''I'm the Fiddle Man'' is Papa John's fourth solo album and the first with

Buddah Records Buddah Records (later known as Buddha 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 foundin ...

. The album was recorded after

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 ...

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Jefferson Starship Jefferson Starship is an American rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1974 by a group of musicians including former members of Jefferson Airplane. Between 1974 and 1984, they released eight gold or platinum-selling studio albu ...

following the successful album, ''

Red Octopus ''Red Octopus'' is the second album by American rock band Jefferson Starship, released on Grunt Records in 1975. Certified double platinum by RIAA in 1995, it is the best-selling album by any incarnation of Jefferson Airplane and its spin-off grou ...

''. The supporting band on this album is known as Midnight Sun and had a similar lineup to Zulu on ''

Playing My Fiddle for You ''Playing My Fiddle for You'' is Papa John Creach's third solo album and his last with Grunt Records. All the songs on the album are played with the supporting band Zulu, featuring Kevin Moore who would later be known as Keb' Mo'. After this ...

''. This album featured fewer original compositions than the previous album.

Track listing

Side A

#"I'm the Fiddle Man" (

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 superg ...

, John Lewis Parker,

) – 4:02 #" Stardust" (

Mitchell Parish Mitchell Parish (born Michael Hyman Pashelinsky; July 10, 1900 – March 31, 1993) was an American lyricist, notably as a writer of songs for stage and screen. Biography Parish was born to a Jewish family in Lithuania, Russian Empire in July 190 ...

Hoagy Carmichael Hoagland Howard Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American musician, composer, songwriter, actor and lawyer. Carmichael was one of the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s, and was among the first ...

) – 5:13 #"Enjoy" (Arthur Freeman, Roberta Talmage, Joyce Robbins) – 2:35 #"The Rocker" (John Lewis Parker, Creach) – 2:37 #"Jim Dandy" (Gary St. Clair) – 4:08

Side B

#"Joyce" (Arthur Freeman, Ed Martinez) – 4:50 #"I Know Where I'm Goin'" (D. Gibbs) – 2:35 #"

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" ( Edgar DeLange,

Irving Mills Irving Harold Mills (born Isadore Minsky; January 16, 1894 – April 21, 1985) was an American music publisher, musician, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter. He sometimes used the pseudonyms Goody Goodwin and Joe Primrose. Personal Mills was ...

Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based ...

) – 3:33 #"You Left Your Happiness" (Eddie Williams, Triune (Paula De Pores, Orena D. Fulmer and Ruth Stratchborneo)) – 3:05 #"Fiddlin' Around" (Arthur Freeman, Ed Martinez) – 3:40

Personnel

– electric violin, vocals *Mark Leon – drums, vocals *

– guitar, vocals *John Lewis Parker – keyboards, vocals *Holden Raphael – percussion, vocals *Bryan Tilford – bass, vocals *Arthur Freeman – arranger & conductor *Wiliam Kurasch – concertmaster *Ginger Blake, Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters – background vocals

Production

*Ed 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 Ed Caraeff (born April 18, 1950) is an American photographer, illustrator and graphic designer, who has worked largely in the music industry. He has art directed, photographed and designed more than 400 record album covers from 1967 to 1981 for ...

– design & photography *Milton Sincoff – creative packaging direction {{Authority control Papa John Creach albums

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 ...

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