The Enigin Pez

Don’t Mess Around With Jim.

In 1973, the world lost a wonderful singer-songwriter by the name of Jim Croce. He may have only been here for thirty years, but he managed to record six great studio albums and release eleven brilliant singles.

If he hadn’t of died then Jim Croce would have gone on to become a very successful musician. He will always be best remembered for wonderful tracks such as; ‘Time in a Bottle’, ‘Lover’s Cross’, ‘Bad, Bad Leroy Brown’ and ‘I Got a Name’.

Jim had turned his back on music several years before. He had become very disillusioned with the whole thing and had sold all of his guitars except for one. During this interim period he had taken a job as a truck driver and had also done some construction work. When he finally did get back into recording music again, many of his songs were written about the people with whom he had worked.

The ‘big time’ had been a very near thing for Jim Croce. His songs had got better and he was becoming better known all the time. When he boarded the doomed light aircraft with several of his companions he had been playing a concert less than an hour before. The plane crashed because it failed to gain enough altitude at the end of the runway; there was only one tree in the area and Jim’s plane found it.

Jim Croce may be gone but his music will always remain. He has been a big influence on musicians from all kinds of different genres; even Freddie Mercury wrote a song about him for Queen’s ‘Sheer Heart Attack’. His music still sounds just as good today as it did when he first wrote it. Jim Croce’s songs have got a timeless quality about them and his gentle voice is like that of an old friend.

Just a bit of news before I run, my slightly quirky boss is on this whole kick about a day of team building ideas london. Turns out in a couple of weeks time I will be expanding upon long-lasting work based relationships with all of the people that I go to the office with. Wish me luck everyone (at least I get a paid trip)!