I spent the summer of 1968 in LA, working with my friend and mentor Spooky Dancey. Poppa John came in one night. He approached me and asked if i minded if he sat in. I assured him that it was fine with me and that it wasn't my gig. When he brought in an old Silvertone amp, i thought he was a guitar player. Then he broke out his violin and called the first tune- 'I'll Remember April,' one o' my faves. He counted it off at around 200 BPM and then proceeded to smoke that tune. I remember hitting the stanby switch on my own amp and simply watching him play. I'm not that smart, but i do recognize when I'm in the presence of greatness. I left the club, and driving home i wondered who he was. As a Houstonian, I had never heard of him, but the musical community in LA were thoroughly familiar with Poppa John. It's a memory that lingers on 55 years later.

@ThreeMinutesAday

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's a fabulous story! Hope it's true to inspire folks. If it's not true, God bless ya anyway freddy mclain 😊

@freddymclain4955

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThreeMinutesAday like i could make that up?

Woo!!!! I brought this home for a dollar and fifty cents today from Goodwill 👍👍👍

@ThreeMinutesAday

2 жыл бұрын

SCORRRRRRRRRRED!! 🏆🏆🏆😊😊

Can't thank you enough for this rare & awesome upload.... A friend of mine used to mention Papa John Creach a lot whenever we would talk music about Jefferson Airplane... So one day he brings out this very album & plays it for me & I loved it... Haven't heard it in years until now...

'Papa' John Creach was the first Amplify a Violin .I think it was 1943...He used a Telephone Handset. He Passed in 1992 of a heart attack during the Northridge Earthquake in California . I met him and his wife in 1975 when I worked in a Hospital In Orange Co. California. He was there to visit a friend.The weekend before,He had played at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach,California.

@ThreeMinutesAday

9 жыл бұрын

Priceless!! Thank you for sharing your experience with Papa John Creach.

@billhassell434

5 жыл бұрын

He actually died in 1994 of congestive heart failure which caused multiple bouts of pneumonia. He passed at the age of 76. He was one of the pioneers for violin amplification but the first was actually Joe Venuti (another masterful violinist but in the jazz genre). He was a humble, soft spoken man with the most amazing energy. Meeting him at the Rathskeller on the University of Miami campus changed my life. RIP Papa, you are still the best blues fiddler I have ever heard!

i have tried to forget and move on, but still my heart belongs to you John.

@ThreeMinutesAday

8 жыл бұрын

+joe hopkins Thank you for coming back and commenting again. Legends can't be denied, his music lives forever. Is there a story you'd like to share? Hope question is not too forward. Thanks again.

One thing I always loved most about collecting vinyl was discovering an "old" artist that should've been known to me but I hadn't been exposed to before... This album was like that. I knew who Papa John was but only from Hot Tuna, I'd never heard any of his stuff. When I put this on the listening station, headphones on, I was immediately floored. It was like where have I been all my life!?

this is gold to me. I love it.

It was so nice to meet you Papa John creech at the Summer House Inn in La Jolla California after your performance your wife was amazing and you are phenomenal rip God bless your family always

@ThreeMinutesAday

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing absolutely great comments! You were so blessed to see live performance. He is the legend! 😍

@marymagdalenmendoza3124

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThreeMinutesAday absolutely beautiful ❤️

I love you Pops

You did great at posting the information on the album. What a treasure to my heart and soul.

I love this album. Played it to death about 40 years ago

they need to rerelease this

@martinbill123321

6 жыл бұрын

Your wait is almost over. Reissue will be released in two days. (its on the Record Store Day list for Black Friday promotion.)

great album I have Essential Classic Rock Collection and many more videos

I was wondering if you have his album "Rock Father" from 1976.... Just curious because there is nothing up from that album at all...

@ThreeMinutesAday

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for comments ogrebattle22763! Yes, I have several pieces by Papa John Creach, but limited on time to post. Lots of vinyl and hard to select which piece to post, cause I love 'em all. :) Will post "Rock Father" soon. Thanks again and happy Super Bowl Sunday! :)

@ThreeMinutesAday

6 жыл бұрын

Rock Father uploaded today. Thanks so much ogrebattle22793!!

Rok

@ThreeMinutesAday

7 жыл бұрын

Rock-N-It out on a violin, that's Papa John Creach!!! :)