Joe Salviuolo (aka Sal Joseph) 1940-2010

On Thursday, June 24th 2010, our dear friend Sal Joseph finally lost his battle with cancer. Sal had been in poor health for the past ten years or so, first with emphysema, then more recently with bladder cancer. He died as he would have wanted, at home surrounded by family and those who loved him.

For me, I lost a friend I first came to know ten years ago as the mysterious "Sal Joseph", the man who'd been best friends with my idol, Jim Croce, and the writer of the hit song "Thursday". Later on Sal became more like an older brother to me, a mentor always encouraging me with my music, someone who could always make me laugh, cheer me up when I was down and tell me stories of a time long ago that I could only imagine. He's back with Jim and Maury now, jamming and laughing and talking over old times.

And so the man who wrote the song "Thursday", which was recorded by his best friend Jim Croce on Thursday, 13th September 1973, one week before Jim died in that tragic plane crash on Thursday, 20th September, left this earth on June 24th...... a Thursday. God bless you Sal. We'll always miss you.

Ron Gletherow

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