Jim Croce:

I Got A Name:(1973)

The Faces I've Been:(1975)

Time In A Bottle:(1976)

As a kid I sang in that high pitched little kid way to almost anything on the radio. One car ride while a Jim Croce cassette was playing, and probably more than a little annoyed by their kid singing in this high pitched voice, my folks asked, "Hey, have you ever tried singing in a lower voice?" The next song that came on the tape I relaxed my throat and sang in a timbre much closer to Mr. Croce, and that was the day I started learning my adult voice. So, what does Jim Croce's music mean to me? I'm not sure, it's so ingrained in my childhood, and early life that I can't separate things.