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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
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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 fifth solo album and his last with Buddah Records
Buddah Records
Buddah Records was 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...
. The tracks are recorded with the band Midnight Sun, with the same lineup that played on I'm the Fiddle Man
I'm the Fiddle Man
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...
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Track listing
- "Travelin' On'" (Midnight Sun, Papa John Creach) – 3:40
- "High Gear" (John Lewis Parker, Kevin Moore, Creach) – 5:08
- "Ol' Man RiverOl' Man River"Ol' Man River" is a song in the 1927 musical Show Boat that expresses the African American hardship and struggles of the time with the endless, uncaring flow of the Mississippi River; it is sung from the point-of-view of a dock worker on a showboat, and is the most famous song from the show...
" (Oscar HammersteinOscar Hammerstein IIOscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and theatre director of musicals for almost forty years. Hammerstein won eight Tony Awards and was twice awarded an Academy Award for "Best Original Song". Many of his songs are standard repertoire for...
, Jerome KernJerome KernJerome David Kern was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A...
) – 3:22 - "Slow Groove" (Dick Monda) – 2:23
- "J. V. and Me" (Art Freeman, Eddie Martinez) – 3:20
- "Straight Ahead" (Freeman, Martinez) – 3:48
- "I Like All Kinds of Music" (Parker, Moore, Creach) – 3:43
- "Brand New Day" (Parker, Creach) – 3:18
- "Jump Up, Gimme Some Dancing" (Monda) – 2:35
- "Orange Blossom Special" (Ervin T. Rouse) – 3:33
Personnel
- 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...
– electric violin, vocals - Mark Leon – drums, vocals
- 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...
– electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals - John Lewis Parker – piano, organ, clavinet, Arp odyssey, vocals
- Holden Raphael – congas, percussion, bells, harps, vocals
- Bryan Tilford – bass, vocals
Additional Personnel
- Al Vescovo – steel guitar, banjo
- Reid King – vocals, equipment
- Art Freeman – Arp strings