Lost Gem: "New York's Not My Home" - Jim Croce (1972)
"And I had begun to doubt all the things that were me." --> Jim Croce <-- Jim Croce's breakout album was "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" (1972) ...with the uptempo title track being his radio debut single. Three tracks from this album would become radio staples. The next year, Croce's follow-up record... "Life and Times" (1973) quickly went gold with another three singles taking over the airwaves. He had just finished recording the album... "I Got A Name" ...that same year with plans of a holiday release. Barely a week out of the studio, after doing a show in Louisiana, Jim and longtime partner Maury Muehleisen would tragically be involved in a fatal plane crash. Jim Croce and Maury Muehleisen Made no difference whether you were a bruising truck driver or a scared young boy with a broken heart. Redneck or longhair...it didn't matter. He was one of us and he was singing our life. LOST GEM:-->