''Come To Papa'' is a

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. It was released in 2000 on the

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. It was produced by John Snyder and recorded December 18–21, 1999 at Sounds Unreel in

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Track listing

*01. "Come To Papa" ( Willie Mitchell/Earl Randle) - 4:36 *02. "Leap Of Faith" ( Gary Nicholson/Glen Clark) - 4:03 *03. "Love, Lead Us Home" (Tommy Malone/Pat McLaughlin/Johnny Ray Allen/Kenneth Blevins) - 5:03 *04. "You Better Think About It" ( Rico McFarland) - 5:05 *05. " (I Feel Like) Breakin' Up Somebody's Home" ( Al Jackson, Jr./Timothy Matthews) - 4:39 *06. "Walking The Back Streets And Cryin'" (Sandy Jones) - 6:56 *07. "My Baby" (Carl Weathersby) - 4:56 *08. "Floodin' In California" (

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) - 3:48 *09. "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" ( Steven Washington Lucky Peterson) - 4:41 *10. "Help Me Somebody" (

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) - 5:46 *11. "Danger All About" (Carl Weathersby) - 4:37 *12. "Drifting Blues" ( Johnny Moore/Edward Williams/ Charles Brown) - 7:28

Personnel

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* Rico McFarland - rhythm guitar *

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* Steve Potts -

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(Wayne Jackson & Andrew Love) - horns *

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- vocal on "Come To Papa" * John Carlyle - background vocal on "My Baby" * Harold Chandler - background vocal on "My Baby"

References

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