Thursday, July 15, 2021

Playing my music (Papa John Creach) (LP 639 - 641)

Papa John Creach Papa John Creach (Vinyl, Grunt Records, 1971) ***

Papa John Creach Filthy! (Vinyl, Grunt Records, 1972) ***

Papa John Creach & Zulu Playing My Fiddle For You (Vinyl, Grunt Records, 1974) ***

Genre: Grunt Records

Places I remember
Real Groovy Records, Amoeba Records (San Francisco)

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: The Janitor Drives A Cadillac (PJC) 

Gear costume: String Jet Rock (PJC),  Walking The Tou Tou (Filthy)

Active compensatory factors: Papa John Creach recorded three solo albums for Grunt Records and here they are! 

The first one includes the contributions of various famous friends from Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Santana.

Filthy includes fellow Grunt Records artist Jack Bonus and the band Zulu, who are credited on the third album - Playing My Fiddle For you

Both are more funky and cohesive than the first one with all the famous west coast players, but that was has more high spots.

Filthy also includes a fabulous cameo from Big Joe Turner!

Heavy friends for a fiddle player!

Where do they all belong? Next up in Grunt Records is Hot Tuna and Papa John Creach will make a telling contribution to their sound as well. But well before then, it's back to the CD collection for a spell.

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