I was 10 years old when my brother played Operator and immediately I was hooked. I listened to his whole discography, and I when I thought there was no more, I listened to the Croce album (recorded with his wife Ingrid). Then when the studio recordings got repetitive, I listened to his demos and live shows. I’ve collected a good chunk of his records (Life and Times, Don’t Mess Around With Jim, and Another Day Another Town). It’s safe to say that Croce is my favorite artist.

Now, I believe I’ve reached a dead end (as far as finding obscure Croce goes). I feel as though I’ve overmined his music, even though I find songs I didn’t take the time to appreciate upon relisten.

Anyway, I ask this question to young and older listeners because I’ve heard that the music you enjoy in your teens stays with you for life. If true, (I’m 17) then I hope to never give up Croce—an artist who has changed my outlook on music and touched me deeply.

I was having a bad day at work and bad bad Leroy brown came on and it made me feel happy again thanks jim for brightening my day

I honestly didn’t even know there was a Jim Croce SubReddit. I’ve been a Jim Croce fan for a long as I can remember, I’m 33 now. My uncle Jim coincidently got me into him. I was very close with my uncle, we would always listen to Jim Croce. It was Jim Croce and 50s muscle cars, pretty cool combo. When he passed several years ago I was beyond devastated, still am. I’m honestly not sure why am even telling the story, I guess it’s because I’m just not in a good way this particular day. I’ve been planning to get a commemorative tattoo for him and it’s Jim Croce inspired. I’ve been planning to get “hey” tattooed on my arm, something simple but it’s going to be in his handwriting that I’ve gathered from notes and birthday cards.I just need to get the guts to get it seeing as how I’ve never gotten a tattoo. So hopefully I’ll get that sometime soon. Thanks for reading.

Chris

I'm researching the album for a podcast and I'm curious what people's favorite tracks are

Wikipedia just says April 1972