Playing My Fiddle for You
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Playing My Fiddle for You is Papa John Creach
's third solo album and his last with Grunt Records
. All the songs on the album are played with the supporting band Zulu, featuring Kevin Moore who would later be known as Keb' Mo'
. After this album, the supporting band changed their name to Midnight Sun.
Papa John Creach
Papa John Creach played for Jefferson Airplane , Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship, Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation, the San Francisco All-Stars , The Dinosaurs , and Steve Taylor...
's third solo album and his last with Grunt Records
Grunt Records
Grunt Records is a vanity label founded in 1971 by Jefferson Airplane and distributed by RCA Records. Initially created to sign local Bay Area acts, the label later was used only for Jefferson Starship and Hot Tuna releases. The label ended use in 1987 after Grace Slick left...
. All the songs on the album are played with the supporting band Zulu, featuring Kevin Moore who would later be known as Keb' Mo'
Keb' Mo'
Keb' Mo is an American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.-Early life:From early on he had an appreciation for the blues and gospel music...
. After this album, the supporting band changed their name to Midnight Sun.
Side One
- "Friendly Possibilities" (Zulu) – 4:08
- "Milk Train" (Grace SlickGrace SlickGrace Slick is an American singer and songwriter, who was one of the lead singers of the rock groups The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Starship, and was a solo artist, for nearly three decades, from the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s...
, Papa John CreachPapa John CreachPapa John Creach played for Jefferson Airplane , Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship, Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation, the San Francisco All-Stars , The Dinosaurs , and Steve Taylor...
, Roger Spotts) – 3:03 - "I Miss You So" (Jimmy HendersonJimmy HendersonJimmy Henderson was an American jazz trombonist and bandleader.Henderson began playing piano at age six and picked up trombone a few years later. By age 13 he had joined a musicians' union and was first chair at the Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra...
, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin) – 3:24 - "String Jet Continues" (Creach) – 7:47
Side Two
- "Playing My Music" (Zulu) – 3:40
- "Git It Up" (Creach, Zulu) – 2:52
- "Gretchen" (Creach, Zulu) – 3:46
- "One Sweet Song" (Zulu) – 4:11
- "Golden Dreams" (Zulu) – 3:08
Zulu
- Carl Byrd – drums, percussion, vocals
- John Parker – clavinet, organ, celeste, vocals
- Holden Raphael – congas, percussion, harmonica
- Kevin MooreKeb' Mo'Keb' Mo is an American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.-Early life:From early on he had an appreciation for the blues and gospel music...
– guitar, vocals - Sam Williams – bass
Production
- Al SchmittAl SchmittAl Schmitt is a recording engineer and record producer.-Early career:Schmitt grew up in New York City. After serving in the U.S. Navy he began working at Apex Recording Studios at the age of 19. In the late 1950's Schmitt moved to Los Angeles and became a staff engineer at Radio Recorders on Santa...
– producer - Richie Schmitt – engineer
- Dennis Smith – assistant engineer
- Artie Torgersen – assistant engineer
- Marty PaichMarty PaichMartin Louis "Marty" Paich was an American pianist, composer, arranger, producer, music director and conductor....
– horn arrangement - Recorded at RCA Records, Hollywood
- H. B. Greene – cover design, photography