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Jim Croce

It's funny but I realized reading through thread that I don't like hardly anyone of the artists mentioned. I do like some of Cockburn's work however. I'll mention Tim Harden and Phil Ochs just to keep things on a positive note.

cubdog
 
ah yes prine
theres a hole in dadies arm :)

but in this vein of music paul simon solo stuff is great as is sugarman and kris kristofferson
 
Croce story!
When I was selling high-end stereo equipment in late 70 into 71 in a small Northwest suburb of Chicago, I had a client who would buy nice stuff although it did take a little work. All in all, he was a nice guy!

Suddenly Croce is coming to Chicago for a few small venue concerts and I find out this guy's wife is a sister of one of Croce's arrangers, Cashman and West. Don't remember which was the brother, but I do like the Cashman and West album, easy acoustic rock! Anyway, Croce is going to be at the "Quiet Knight" in Chicago, so this client gets me two tickets to go see him, AND backstage time to meet and greet and shoot the bs. Boy, I'm pumped!!

Do you know I couldn't buy a date for that concert because "that guy only plays the guitar and tells stories"! There were a lot of skirts that missed out on a lot of fun for a long long time after that!

So I go backstage, and Croce is such a nice guy, drinking what I forget now, but gets me a drink and is real nice to chat with for awhile until he has to do another set/show. One thing I'll always remember, that album where he's in the middle of the road with his foot up on a suitcase? Well, he looks pretty big, but he was a small guy, maybe 5'6". I was 6'4" but in recent years I'm shrinkin but I cast a wider shadow now....

Croce rocks!!
 
Great story, Jim! Jim Croce really was a great story teller and turned out to be doubly so when I saw him in concert in college. The lead-in act was Nils Lofgren, which was really good but when Jim came out and started telling stories he was awesome. He sat on a stool and told stories, most about things that happened that influenced the song he was about to sing which was either an extension of that story or a synopsis of it. Not to say that he's any better than the other ones listed, most of which I also admire greatly, I just feel fortunate that I got to see Croce during his brief career.

In addition to the greats already mentioned, I've always loved Jerry Jeff Walker and found his style and song choices more often than not spoke to me very much. Thanks for "nudging" my memory about JC and all his great songs/stories, it was fun!
 
Loudon Wainright III is another great one. He really knows how to get the image, story and point across. Love his earlier work, not too familiar with his later stuff.
 
Al Stewart is a great storyteller. I love his frequent use of historical figures and events in his work.
 
zebra03 said:
I have been listening to a lot of John Stewart lately and boy was he talented .
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I grew up with the Kingston Trio and in the 80's gravitated to John Stewart.
This site has great info on John and his music-http://www.hiddenhistory.com/home1.htm

Another great storyteller is Danny O'Keefe
 
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I gm going to have to print this out, and go to the record store again. Love Croce, and Chapin. I am not familiar with John Stewart. I really enjoy finding the stuff I only heard of as a kid. I am 53 now and still playing catch up.

How about Waylon Jennings? I like him.
 
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