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Music Monday: Jim Croche’s Son AJ

Music Monday: Jim Croche’s Son AJ

In an ongoing series of music interviews posted every Monday on Substack, here's my chat with the son of the late icon Jim Croce.

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Jun 17, 2024
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It’s always difficult for young up-and-coming musicians living in the shadow of a famous parent, but it was doubly hard for AJ Croce who never even got to know his dad.

The now 50-something was only eight days away from turning just two-years-old when Jim Croce – who penned Bad, Bad Leroy Brown, Time in a Bottle, and Operator – died in a plane crash in 1…

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