September 14,1973 … six days later both he and his bandmate Maury Muehlheisen would perish in a horrific fiery plane crash…
“Moving ahead so life won’t pass me by”
I found it kind of melancholy to watch, knowing all that and listening to the lyrics about leaving a legacy…
From Wikipedia:
Croce composed most of his own material; however, he did not write "I Got A Name." In an interview with Billboard writer Norman Gimbel, it was revealed that Croce chose to record the song "because his father had a dream for him but had died before his son's first success."
Well. That’s some irony.
This was also the last song he ever performed, as it was the encore at his last concert in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
The plane taking them to their next gig clipped a tree on takeoff and crashed, killing all 6 on board.