UPPER DARBY – Peggy Eckenrode of Drexel Hill remembered hearing Jim Croce singing his song ‘Operator’ when she was 11 years old. ‘He was an inspiration,’ Eckenrode said. ‘I wanted to play the guitar ...

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.

The son of two musicians, A.J. Croce has played piano for as long as he can remember, but the 52-year-old musical artist didn't start playing guitar until he was in his 30s, a practice that helped him ...

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”, ...