A.J. Croce is a young singer and piano player from Nashville. Taking influence from early blues artists, he recorded a self-titled debut with John Simon and T-Bone Burnett. It was released in 1993 by Private Music. Two years later, Thats Me in the Bar appeared. The album increased his cult and he moved to Ruf Records two years later, releasing his first album for the label, Fit to Serve, in the spring of 1998. Transit followed two years later.