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

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. The album was recorded after

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''. The supporting band on this album is known as Midnight Sun and had a similar lineup to Zulu on '' Playing My Fiddle for You''. This album featured fewer original compositions than the previous album.

Track listing

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Side A

#"I'm the Fiddle Man" (

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) – 4:02 #" Stardust" (

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) – 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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) – 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 – design & photography *Milton Sincoff – creative packaging direction

References

{{Reflist Papa John Creach albums I'm the Fiddle Man Buddah Records albums