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Honeycombe8

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22. Well, THAT'S a country song, for sure. But it doesn't sound like him.

Sun Aug 5, 2012, 03:56 PM

Aug 2012

I wonder if it's really him, or does it come from an album or what? Just because someone once sang one country song doesn't make 'em country. He didn't write it, so I guess he just liked it.

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If Jim Croce's music were released today, would he be considered a country artist? [View all] OmahaBlueDog Aug 2012 OP

They say rock-n-roll is a mixture of country and blues Tobin S. Aug 2012 #1

That "belch" singing of late. alphafemale Aug 2012 #3

this is one of my favorite bands OriginalGeek Aug 2012 #11

Yeah. Like that! alphafemale Aug 2012 #14

lol, it's cool OriginalGeek Aug 2012 #17

There will always be a place in music for a man with a guitar and/or a voice that cracks your heart. alphafemale Aug 2012 #2

I'd like to agree with you.... sendero Aug 2012 #4

As I said downthread, the real question is "Who would play him today?" OmahaBlueDog Aug 2012 #35

Radio play.. sendero Aug 2012 #36

Definitely not. Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #5

Upper Darby boy would be rollin' over in his grave Patiod Aug 2012 #6

Leroy is Bad, man, BAD. More gang-like than rural cowbay bad. Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #8

on a side note; I'd pay a bounty to anyone who can find me OriginalGeek Aug 2012 #12

How would you classify John Denver? aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2012 #16

Disgusting what Charlie Rich did to John Denver at the CMA's oregonjen Aug 2012 #18

Oh, that's awful! I never heard that. How utterly rude. But it ultimately reflects badly on Rich... Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #19

Thank God I'm A Country Boy! Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #20

He sang about that stuff, too. sadbear Aug 2012 #9

I don't know if technically we do have top 40 stations, truedelphi Aug 2012 #23

No. I always considered his music to be more along the lines of folk music. Arkansas Granny Aug 2012 #7

And not just music. sadbear Aug 2012 #10

Yeah...I've thought a time or two that he would've come out with more wonderful songs. Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #21

"How is music different if Jim Croce lives" is one of the great what-ifs OmahaBlueDog Aug 2012 #32

He probably wouldn't be on radio these days. Many artists of that period who are still Arkansas Granny Aug 2012 #37

Taylor is still widely played on adult/contemporart formats OmahaBlueDog Aug 2012 #38

I agree, Croce would have a hard time getting airplay. malthaussen Aug 2012 #41

Here is Croce singing an old country tune Major Nikon Aug 2012 #13

Well, THAT'S a country song, for sure. But it doesn't sound like him. Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #22

It's him Major Nikon Aug 2012 #24

Wow. I never heard that before. Imagine that. Good song, though. nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #29

It's one of my favorites Major Nikon Aug 2012 #30

Oh and btw I have tickets to see Elton John alphafemale Aug 2012 #15

Mrs. OBD has seen him, but I haven't OmahaBlueDog Aug 2012 #34

He was a crossover -- I always considered him country, because he was in my dad's 8-track collection fishwax Aug 2012 #25

Jim Croce was in my 8-track collection too, along with John Denver and Gordon Lightfoot, and Arkansas Granny Aug 2012 #27

You won't often hear Whole Lotta Love or When the Levee Breaks on Country Radio, though fishwax Aug 2012 #28

It would be a shame pipi_k Aug 2012 #26

Country has always been a more uneven genre OmahaBlueDog Aug 2012 #33

Most country music today is doing what Rock-n-Roll did in the 70s lastlib Aug 2012 #40

No way. n/t RebelOne Aug 2012 #31

Soft Rock with some country background to it. I bet country stations would play it. Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #39

Croce wouldn't be released today seanpencil Aug 2012 #42