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To: afraidfortherepublic; xsmommy

I’m sure everyone loves Jim Croce, except for xs. I have one of his LPs at home.


53 posted on 12/14/2012 10:01:04 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

I have most of his work on CD. But my son in law (raised in Philly) has a recording of everything he ever wrote. The early stuff is not so good. But, once he developed his particular sound, everything he wrote was catchy and memorable. I think that he was one of the best lyricists and tune and rythm meisters in the business. I often wonder where he’d be if he had lived longer. One of my favorites:

http://www.lyrics.com/workin-at-the-car-wash-blues-lyrics-jim-croce.html


55 posted on 12/14/2012 10:26:11 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: xsmommy; SoothingDave

What in God’s name is going on-people killing children in
CT? Have we indeed become barbarians?


56 posted on 12/14/2012 10:38:36 AM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: SoothingDave

He stole songs. Or so I was told by my roommate’s BF in college. He was a guitarist and knew someone who knew someone, etc.


70 posted on 12/14/2012 8:50:05 PM PST by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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