''Filthy!'' is

Papa John Creach John Henry Creach (May 28, 1917 – February 22, 1994), better known as Papa John Creach, was an American blues violinist who also played classical, jazz, R&B, pop and acid rock music. Early in his career, he performed as a journeyman musician wi ...

's second solo album and the first with his band Zulu. The guitarist of Zulu would later be known as

Keb' Mo' Kevin Roosevelt Moore (born October 3, 1951), known as Keb' Mo', is an American blues musician and five-time Grammy Award winner. He is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter, living in Nashville, Tennessee. He has been described as "a living link ...

. The band Hot Tuna also makes an appearance on the album on the track "Walking the Tou Tou", which was written by

Jorma Kaukonen Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen, Jr. (; ; born December 23, 1940) is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist. Kaukonen performed with Jefferson Airplane and still performs regularly on tour with Hot Tuna, which started as a side project with bass ...

Track listing

Side One

#"Filthy Funky" (Miles Grayson) – 5:19 #"No More Country Girls" (Grayson, Lermon Horton) – 3:42 #"Don't Tell It To No One" (Papa John Creach) – 2:20 #"Mother's Day" (Roger Spotts) – 3:16 #"Walking the Tou Tou" (Jorma Kaukonen) – 3:16

Side Two

#"Everybody Wants My Good Thing" (Grayson, Horton) – 4:12 #"Far Out" (Spotts) – 3:19 #"Give Me an Hour in Your Garden (And I'll Show You How to Plant a Rose)" (Grayson, Horton) – 5:30 #"Time Out for Sex" (Spotts) – 2:59 #"Up in the Alley" (Creach) – 3:30

Personnel

– electric violin, vocals * Big Joe Turner – vocals on "Give Me an Hour in Your Garden" *

Harmonica Fats Harmonica Fats (born Harvey Blackston, September 8, 1927 – January 3, 2000) was an American blues harmonica player who was active in the 1950s through to the 1990s. Fats first achieved success with his cover version of the Hank Ballard song "T ...

(pseudonym for Harvey Blackston; 1927–2000) – harmonica on "No More Country Girls"

Zulu

Plays on all tracks except "Walking the Tou Tou" *Carl Byrd – drums *

Kevin Moore Kevin Moore (born May 26, 1967) is an American keyboardist, composer, and founder of the Chroma Key music project. He is also a former member of the American progressive metal/ rock band Dream Theater, co-founder of the progressive rock supe ...

– guitar *Johnny Parker – keyboards *Holden "Hoagy" Raphael – percussion, Jew's harp *Sam Williams – bass

Hot Tuna

Plays on "Walking the Tou Tou" *

Jack Casady John William "Jack" Casady (born April 13, 1944) is an American bass guitarist, best known as a member of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. Jefferson Airplane became the first successful exponent of the San Francisco Sound. Singles including " S ...

– bass *

– lead guitar *

Sammy Piazza Sammy is a nickname, frequently for people named Samuel, and also an English spelling of the Arabic name Sami. People Music *Sammy Adams (born 1987), American rapper and songwriter *Sammy Cahn (1913-1993), American songwriter *Sammy Davis Jr. ( ...

– drums * Hoagy Raphael – congas

Horn Section

Blue Mitchell Richard Allen "Blue" Mitchell (March 13, 1930 – May 21, 1979) was an American trumpeter and composer who worked in jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock and funk. He recorded albums as leader and sideman for Riverside, Mainstream Records, and ...

– trumpet *

Henry Coker Henry Coker (December 24, 1919 – November 23, 1979) was an American jazz trombonist. Biography Coker was born in Dallas, Texas, United States. He made his professional debut with John White in 1935. From 1937 to 1939 he played with Nat Towles' ...

, John Ewing – trombones * Joe Lane Davis,

Jerry Jumonville Jerome Noel Jumonville (December 5, 1941 – December 7, 2019), better known as Jerry Jumonville, was an American jazz, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll saxophonist, arranger, and composer. He began playing the saxophone as teenager. Jumonv ...

, Maurice Simon – tenor saxophones

Background Vocals

Venetta Fields Venetta Lee Fields (born 1941) is an American-born singer, musical theater actress and vocal coach. She was a backing vocalist for American and British rock and pop acts of the 1960s and 1970s, including Ike & Tina Turner, Pink Floyd, Humble Pi ...

, Sherlie Matthews,

Marti McCall Marti may refer to People Surname * Benedictus Aretius (non-Latinized surname Marti; 1504-1574), Swiss Protestant theologian and natural philosopher * Berthe Marti (1904–1995), French scholar of mediaeval Latin * Debbie Marti (born 1968), Engli ...

Luther Waters Luther may refer to: People * Martin Luther (1483–1546), German monk credited with initiating the Protestant Reformation * Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), American minister and leader in the American civil rights movement * Luther (give ...

Oren Waters Oren Waters is an American vocalist best known for his work with the backup singing group The Waters, his siblings: Luther, Maxine and Julia. As an ensemble, Waters has been a part of 260 gold and over 100 platinum albums with artists ranging from ...

Maxine Willard Maxine may refer to: People Maxine is a feminine given name. * Maxine Andrews (1916–1995), member of The Andrews Sisters singing trio * Maxine Audley (1923–1992), English actress * Maxine Brown (country singer) (1932-2019), American country ...

Production

*Papa John Creach – producer, arranger *Miles Grayson – arranger *Roger Hamilton Spotts – arranger *Jamie Dee Howell – production assistance *Chick Casady – wizard *Kerry McNabb – recording engineer, mixdown engineer *Recorded at Paramount Recording Studio *Marshall Brevetz – studio supervisor *Mastered at United Sound, Burbank *Pat (Maurice) Ieraci – production coordinator *Bruce Steinberg – photography, design *Bill Thompson – manager, poetry

Notes

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Filthy! ''Filthy!'' is Papa John Creach's second solo album and the first with his band Zulu. The guitarist of Zulu would later be known as Keb' Mo'. The band Hot Tuna also makes an appearance on the album on the track "Walking the Tou Tou", which was w ...

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