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I Got a Name: The Jim Croce Story

by Ingrid Croce

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Biography & Autobiography. Music. Nonfiction. HTML:Jim Croce, singer-songwriter of the #1 hits Bad Bad Leroy Brown and Time in a Bottle, was at the height of his career when his life was cut short in a plane crash while on tour. Just 30 years old on September 20, 1973, Jim was revered by an adoring audience for his gentle melodies and everyman demeanor.

Now, for the first time, this memoir reveals the man behind the denim jackets and signature mustache, a hard-working, wry charmer who was also beset with exhaustion at the sheer magnitude of his own success. I Got a Name, told with full access to everyone who knew and loved Jim Croce, is at once a revealing portrait of a great artist and a moving love story.

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The Jim Croce story as told by his wife, warts and all. An engaging read for any fan. ( )
  skid0612 | Feb 28, 2023 |
A raw look at greatness

I was born in Oct 1972. I didn't know who sang "Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown" as a kid, but as a young adult I became intrigued by this wonder voice and lyrics from this guy with a huge smile (and moustache). Now as a 46 yr old I wanted to learn more about the man, and this book was exactly what I was looking for. This is the true Jim Croce book. As of this review in two days time Jim Croce will have been gone from this earth for 46 yrs but he will never be forgotten, Thank you Ingrid for the raw emotional tale o your great husband. ( )
  scttbull | Sep 3, 2021 |
I'm not sure what to say about this book. Here's some of my thoughts:

1. I've been listening to Jim Croce's live album on my tablet at work. I'm loving it. I'm loving the songs, the dialog - it's great. It put me in the mood to learn about someone who died a tragic death before I was even old enough to know who he was.

2. The writing seems stilted and at times the book is awkward and difficult to get through. (I realize Ingrid Croce is not a professional writer.)

3. There are things in here I didn't really want to know about Jim Croce and about Jim and Ingrid's difficult marriage. It's really, really sad. I feel like I would have left him a thousand times before the end but it's not me and it's not my story. It is what it is and it is what happened.

4. Unfortunately, I like Jim Croce a lot less than I used to. (And I just got to like him!) Sigh. Why did I read this?

5. Another note - I read that A.J. Croce (his son) went blind when he was about 4 and he now has partial sight in one eye. The official record says it was a brain tumor, but in an interview I read online dated 2015 he says it was from physical abuse from his Mom's boyfriend. That's super sad - she put up with Jim and his crap and then she dated someone far worse. ( )
  Chica3000 | Dec 11, 2020 |
Very disappointing. It is more about Ingrid than Jim. Many of the conversations have to be regarded as suspect as they are re-created almost 40 years after the events. Writing delivery and style are barely passable, often tedious, and almost at a sappy Oprah " Oh wow!" caliber. Although i will not recount them here, a number of knowledgeable Croce followers indicated that the documentation is extremely flawed with errors in chronology and content.
I liked Croce's music but this does nothing to enhance his legacy. ( )
  VGAHarris | Jan 19, 2015 |
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Biography & Autobiography. Music. Nonfiction. HTML:Jim Croce, singer-songwriter of the #1 hits Bad Bad Leroy Brown and Time in a Bottle, was at the height of his career when his life was cut short in a plane crash while on tour. Just 30 years old on September 20, 1973, Jim was revered by an adoring audience for his gentle melodies and everyman demeanor.

Now, for the first time, this memoir reveals the man behind the denim jackets and signature mustache, a hard-working, wry charmer who was also beset with exhaustion at the sheer magnitude of his own success. I Got a Name, told with full access to everyone who knew and loved Jim Croce, is at once a revealing portrait of a great artist and a moving love story.

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