Rock Father

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Rock Father
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Studio album by
Released1976
Recorded1976
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Label Buddah
Producer Ed Martinez
Art Martinez
Papa John Creach chronology
I'm the Fiddle Man
(1975)
Rock Father
(1976)
The Cat and the Fiddle
(1977)

Rock Father is Papa John Creach's fifth solo album and his last with Buddah Records. The tracks are recorded with the band Midnight Sun, with the same lineup that played on I'm the Fiddle Man .

Papa John Creach American musician

John Henry Creach, better known as Papa John Creach, was an American blues violinist, who has also played "classical, jazz, be-bop, R&B, pop and acid rock" music. Early in his career, he performed as a journeyman musician with such luminaries as Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Stuff Smith, Charlie Christian, Big Joe Turner, T-Bone Walker, Nat King Cole and Roy Milton.

Buddah Records US record label

Buddah Records was an American record label founded in 1967 in New York City. The label was born out of Kama Sutra Records, an MGM Records-distributed label, which remained a key imprint following Buddah's founding. Buddah handled a variety of music genres, including bubblegum pop, folk-rock (Melanie), experimental music, and soul.

<i>Im the Fiddle Man</i> 1975 studio album by Papa John Creach

I'm the Fiddle Man is Papa John's fourth solo album and the first with Buddah Records. The album was recorded after Papa John Creach left Jefferson Starship following the successful album, Red Octopus. The supporting band on this album is known as Midnight Sun and had a similar lineup to Zulu on Playing My Fiddle for You. This album featured fewer original compositions than the previous album.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Travelin' On'" (Midnight Sun, Papa John Creach) – 3:40
  2. "High Gear" (John Lewis Parker, Kevin Moore, Creach) – 5:08
  3. "Ol' Man River" (Oscar Hammerstein, Jerome Kern) – 3:22
  4. "Slow Groove" (Dick Monda) – 2:23
  5. "J. V. and Me" (Arthur Freeman, Ed Martinez) – 3:20
  6. "Straight Ahead" (Arthur Freeman, Ed Martinez) – 3:48
  7. "I Like All Kinds of Music" (John Lewis Parker, Kevin Moore, Creach) – 3:43
  8. "Brand New Day" (John Lewis Parker, Creach) – 3:18
  9. "Jump Up, Gimme Some Dancing" (Dick Monda) – 2:35
  10. "Orange Blossom Special" (Ervin T. Rouse) – 3:33

Personnel

Keb Mo American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter

Kevin Roosevelt Moore, known as Keb' Mo', is an American blues musician and four-time Grammy Award winner. He is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter, living in Nashville, Tennessee. He has been described as "a living link to the seminal Delta blues that travelled up the Mississippi River and across the expanse of America". His post-modern blues style is influenced by many eras and genres, including folk, rock, jazz, pop and country. The moniker "Keb Mo" was coined by his original drummer, Quentin Dennard, and picked up by his record label as a "street talk" abbreviation of his given name.

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