Filthy! Explained

Filthy!
Type:	studio
Artist:	Papa John Creach
Cover:	Filthy PapaJohn.jpg
Released:	October 30, 1972
Recorded:	1972 at Paramount Recording Studio, Hollywood
Genre:	Rock, psychedelic rock, blues rock
Label:	Grunt/RCA
Producer:	Papa John Creach
Prev Title:	Papa John Creach
Prev Year:	1971
Next Title:	Playing My Fiddle for You
Next Year:	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", which was written by Jorma Kaukonen.

Track listing

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

Notes

• Filthy! . . 1972 . Vinyl gatefold. . FTR-1009 . .