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

Buddah Records

Buddah Records was 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 founding...

. The album was recorded after Papa John Creach

Papa John Creach

Papa John Creach played for Jefferson Airplane , Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship, Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation, the San Francisco All-Stars , The Dinosaurs , and Steve Taylor...

 left Jefferson Starship

Jefferson Starship

Jefferson Starship is an American rock band formed in the early 1970s. The group is a spin-off from the iconic 1960s psychedelic/folk group Jefferson Airplane. The band has undergone several major changes in personnel and genres through the years while retaining the same Jefferson Starship name...

 following the successful album, Red Octopus

Red Octopus

Red Octopus is a 1975 album by Jefferson Starship. It was the best-selling album by any incarnation of Jefferson Airplane and its spin-off groups, and the single "Miracles" hit #3 on the Billboard charts, being the biggest hit single the band had until that point...

. 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

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'...

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

Side A

1. "I'm the Fiddle Man" (Kevin Moore
   Keb' Mo'
   Keb' Mo is an American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.-Early life:From early on he had an appreciation for the blues and gospel music...
   
   , John Lewis Parker, Papa John Creach
   Papa John Creach
   Papa John Creach played for Jefferson Airplane , Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship, Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation, the San Francisco All-Stars , The Dinosaurs , and Steve Taylor...
   
   ) – 4:02
2. "Stardust" (Mitchell Parish
   Mitchell Parish
   Mitchell Parish was an American lyricist.-Early life:Parish was born Michael Hyman Pashelinsky to a Jewish family in Lithuania. His family emigrated to the United States, arriving on February 3, 1901 on the SS Dresden when he was less than a year old...
   
   , Hoagy Carmichael
   Hoagy Carmichael
   Howard Hoagland "Hoagy" Carmichael was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. He is best known for writing "Stardust", "Georgia On My Mind", "The Nearness of You", and "Heart and Soul", four of the most-recorded American songs of all time.Alec Wilder, in his study of the...
   
   ) – 5:13
3. "Enjoy" (Art Freeman, Roberta Talmage, Joyce Robbins) – 2:35
4. "The Rocker" (Parker, Creach) – 2:37
5. "Jim Dandy" (Gary St. Clair) – 4:08

Side B

1. "Joyce" (Freeman, Eddie Martinez
   Eddie Martinez
   Eddie Martinez is an American guitarist, born and raised in New York City, who mainly functions as a session musician. He has worked with David Lee Roth , Run-D.M.C. , Robert Palmer , Meat Loaf , several Jim Steinman projects, and many others...
   
   ) – 4:50
2. "I Know Where I'm Goin'" (D. Gibbs) – 2:35
3. "Solitude" (Edgar Delange, Irving Mills
   Irving Mills
   Irving Mills was a jazz music publisher, also known by the name of "Joe Primrose."Mills was born to Jewish parents in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. He founded Mills Music with his brother Jack in 1919...
   
   , Duke Ellington
   Duke Ellington
   Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...
   
   ) – 3:33
4. "You Left Your Happiness" (Eddie Williams, Triune) – 3:05
5. "Fiddlin' Around" (Freeman, Martinez) – 3:40

Personnel

• Papa John Creach
  Papa John Creach
  Papa John Creach played for Jefferson Airplane , Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship, Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation, the San Francisco All-Stars , The Dinosaurs , and Steve Taylor...
  
   – electric violin, vocals
• Mark Leon – drums, vocals
• Kevin Moore
  Keb' Mo'
  Keb' Mo is an American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.-Early life:From early on he had an appreciation for the blues and gospel music...
  
   – guitar, vocals
• John Lewis Parker – keyboards, vocals
• Holden Raphael – percussion, vocals
• Bryan Tilford – bass, vocals
• Art Freeman – arranger & conductor
• Bill Kurasch – concert master
• Ginger Blake, Maxine Willard, Julia Tillman – background vocals

Production

• Eddie Martinez
  Eddie Martinez
  Eddie Martinez is an American guitarist, born and raised in New York City, who mainly functions as a session musician. He has worked with David Lee Roth , Run-D.M.C. , Robert Palmer , Meat Loaf , several Jim Steinman projects, and many others...
  
  – 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