Re: New Lesson Release - Operator by Jim Croce
Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 4:18 pm
Hey Walt,
Once again I am happy to hear your new appreciation for Jim and Maury. Many of Maury's parts were heavily improvised, You Don't Mess Around With Jim, Roller Derby Queen, Leroy Brown, because they were blues based. Many others were well worked out, like this, Time In A Bottle, etc. I was thrilled a couple months ago to find 'Lost Time In A Bottle', demos some without Maury at all and some with him developing his part. This album probably was the catalyst that inspired me to finally get to Operator, and if not obvious, another is under construction.
Neil
Once again I am happy to hear your new appreciation for Jim and Maury. Many of Maury's parts were heavily improvised, You Don't Mess Around With Jim, Roller Derby Queen, Leroy Brown, because they were blues based. Many others were well worked out, like this, Time In A Bottle, etc. I was thrilled a couple months ago to find 'Lost Time In A Bottle', demos some without Maury at all and some with him developing his part. This album probably was the catalyst that inspired me to finally get to Operator, and if not obvious, another is under construction.
Neil