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Released
  
October 30, 1972

Producer
  
Papa John Creach

Label
  
Grunt/RCA

Recorded
  
1972 at Paramount Recording Studio, Hollywood

Genre
  
Rock, psychedelic rock, blues rock

Filthy! (1972)
  
Playing My Fiddle for You (1974)

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," written by Jorma Kaukonen.

Contents

Side One

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

Side Two

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

Personnel

  • Papa John Creach – electric violin, vocals
  • Big Joe Turner – vocals on "Give Me an Hour in Your Garden"
  • Harmonica Fats (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 – guitar
  • Johnny Parker – keyboards
  • Holden "Hoagy" Raphael – percussion, Jew's harp
  • Sam Williams – bass

    • Hot Tuna

    Plays on "Walking the Tou Tou"

  • Jack Casady – bass
  • Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar
  • Sammy Piazza – drums
  • Hoagy Raphael – congas

    • Horn Section

  • Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Henry Coker, John Ewing – trombones
  • Joe Lane Davis, Jerry Jumonville, Maurice Simon – tenor saxophones

    • Background Vocals

  • Venetta Fields, Sherlie Matthews, Marti McCall, Luther Waters, Oren Waters, Maxine Willard

    • 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 Recordint Studio
  • Marshall Brevetz – studio supervisor
  • Mastered at United Sound, Burbank
  • Pat (Maurice) Ieraci – production coordinator
  • Bruce Steinberg – photography, design
  • Bill Thompson – manager, poetry

    • References

    Filthy! Wikipedia
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