was expecting company the next day, avoiding confrontation he never told me that we were to be joined by an entire film crew! The next morning, 15 people from Acorn Productions descended upon our house to record a promotional film of Jim Croce at Home on the Farm. I prepared breakfast, lunch and dinner for the whole film crew and after the group left, I questioned Jim about our finances. After a year and a half of his working so very hard on the road, we were barely making ends meet, but Jim wouldn't talk about it. He hated questions as much as he hated confrontation, especially about money. He stormed out of our bedroom and went down to the kitchen table to brood. The next morning he woke me gently by singing his new song. 'Every time I tried to tell you the words just came out wrong. So I'll have to say I love you, in a song.'"
I asked you not be cuttin onions when I’m around?🤭😂
Thank you. How wonderful. I am crying.
I will have to find that cookbook.
We ate at her restaurant years ago and have always said it was one of the best meals we ever tasted.
I remember hearing about him dying over the radio when I was a teenager. Such a loss. Imagine how much music would be different if he was still around and having an impact. Gone way too soon.
I wish I could have eaten at his widow's restaurant in San Diego. Sadly it's closed.
I love to hear stories like this....they make him more loveable and memorable.
Jim Croce was a great singer and artist who died way too soon in a plane crash in 1973. Other good songs of his are "Alabama Rain," "Photographs and Memories", "New York's not my home and " "these Dreams" His son A.J. Croce is also a singer.
Photographs & Memories.
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Hit me up↗️ on telegram you won 🎁🎉...
Love this song. The story behind it is that Jim and his wife Ingrid had an argument. They both went to bed angry at each other and Ingrid cried herself to sleep. Alone.
The next morning, Jim woke her up and said, “I’ve got something I want you to hear” and played her this song he had written just hours before.
Croce died way too young. He was such a genuine, sweet, quiet soul.
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I love this story and the fact that it is true is amazing.
He never got to play this song live. I think ingrid is the only one who ever heard it live.
I didn’t know he died so young. I just looked up the story - so tragic. How devastating that must have been for his wife and family 💔. Makes me so sad to think about 😢
Jay and Amber always seem to be in a good mood.
Such beautiful people!
Thanks also to Maury Muehleisen, Jim's musical partner on backup guitar, who was with Jim to the end.
A long time ago I found a record album outside the college radio station in a pile of LPs marked discards. The album was Gingerbreadd by Maury Muehleisen. I was quite surprised how good the album was, especially Maury's guitar work. His singing voice was quite high, not everyone's taste, yet his songs were quite catchy. If Jim had not hit it big in the music industry, he told Maury he would play guitar with Maury as the lead singer. You can find the album on TH-cam. Thank you for giving Maury credit for his musical talents.
RIGHT up to the end .... literally. 😰
RIGHT up to the end .... literally. 😰
If you watch the two of them on Sugarman, you can tell how much subtle fullness Maury added to Jim's work. I had heard that Maury was the more established musician when they met, having already released some songs on the radio that got a bit of air play, but the man instantly recognized that he would go further backing up Jim than he would ever go on his own. He is the viola to Jim's violin.
4:33. Agreed. I’m glad Amber finally is pronouncing “Croce” correctly and that Jay is aware of his mispronunciation. Now they need to learn from us that the guitar work was a duo.
Us baby boomers were grateful for true geniuses, especially in what I consider the best era for rock/pop/folk/soul/jazz 1964-1974
1964-1974
I was born in 1947, 1 year after my Dad got home from the South Pacific in WW2. Truly a baby boomer. We got to experience some of the best musical artists!!
Right on man!👍👍
True,I’m a gen Xer born in ‘67 but totally remember hearing these songs in the early 70s,now they can really bring you back to simpler times when you listen to them 😎
Truth!!!!
IMHO- Jim Croce & Cat Stevens were the poets of 70's love songs. They both have voices that lull you into an absolute state of bliss.
Cat Stevens is somebody Jay and Amber need to hear.
ANY Jim Croce song is an amazing song! The soundtrack of my youth ❤
I was born in 59 I grew up on his music ❤❤❤
Jim Croce "Photographs & Memories"...Nuff Said.
Jay & Amber you'll love his "Workin At Car Wash Blues"!!!
A few weeks after Jim died, his wife Ingrid found a letter he had sent to her before he died. This is the actual text of the letter:
“Dear Ing, I know I haven't been very nice to you for some time, but I thought it might be of some comfort, Sweet Thing, to understand that you haven't been the only recipient of JC's manipulations. But since you can't hear me and can't see me, I can't bull**** using my sneaky logic and facial movements. I have to write it all down instead, which is lots more permanent. So it can be re-read instead of re-membered, so, it's really right on the line.
I know that you see me for who I am, or should I say, as who I are. 'Cause I've been lots of people. If Medusa had personalities or attitudes instead of snakes for her features, her name would have been Jim Croce. But that's unfair to you and it's also unhealthy for me. And I now want to be the oldest man around, a man with a face full of wrinkles and lots of wisdom.
So this is a birth note, Baby. And when I get back everything will be different. We're gonna have a life together, Ing, I promise. I'm gonna concentrate on my health. I'm gonna become a public hermit. I'm gonna get my Master's Degree. I'm gonna write short stories and movie scripts. Who knows, I might even get a tan.
Give a kiss to my little man and tell him Daddy loves him.
Remember, it's the first sixty years that count and I've got 30 to go.
I Love you,
Jim"
If you guys love this one...try his "Lover's Cross"
Lovers Cross is also another good one by Jim
His last name is pronounced crow-chee -- usually with the emphasis on CROW
"I've Got A Name" is one you need to hear from Jim!
This was from Jim's I Got A Name album from 1973. It was released after his death. It went to Number 9 posthumously in 1974.
It was written for his wife after an argument about money. He appeared in the bedroom the next day and sang it to her.
The back up singers, as well as the string section, masterful guitar playing from Jim make this an amazing love song. Such a loss. 😥😥 Great reaction. Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️❤️ 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
That might be the one they missed!
drop the ridculous maple syrup line,,i'm from canada by the way
@@cameronpickard7456 I agree, its cringy
“I’ve Got a Name” . . . My favorite song of his.
Maury Muehleisen, Jim’s band mate did the accompaniment in studio and in concert. A great guitarist. He also died with Jim in that plane crash.
Two more fun songs from Jim Croce - “Workin' at the Car Wash Blues" and also “Roller Derby Queen“. Both great songs.
This man was not just an outstanding guitar player--this was a poet--a true ministral...
I absolutely love Jim Croce. Gone way too soon. His son is singing his songs now.
Would love to hear Photographs & Memories, Working at the car wash blues
A legend who died at such a young age. Who knows what he might have done if given another 30 or more years. Thanks for featuring this one.
My dad introduced me to Jim Croce and I always think of my dad every time I hear him. Which is a lot now that my dad has passed. Jim is one of the best storytelling singers ever!
A beautiful song. Such a tragedy that the world lost him so young.
Although Jim Croce wrote the songs I believe most of the great guitar work was by Maury Muehlheisen who played and performed with Croce and died along with him when their plane crashed in September 1973.
Jim was a genius. The way the vocals and the melody go together so seamlessly, it's like the song existed for a thousand years. The more times you hear this song, the more you love it.
I was a big fan of Jim Croce in high school in the early 1970s. Some of his other big hits that I'd recommend are "Photographs and Memories", "I got a Name", "Alabama Rain", "Dreamin' Again", and maybe "One Less Set of Footsteps". I was sure sad to see him go when he died in 1973. So much potential.
Yes Chris, Photographs and memories….one of his greatest.
Jim was a genius, artful, soulful and genuine. He had passed before I realized how moving music could be. I was only 8 when he died. Not long after that I started to listen to music any way I could, on late night radio, on my father's turntable, on the radio in the car. Croce was one of my early favorites with Bad, Bad Leroy Brown and You Don't Mess Around with Jim. Songs like this one were imbedded in my brain for later times. He wrote music for everyone, and he did all of it well. 50 yrs ago this fall. RIP JC
So many great songs from Croce. Another great one is "I Got a Name".
Oops. my bad..I see that you already reacted to that one.
FWIW my favorite Jim Croce song is “Lovers Cross”. Such an underrated track.
One of my favorites by Jim. Lover's Cross is a great song by him.
He wrote this song in one night for his wife after they had been arguing. He couldn't find the words to say so he wrote this song for her. It is beautiful 👍🏼
Such a beautiful lead guitar by Maury. Can you imagine how much music we would have had if all the singers and artists that died young had live until old. Wow, just imagine!
A great song! Great reaction!
I looooove Jim Croce's music!
Wow. If I close my eyes, I am transported right back to my old room, lying on the floor, in the dark listening to this on my record player.
I can't even imagine what he would have given us if he'd lived longer. What an amazing talent!
Lobo 'Me and You and a Dog Named Boo' and 'Don't Expect me to be Your Friend'. You said story telling and sweet love songs, right? 😁
This is one of my favorite songs by JC. As I listen and watch your reaction Videos, I realize how quickly you; Amber and Jay are learning and appreciating this great musical history. There is so much more, please continue on this musical journey! I am sure all your fans enjoy it as I do.
I love “working at the Car Wash Blues”!!
This makes me wistful. This was Jim's last Top 10 song, which was released six months after Jim died in a plane crash in September 1973. It's so sad thinking of the songs he never got to write or share with the world. He had a total of 10 Top 100 hits, six of which made the Top 20 - and you've now done all of those (the one you missed listing was "I Got a Name"). The one you have left before getting into Jim's deep album cuts are "One Less Set Of Footsteps", "It Doesn't Have to Be That Way", "Workin' At the Car Wash Blues", and "Chain Gang Medley". "Lover's Cross" and "Mississippi Lady" are also worth checking out.
Jim Croce and John Denver both play in a finger-style or alternate picking style that gives that distinct plucking character to their playing. And ONLY 40 things?! Seriously J, as an old sentimental guy who used to do this for my honey all the time, keep it up bud! They DO notice! It gets filed away in the female brain, and earns you serious brownie points! Great reaction, and ... JAZZ HANDS!! LOL
I love most of his songs. Here are some you may had missed
1. Lover's Cross
2. You don't Mess around With Jim
3. I Got A Name
4. One Less Set of Footsteps
5. Salon and Saloon
6. It Doesn't Have to be that way
7. Photographs and Memories
"I got a name" is the song his family picked to remember him.
Message me 👆👆on telegrame above the name I have something special for you 🎁🎁..........
Every time you listen to Jim, you also should also cite his musical partner Maury Muehleisen -- it was Maury who did all the intricate plucking on the guitar while Jim played straight-forward rhythm guitar, it was Jim who provided background vocals and delicate harmonies, and it was Jim's musicianship -- he was a classically trained pianist who taught himself to play guitar -- who elevated the music Jim created as a partnership. Before Maury, Jim was playing bars. After, they teamed up, they produced three chart-leading albums. And Maury did all this at an exceptionally young age, about 22 when the two paired up, and only 24 when they died in a plane crash.
Thanks for not letting us forget Maury.
You are going to love this one, my favorite of his
Another great love song from the 70's you really need to give a spin is "Longer" by Dan Fogelberg.
Photographs and memories next please...thanks
Jay and Amber, "I got a name" is a great song. I'll have to say I love you in a song. Absolutely lovely.
He also has a great break-up song in "Lovers Cross" just for another side of Jim.
Really appreciate the love you show for Jim 💕
Jim died on my 8th birthday, Sept. 20, 1973, in Natchitoches, LA He had just finished his last concert of the year at NSU and was finally heading home. His plane clipped a row of pecan trees at the end of the runway. A true poet and wordsmith, his music is still relevant today.
Jay's own Top 40 countdown of Love-I wonder what number one is?! LOL
Ahaha I saw that expression Jay...I am "wordy" too...let her brag on you, it's so sweet.
Jim and Maury - They told us everything with the songs and the outstanding guitars.
Hello fans hit me up ↗️ on telegram I have something special for you 🎁🎁🎉
He's got so many like "A good time man like me ain't got no reason singing the blues," "Hard time Losin' Man", "Working at the carwash blues", "Roller Derby Queen." Oh yeah, one more I just remembered is "Box # 10". Just making some suggestions for further reactions to this great man's music. I grew up listening to him so I'm a major fan.
One of my favorite JC songs is called Lover's Cross. I think you'll like it and it shows a different facet of Jim
for forty years i have made sure i always had his greatest hits in whatever vehicle i was driving
He is phenomenal a lot of heart and his
He wrote this after an argument with his wife. She was in bed mad and he was in his basement. Wrote it in minutes.
True talent!
If you were lucky to see them in concert you were not disappointed. God bless my mom for making sure I saw them twice in Toronto. We drove from buffalo ny. Elvis was close to Mrs Osmond . She reminded him of his mom.
You're a good man Jay. Never stop those little reminders of your love for your wife.
One of his most hilarious songs he ever did was ,"The working at the Car ash Blues". Peace...
Love how the guitar’s like a constellation of notes, it creates such a spaciousness around the melody, almost a Spanish approach rather than a more one- dimensional American guitar style. Makes it romantic + thoughtful at once
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Hit me up↗️ on telegram you won 🎁🎉
J- you BETTER be writing notes to that sweetheart of a wife you've got there!!!
Finally! My favorite of all songs.
You should never be embarrassed to express your true feelings for each other in private or in public
One of my favorites of his is called "These Dreams"
Probably, one of the most romantic songs ever. This is pure loveliness.
My favorite song by Croce!
Oh yes! I love Jim Croce. ✌❤🎶 I just love y'all! 💞
LOL. Jay's game exposed! That's awesome dude! You keep making that girl happy! It's the key to your happiness. Love you two.
"Lovers Cross" is must.
Mr Jim was one of the greatest storytellers in song along with Roy Orbison, Gene Pitney etc. BTW, I don’t know if you’ve reacted to Gene Pitney at all but he’s another with a very unique voice and always has a great story, try his ( Somethings Gotten Hold Of My Heart)
Jay, Jay, Jay, nothing wrong with your girl wanting to express her appreciation for your way of expressing your love for her, so proud of you guys and how you share your love and joy to everyone, it really make my day.
Gene Pitney was great, lots of fun songs. I love Bebop a Lula
Town Without Pity is awesome
💜💜💜 Jim Croce is wonderful! And this song is a favorite.
Never forget Maury Muelheisen: Jim's guitarist (responsible for a majority of the solos and countermelody lines.). 🤘🤘
This song was written for his wife. Time in a Bottle was for his son A J . Jim died 8 days before A J second birthday. A J had a bad life , his mothers abusive boyfriend cause A J to lose his sight. Sunday Morning did a segment about how A J is now playing his father's music. He does Time in a Bottle with his father.
Jay Jim Croce is,was and always will be a top singer song writer. IMO. He wrote excellent romantic songs as well as lifting up your feelings. Comedy ones too.
I laughed so hard when jay said “don’t be dropping my game on the people!” 😂😂
I love her sharing that about Jay 😁 those are the things that keep you strong through the hard times
Jim Croce's lead guitarist Maury Muehleisen made Jim's great songs sound even better. Jim's guitar playing was good too but his was more setting the foundation and structure for the song while Maury played around it but both guitars blended and fit together beautifully like butter on toast
Had it on the record,my favorite from Jim.😊
Timeless
You should check out "Rock and Roll Heaven" by the Righteous Brothers. It is a tribute to some of the greatest artists who are now in heaven. Jim Croce, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison are just some of the greats mentioned.
Message me 👆👆on telegrame above the name I have something special for you 🎁🎁.................
Photographs and Memories, New York's Not My Home, and Lover's Cross are also amazing songs by Jim. Plenty of other songs too.
Hello fans hit me up ↗️ on telegram I have something special for you 🎁🎁🎉...
As others have said, never forget Maury Muehleisen when you talk about the sweet picking and fullness of the guitar sound, he was a big part of Jim's success ❤🎶🎸
Always has been one of my favs. No one sings and no one ever will sing like Jim Croce. ❤😊
I heard Operator 30 years ago and just started playing the guitar. I wanted to sound just like him. This was before the internet and I finally realized I was failing so miserably because it's actually two guitars. Jim on rhythm and Maury doing the lead. So beautiful.
Hello fans👍
Hit me up↗️ on telegram you won 🎁🎉
Workin At the Car Wash Blues is another fun one.
I love this song. He's always been one of my very favorite singers.
Jim Croce - "Roller Derby Queen"👍
Never forget Maury Muelheisen: Jim's guitarist (responsible for a majority of the solos and countermelody lines.). 🤘🤘
40 things!?! Well done, Jay! That's how you show appreciation for your partner. ❤
Jim Croce wasn’t as high on the list of storytellers as Cash and Waylon and Willie but they lives into their 70-80s. Croce was only 30 when he died in a plane crash. He left one heck of a legacy in his short time here.
(Also, this video shows exactly what I love about Jay and Amber. Their relationship seems so sweet and playful and pure and respectful. They always make me smile, no matter what kind of mood I was in before watching.)
You two are so adorable and cute!
One of my favorite singers ever.
You two are adorable. I think part of your success is that you are sincere with your reactions. You have been honest about how you both have grown since starting the channel. You two are always a bright spot in my day.
1977 I met the only man I would ever love he played this for me on his guitar this was the happiest time of my life. His parents arranged a marriage with someone else everytime I hear this it takes me back 2023 I still miss him
Jim is not alone in the guitar playing, there is another guy too. I just can't think of his name right now. I was just out of high school when this came out, loved Mr. Croce's music from the start.
Maury Muehleisen was Jim's musical partner, playing lead acoustic guitar and backing vocals. He was also killed in the same plane crash. Jim was 30, Maury was 24.
Like a lot of these love songs (take "Annie's Song", for instance), this one was written after an argument with his wife. Of all of Jim Croce's songs, this one is my all-time favorite. The words, the way the guitars play off each other and the strings all combine to make this one of those great love songs. It's short, but sweet.
Short sweet simple deep. That’s Jim.