A.J. Croce performs “Croce Plays Croce” in the MACC’s Castle Theater on May 19 at 7:30 p.m. Courtesy photo For many years A.J. Croce resisted playing his father’s songs. Before his death at the age of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 52-year-old is connecting with the father he barely knew by reviving songs like "Operator" and "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" on the ...

For a long time, A.J. Croce wasn't interested in playing his father's music. It wasn't that he had anything against "Operator" or "Time in A Bottle," or the other songs that endured after the elder ...

For the last few years, A.J. Croce has been messin’ around with Jim. Jim Croce that is. His father, a 1970s soul-folk-pop sensation, had a string of hits, including “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim”, ...

A.J. Croce will perform his own music, some covers and songs written by his father, the late Jim Croce, during the show “Croce Plays Croce: 50th Anniversary Tour” on April 2, 2024, at The Lerner ...

It took two decades for A.J. Croce to come around to playing his dad’s music. The son of folkie-crooner Jim Croce of “Operator” and “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” fame, the younger Croce was always set on ...

Because Jim Croce’s career was just starting to gain major traction when he died in a 1973 plane crash, many fans only learned about him posthumously. His musician son, A.J. Croce, is one of them.