- I'm the Fiddle Man
Infobox Album
Name = I'm the Fiddle Man
Type = studio
Artist =Papa John Creach
Released = 1975
Recorded = 1975 at Golden West Sound Recorders,Hollywood
Genre = Rock
Blues rock
Length =
Label =Buddah Records
Producer =Eddie Martinez
Reviews =
Last album = "Playing My Fiddle for You " (1974)
This album = I'm the Fiddle Man (1975)
Next album = "Rock Father " (1976)"I'm the Fiddle Man" is Papa John's fourth solo album and the first with
Buddah Records . The album was recorded afterPapa John Creach leftJefferson 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 onPlaying My Fiddle for You . This album featured fewer original compositions than the previous album.Track listing
ide A
#"I'm the Fiddle Man" (Kevin Moore, John Lewis Parker,
Papa John Creach ) — 4:02
#"Stardust" (Mitchell Parish ,Hoagy Carmichael ) — 5:13
#"Enjoy" (Art Freeman, Roberta Talmage, Joyce Robbins) — 2:35
#"The Rocker" (Parker, Creach) — 2:37
#"Jim Dandy" (Gary St. Clair) — 4:08ide B
#"Joyce" (Freeman,
Eddie Martinez ) — 4:50
#"I Know Where I'm Goin'" (D. Gibbs) — 2:35
#"Solitude" (Edgar Delange,Irving Mills ,Duke Ellington ) — 3:33
#"You Left Your Happiness" (Eddie Williams, Triune) — 3:05
#"Fiddlin' Around" (Freeman, Martinez) — 3:40Personnel
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Papa John Creach - Electric Violin / Vocals
*Mark Leon - Drums / Vocals
*Kevin Moore - Guitar / Vocals
*John Lewis Parker - Keyboards / Vocals
*Holden Raphael - Percussion / Vocals
*Bryan Tilford - Bass / Vocals
*Art Freeman – arranger & conductor
*Bill Kurasch – concert master
*Ginger Blake, Maxine Willard, Julia Tillman – background vocalsProduction
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Eddie Martinez – producer
*Recorded at Golden West Sound Recorders, Hollywood, Calif.
*Bruce Ablin – recording engineer, mixdown engineer
*Mastered at Artisan Sound Recorders, Hollywood, Calif.
*Bob MacLeod Jr. – mastering engineer
*Sidney A. Sidenberg & Danny Kessler – management direction
*Ed Caraeff – design & photography
*Milton Sincoff – creative packaging direction
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