JIM CROCE's Famous Farmhouse & Grave | Lyndell, PA

[@LazyJack2003]

It´s been 50 years today .... Just imagine all the songs Jim & Maury would still have given the world??!! I was introduced to his music when I was 19. Am 64 now and still love his music. Greetings from Germany.

[@carol67051]

My Uncle Charlie frequented many of the west Chester’s local bars. One night Jim Croce came into the bar and asked who owned the pick up with a guitar in the back. My uncle acknowledged it was his and Jim asked if he’d like to play with him. So they played the night away. I would have loved to be a fly on the wall that night.

[@bobwhammer4237]

Thank you, believe me this is much appreciated by his fans Been a fan since I was 14, I'm 65 now and to this day I still get choked up hearing and seeing stories about my favorite artist, James Joseph Croce.

[@MsCNail-fe1sj]

Me too :(

[@loisfolk5492]

72 and feel the same.

[@blazefairchild465]

Same age same love for these songs , I get tears too.

[@straitjacket8689]

I am 59 and feel the same way

[@ericjohn8466]

I thank my Mom for playing Jim ALOT when i was younger (I'm 44) and now every time I hear Jim it brings those memories right to the top of my memories. RIP Jim RIP Mom.

[@jonheddleston5515]

Croce and Chapin: Best guitarist/storytellers of the 70s. The greater body of Jim's works elicits great depth of feeling...kind of like blues emanating from a cloud. His lyrics helped, even healed me repeatedly in the 70s--and continue to move me more than most others to this day. Thanks, Jim and Ingrid.

[@raydash1424]

Jim Croce was a hit machine in the 1970’s and I thank you for keeping his memory alive

[@MsCNail-fe1sj]

TY for this video. He died the year I graduated and I loved his music...to this day. Rest In Peace Jim.

[@BigDogCha]

In My Opinion Thousand percent hands down one of the Greatest Singer/Song Writer's of His or Any Era!!!!

[@DazewithJordantheLion]

I would agree.. and definitely unique.. you couldn't really pigeonhole his sound into a category

[@Jonathan-o1q6q]

Absolutely kids today don't even know his name bizarre

[@windronner1]

Very heartfelt video of a very sincere singer/songwriter whom I 'grew up' with his lyrics..all the best..

[@bobconnor6164]

Just goes to show you Jordan that good music doesn’t die! It’s amazing that fifty years later you can still hear his music on the radio!

[@matthewfarmer6830]

"Time in a bottle " was a great song his other were great as well, his music will live on, thanks for sharing this about Jim he was a good sing he had a rough life growing up. Thanks for the history Jordan..👍🙂 he reminds me of Cat Stevens like Jim is our American version of Cat Stevens.

[@philipsvatba2125]

Jim died the year i was born but I've listened to his songs all my life. I have several of them on my music on my iphone. I lost my son in 2010, and time in a bottle was one i picked for his funeral. A great singer, still to this day... and will still be going strong years from now. Rest in peace Jim !!!!

[@renee8437]

Jim was a story teller. I remember when he passed. He had a newborn son at the time. Heartbreaking. He died far to soon. An absolute Legend!

[@acousticshadow4032]

Jim Croce will never die as long as his music lives. Good job on this one, Jordan. Very good job, indeed.

[@1927su]

He was so so very talented . I remember when he passed. Way too soon.

[@chop3625]

Such a fine songwriter. Missed….

[@vilstef6988]

Jim's songs are so timeless. It's like he plucked them from the collective unconciousness. They had always been there, but Jim had the insight to hear, see and reveal them!

[@ninastapleton803]

Thanks so much! I've been a life long fan of Jim Croce's. I listen to him to this very day. I have his station set in my pandora.

[@martynewell1181]

Jim Croce's was a super song writter and he had hits after and he had fans just like me Jordan I'm glad you have this video of Jim Croce's

[@pamelawooten3251]

Jim was my absolute favorite of all time. Sure do miss him. His music will continue to make him a legacy. I was 13 and cried my eyes out when I heard of the plane crash.

[@allisonmarlow184]

I'm watching this yet again, and get emotional each time. Thank you so much for doing this vlog and reminding us of his amazing talent. RIP Mr. Croce

[@donnayoung5133]

Thanks , Jordan. 'Time in a Bottle' was my senior high school class song for 1974. I also own that album. Ate at his widow's San Diego restaurant several years ago. What a balladeer. One of my favs. What a terrible loss. His son is a great piano player musician. RIP.

[@richierichardo209]

Hi Jordan. CBS Sunday had a nice Father's Day segment featuring A J. Croce that you'll find interesting. Stay well buddy.

[@gregoryclayton8287]

Loved, JIM CROCE, his genius will live forever!!! Signed, Greg the egg.

[@annanorth7997]

One of my first albums. I fell in love with that beautiful voice. You are young to know so much about music from the 60s and 70s. It was a great time to grow up. Thank you!

[@nicolassmith3301]

Hello pretty

[@grandwonder5858]

One of the greatest musicians of all time! Once in a generation talent!

[@buffy2u6]

Time in a bottle was my prom theme in 1974. Love it and I cried when he died. Still love his music. Can never get tired of it.

[@rozchristopherson648]

Thank you so much for this video. I am from Pennsylvania. I grew up listening to Jim Croce amongst other 70s artists (class of 1979). My mom (RIP 🙏) was a big fan and so am I. We were just heartbroken to learn of his death. My mom would have loved to see this video. Every time I hear his songs, I think of my mom who shocked me when I heard her singing "Bad Leroy Brown" because she was from the Big Band era. I didn't think she was paying attention to contemporary music. 😃 RIP Jim 🧡🙏

[@frankho99]

When he was in Lyndell, I lived an hour away.

[@jordannicholson1448]

I interviewed him for my college radio station the year he died when he performed in Ithaca, NY. The concert was terrific and he was the most amiable person I ever interviewed and very generous with his time.(as he enjoyed a cigar) I remember we spoke for almost an hour one on one. When I heard of the plan crash, I felt I had lost a friend. I took the loss very personally. Thanks for doing such a respectful job here. Great to know the younger folks appreciate what a talent he was.

[@hi-railhardin]

I don't suppose you have a tape of the interview?

[@jordannicholson1448]

@@hi-railhardin there was at one time but no idea where it ended up, sad to say.

[@Cutter-jx3xj]

Jim croce was in my 8 track player A LOT. SO much more music to be made by him. What a tragic loss.

[@stevendemay7209]

I'm a big fan of his music. I also remember he and Carly Simon played at the state fair in Connecticut. Thank you, Jordan!

[@janadeubner9883]

I loved Jim Croce's songs and was heartbroken when I found out he died in that plane crash. You are right his songs are timeless and I still love them today. They take me right back to the 70's. Dead at 30 just tragic. Thank you for sharing, Jordan.

[@elitekravmagatrainingfitne4110]

I grew up in Upper Darby too!! This property is just 5 minutes from my current home! Love this!

[@susanlongb4]

Songs from the radio and my youth. Thanks, Jordan and Jah! Safe travels and happy adventures!

[@patriciaclements9457]

At the time of Jim's death, I was teaching high-school English. One of my students was a serious Jim Croce fan. I have never see a young man so distraught. I am still sad about his loss and the pain his family and fans suffered.

[@nicolassmith3301]

Hello pretty

[@ruthjesse6759]

What an Amazing Sing. Loved His Music. God Bless Jim’s Soul and May U Rest In Peace. Thank u Jordan for yr help & time.

[@nicolassmith3301]

Hello pretty

[@joeodonnell3227]

Thank you for this. I’m 66 years old and a big Croce fan. I live near the site. I need to make a trip to see it.

[@AndresStein-y8l]

Thanks a lot !!! JIM CRO😢CE HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY NUMBER ONE......JUST, THE BEST !!! Hugs from Chile.

[@sloanerobinson2001]

Thank you Jordan! What a cool house. I am with you, I like to think about all those jam sessions going on inside that wonderful home or maybe on the front porch. I have very fond memories being a child in the late 70s riding around in my mom’s Chevrolet Camaro with her playing Jim Croce on the eight track… some of my earliest music memories.

[@sarakeith5480]

Wow so young!! My kind of music!! Thank you Jordan!! His songs live on!!

[@cafewa100]

Love the details you provide with your amazing video. Thank you!

[@jhanes3791]

Thank you for remembering Jim Croce. Time In A Bottle is one of my favorite songs and is on my Ipod.

[@johnfortuna4190]

You said he had two hits and in your slight pause I was gonna fight you!!! 🤭🤣JK thanks you so much for taking us with you . Safe journeys 🙏❤️🍀❤️

[@tcam2352]

Thanks, Jordan. He was one of my favs, gone too soon

[@trinashepherd7636]

Jim was one of the best I thought and just LOVED all of his songs since I was at the age of 18 in 1970. Thank you Jordan for doing this !

[@pamelataylor3923]

Thanks for this video Jordan. Love Jim Croce I will always be a fan. Hi Jah!!

[@christopherallen9580]

Loved Jim Croce I was 15 when he died. I think Jim should be in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Another great episode Jordan.

[@ralex3697]

Me too, same age

[@crsmith845]

Absolutely loved. Jim. Croce!!🎵🎸 Thanks for sharing this. Jordan the. Lion!❤Have a wonderful blessed weekend!🎞🎬

[@rhondawilkins_]

GEN X, 1965! AND YES! Thank you Jordan...I was born with Jim Croce's music in my ears at birth! Thank you for showing us the FARMHOUSE and USPS where Jim " hung out" a lot of the time. Btw...his given name is JAMES JOSEPH CROCE...his son his ADRIAN JAMES CROCE, so yes, he was named after his Dad! Everyone reading, go SUBSCRIBE TO A.J. CROCE on youtube! Sings just like his father, sooooo talented, and is touring "Croce Sings Croce"!!! GIves me goosebumps listening to A.J. Croce!

[@Zoemin]

Thank you for making this video

[@pilargemina1521]

I remember hearing Jim Croce songs while riding my bike as a kid & hearing "Operator " one of my favorites i don't know why probly the melody made me smile thanks for great vlog Jordan may Jim RIP

[@LaughShack]

You did a wonderful job telling Jim Croces story. 👏

[@genemadsen8141]

Loved Jim Croces Music. Thanks Jordan.

[@joshuawaltz9484]

Jim Croce was a wonderful singer song writer. He was one of my dad's favorites. My dad has all his records. And I sing time in a bottle to my son.

[@41Martn]

Don McLean and Jim were friends at Villanova and during an interview Don said that Croce would have written many more hits because he had a real talent for writing hits thanks for the video

[@raypascali8029]

Our daughter was born in 1999 several weeks over due. As I raced my wife to the hospital Jim’s song, I have to say I love you in a song played on the radio. It has been with me ever since. This will be the song that my daughter and me will dance to at her wedding next year. Great video, very informative! I just finished I Got a Name the Jim Croce Story by his wife Ingrid. You do a good job of summarizing many of the key points in the book. I am originally from Philly and you have inspired me to take a trip to Lyndell.

[@Judy446]

Another good one Jordan stay safe

[@JustaGirl.357]

Great video & story! I went to the school of creative & performing arts in San Diego with AJ! He’s a real good person & he was already a musician when I was in high school! He actually wrote me a song too!😎🎶🎼🎵🎤🤩I also remember I didn’t know who AJ’s Dad was until a teacher told me about the song Time in a Bottle. I wasn’t into that kind of music at the time, but now I love that song!💖

[@nileswilson577]

Jordan, I was around at that time, I did not know about the plane crash, I was under the impression it was a motorcycle accident. So thank you so much for setting me straight. He was and would have been the greatest. Thanks again. 🙂

[@oldermusiclover]

no he had just left a concert and was on his way to another the main story I have heard is that the pilot of the plane had a heart attack and his plane hit a tree on end of the runway

[@barbaracerbo1200]

never forgotten,so sad, beautiful music xxxxxx

[@goldenhoneysilk]

I remember the vlog you did of him, interesting glad his son continues making music. thanks Jordan and Jah

[@janfrancis4011]

What a legacy!!!!! A true place where musical history was made for sooooo many generations, going through AJ his mom and his children!

[@satellitegirl9144]

I remember my mom crying when she heard of the crash. Then I remember the local radio station playing Jim's songs all day over and over soon after. Such talent lost. I grew up just down the road in Delaware and lived 5 years just up the road in Pottstown. I hope you visited Marsh Creek SP while you were there. We used to sailboard there. Great paddle boarding too.

[@PabloHunE]

Delaware here too

[@jag1963]

Never a day passes where I don't play there music on my guitar or listen to there albums. Jim and Maury were special musicians and people like them don't come along too often. All the songs the world has missed because of their tragic passing staggers me. What a terrible loss.

[@debbiedunn8600]

Thank you Jordan, Jim Croce was amazing.

[@tenbroeck1958]

As a child of the 70s, I grew up hearing his music when I was a little kid. My best friend Johnny's mother was young and had been in college in the 60s and had Simon and Garfunkel, Mamas & the Papas, Jim Croce, etc. This was a great video. RIP Jim Croce

[@JDubs585]

I met Ingrid at her restaurant in San Diego. Very sweet lady.

[@leehartwig1660]

The Best. i have visited his grave, so sad, still love his music

[@gwenstevens1963]

Loved Jim music 🎶 terrible loss 😢Thanks Jordan

[@tm41985]

I grew up loving his music I have to say I love you in a song and Time in a bottle is timeless amazing song writing and a unique voice Rip to an amazing performer . ❤️ 🌹

[@nancemb1]

I love Jim Croce's music!

[@AllenB71]

Great tribute Jordan. I love Jim Croce & his music. I grew up to it as my parents played it on the car radio. Sad what happened to him & the fact he was taken so young.

[@jameshaberek784]

Funny story I read about Jim Croce was that he worked in a school as a special education teacher, and was singing his songs in the classroom, and the school board did not like it, and so they fired him, which propelled him into making music.

[@watchthis401]

Nice job!!! just a big Croce fan and came across you're tribute. He lives on but very sad ending to a brilliant singer song writer. I can see him now like Cat Stevens in his later years singing his greatest hits we don't even know about.

[@DanielinLaTuna]

You are so right. We lost Jim, but we’re fortunate to have other storytellers like Cat Stevens, Jackson Browne, and Bruce live on into their seventies to continue sharing the hopes of The Seventies

[@laylalayla-jl4ik]

He was such a Legend, I still listen to his tunes. his son looks so much like him. R.I.H Mr. Jim and Thank you for the tunes, much appreciated

[@maryjoobrienmoulding6298]

Loved his music from my teens. Great man great music

[@markdraskovics1962]

HEY, JORDAN & JAH Hope you guy's and the Family are well... Yeah I have always been a Big fan of Jim Croce His music and his songs Were always so Real and Down to Earth His songs like time in a Bottle, bad bad Leroy Brown, and my favorite " Operator " so thank you for doing this video Take care stay safe drive slowly God bless And will see you on the next awesome video project

[@whatalifewhataprice5261]

A tragic loss when you think about all the great music that he had yet to create had he not been taken at such a young age. RIP Jim.

[@dawndellarocco2362]

Loved him and his songs telling stories of everyday life reminds me of Gordon Lightfoot. Loved him too. Sad that he never got the financial success thathe desetved. Sad and I'm glad that Ingrid fought for financial success. Its sad that he died so young. Love this narrator. Its great. He does great work.

[@jayelove1504]

l love and adore his music even today....I remember him from the 70's....what an amazing talent....plus he was kinda cute. 😍😊

[@Sinister2022]

I love Jim Croce🤩I was in my 20's in the 70's and I loved his music. I am now 73 and still am a fan. His son A.J. is carrying on his legacy.

[@Mark-yy2py]

My wife’s favorite! Thanks for sharing, Jordan!

[@tonym994]

thanx big time, Jordan. "I've got a song/ I've got a song/ and I carry it w/me and I sing it loud/ if it gets me nowhere, I'll go there proud" -- Jim Croce . one of the best lyrics I ever heard. it has a Guthrie feel. I'm sure that in time, justice for his royalties would've been realized. but he lived, as Jordan said, for the music. I remember the day he died. he really had just broke big time. Wikipedia has his origin as Sicilian 100%. didn't know that.

[@robincochran7369]

I love that song too, but Jim didn't write this one. In fairness though, it seemed to be taylor-made for him.

[@tonym994]

@@robincochran7369 just when I think I know who wrote what, I find out I'm wrong.

[@esliet]

Absolutely love Jim’s music and hard to believe he was not financially successful when alive. Awesome video with information I did not know.

[@lorireed5291]

Thank you so much Jordan, for sharing this wonderful story of Jim Croce. I see that you are keeping his legacy alive! It's very much appreciated...

[@larrytate5605]

thank you for this video, Love Jim Croce and Maury Muehleisen's Music,.....True Talent.

[@DazewithJordantheLion]

Extreme talents!

[@lisalynn1859]

Again Thank U 4 a wonderful video. Don’t be so hard on yourself. Your photos are turning out way better through others view, than you can imagine. 😀

[@Wooley689]

I was 11 when he died. I can still remember being at Perimeter Mall with my mother and saw one of his albums, I called my mothers attention to it but could not pronounce his last name, some young couple near us, the young lady turned to me smiling and said Croce. I still have that album.

[@jacobsmith4025]

Jim Croce has always been one of my favorite songwriters, have some of his vinyl records on my wall at home. My parents visited his restaurant he owned in San Diego years ago. Awesome vlog, as always, Jordan.

[@MrShenyang1234]

Jim Croce is greatly missed, as well as his band mate Maury. Thank You for the memories.

[@FITforaKING777]

This is why I love you Jorden. Thanks for vloging this site. Peace from Austin TX

[@rickcook5719]

I was an instant fan from the first song i heard ! Jim was a great talent and was different from all the rock music of that era, maybe thats why i liked him ! I had joined the Marine corps the same year he passed. R.I.P. Jim Croce, you will live forever in your music !

[@donnastedham9822]

This is a great vlog on Jim Croce. You always are so respectful of these artists. Thank you Jordan and hi to Jah too.

[@donnastedham9822]

@@nicolassmith8943 Fine thanks, and you?

[@vilstef6988]

Thanks for both of the Croce vlogs, came back for this one after watching the second one!

[@georgefitter7656]

In 1968, I saw Jim play at a Villanova frat party in Wayne, Pa. I didn’t know who he was but knew that this guy was good! He was playing solo, drinking beers and chatting with everyone. A great guy and an inspiration who was taken too soon! Sorely missed.

[@bethpitsor5808]

Hi Jordan and Jahster! I could not watch Jim and not comment. Thanks for the good memories!!

[@kathynorris2371]

Thanks for sharing, he was a great singer and songwriter!🙏❤️

[@jant7881]

@Daze with Jorsan the Lion, rank you for doing a video on this great singer. Anytime "Time In A Bottle" plays anywhere, my heart breaks a little more each time and I find myself explaining how the music company robbed him of the money he deserved for all of his hard work.

[@fourwaller9087]

Both him and his wife were great musicians. I had no idea he passed this way. Thanks so much Jordan for another great story. Absolutely love your posts. 🥰

[@rebel6756]

Big part of my childhood. Still enjoy his music today! Thank you🙂

[@triviamom1]

So sad he was. Great. His ..music lives on.