'Croce Plays Croce: 50th Anniversary Tour' will be presented by A.J. Croce at The Lerner

Cheryl Morey, South Bend Tribune
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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 Theatre in Elkhart.
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 Theatre in Elkhart.
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ELKHART — A.J. Croce performs “Croce Plays Croce: 50th Anniversary Tour” at 7:30 p.m. April 2 at The Lerner Theatre, 410 S. Main St.

The son of the late Jim Croce, A.J. Croce has released 10 studio albums that have charted 20 Top 20 singles with airplay on Top 40, Americana and blues radio, including “Fit to Serve,” “Twelve Tales,” “Cage of Muses,” “Just Like Medicine” and “By Request.”

Jim Croce burst into the national limelight with 1972’s release of the album “You Don't Mess Around with Jim,” followed in 1973 by “Life and Times” and the posthumous release “I Got a Name,” following his death Sept. 20, 1973, in a plane crash. Some of his best known songs include “Operator,” “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim” and “Time in a Bottle.” His son, A.J. Croce, will perform his own and his father's music April 2, 2024, at The Lerner Theatre in Elkhart.

Although he released two albums in the 1960s, Jim Croce burst into the national limelight with 1972’s release of “You Don't Mess Around with Jim,” followed in 1973 by “Life and Times” and the posthumous release “I Got a Name,” following his death Sept. 20, 1973, in a plane crash.

All three albums were reissued on vinyl and CD in the box set “The Definitive Croce” in 2023 to mark the 80thanniversary of his birth and 50th anniversary of his death.

Jim Croce burst into the national limelight with 1972’s release of the album “You Don't Mess Around with Jim,” followed in 1973 by “Life and Times” and the posthumous release “I Got a Name,” following his death Sept. 20, 1973, in a plane crash. Some of his best known songs include “Operator,” “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim” and “Time in a Bottle.” His son, A.J. Croce, will perform his own and his father's music April 2, 2024, at The Lerner Theatre in Elkhart.

“Croce Plays Croce” features A.J. performing a complete set of classics by Jim Croce, some of his own songs, and songs that influenced both him and his father.

The set list includes such Jim Croce songs as “Operator,” “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim,” “Time in a Bottle” (a song written for A.J.), “Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)” and “Lovers Cross.” Classic covers may include songs by Lieber and Stoller, Bessie Smith, and other folk and roots artists.

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 Theatre in Elkhart.
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 Theatre in Elkhart.

Tickets are $76.50-$36.50.

For more information, call 574-293-4469 or visit thelerner.com.

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