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PAPA
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band consisted of
PAPA JOHN CREACH fiddle and vocals
DWIGHT CAROL Guitar Vocals and music director
RUSTY FRANK HAMMILTON Keyboards and Vocals
CRAIG CALLANDER Bass and Vocals
Jonathan Valen Drums Vocals
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The
PAPA JOHN CREACH band was a great experience and also working
with papa john was an education in the blues, we were together
on the road for about two years, From L.A. to N.Y. in two cars
and a van full of equipment.
We also did many shows in Hollywood and all over CA. We played
shows with bands like MARSHAL TUCKER, TAJ MAJHAL, many big out
door shows like RED ROCKS, CENTRAL PARK, and the SAN DIEGO UNIVERSARY
amphitheater also the Bottom Line in N.Y. we played at the EL
NATIONAL ARENA in MEXICO CITY in front of one hundred twenty
thousand fans of the blues for a three day festival
I can remember some times after we would do our show we would
sit up at night listening to stories about how pops grew up
and all of his experiences with the JEFFERSON AIRPLANE band,
and the HEIGH ASHBURY days. Going on the road with pops were
my early days, and I have to say that after playing with that
band for that much time we got real tight and tasty. Pops taught
me as he put A RAT SHITING ON COTTON that meant extreme dynamics,
to be able to play real soft and explode playing extremely hard,
like in a controlled mood swing. You could not go to any school
to get that kind of experience. PAPA JOHN CREACH had the antidote
for everything musical and he was a complete master of his craft.
And one of the most respected and gifted fiddle players of our
time. It was an honor to work and be friends with PAPA JOHN
CREACH and he is deeply missed. GOD BLESS YOU PJC
I would like to also acknowledge JOHN HENERY BUTTLER an amazing
Keyboard player who took over after rusty left the project.
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