[willk]

“Jim Croce had a LOT more than “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”.”

He was a musical genius. Who knows what music we have missed out on.

[Dr. Sivana]

He was a musical genius. Who knows what music we have missed out on.

He was. He made hummable tunes you get the first time without a lot of reliance on hooks.

He also had flair for lyrics. A song like "Working at the Car Wash Blues" reminds us of someone we have all known. But he can go up-tempo ("One Less Set of Footsteps", "Roller Derby Queen", "Rapid Roy") or dialing it down ("Time In a Bottle", "Operator") as needed.

He also had a LOT of confidence in a simple arrangement with guitar (often acoustic) and voice dominating, without turning into a long-form Harry Chapin type. (His tragedy was in a car, not a plane)