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Biography
Infobox musical artist| name = Papa John Creach| image = Papa John Creach - Jefferson Starship - 1974.jpg| caption = performing with Jefferson Starship in 1974| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = John Henry Creach| alias =| birth_date = birth date|1917|05|28|birth_place = Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania|Beaver Falls , Pennsylvania United States | death_date = Death date and age|mf=yes|1994|02|22|1917|05|25|death_place = Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles , California United States | instrument = Violin , guitar | genre = Psychedelic rock Alternative rock Folk music Cajun music | occupation = Musician | years_active = 1970 - 1989| label =| associated_acts = Jefferson Airplane (1970–1975) Hot Tuna Jefferson Starship Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation San Francisco All-Stars, (1979–1984) The Dinosaurs (1982–1989) Steve Taylor | website =| notable_instruments = Papa John Creach (b. John Henry Creach, May 28, 1917, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania|Beaver Falls , Pennsylvania ; d. February 22, 1994, Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles , California ) was a blues violinist who played for Jefferson Airplane (1970–1975), Hot Tuna , Jefferson Starship , Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation , the San Francisco All-Stars (1979–1984), The Dinosaurs (1982–1989), and Steve Taylor . Creach was also a frequent guest at Grateful Dead concerts.
Life and career
Creach began playing violin in Chicago bars when his family moved there in 1935, and eventually joined a local cabaret band, the Chocolate Music Bars. Moving to Los Angeles in 1945, he played in the Chi Chi Club, spent time working on an ocean liner , appeared in several films,imdb|name|0187085 and performed as a duo with Nina Russell.
In 1967, Creach met and befriended drummer Joey Covington . When Covington joined the Jefferson Airplane in 1970, he introduced them to Creach, who was invited to join Hot Tuna . He would remain with the band, although legally regarded as a session musician , for the next four years, before leaving in 1974 to join Jefferson Starship and record on their first album, Dragonfly . Creach toured with Jefferson Starship and played on the band's hit album Red Octopus in 1975. Around 1976 Creach left to pursue a solo career. Despite this, he was a guest musician on the spring 1978 Jefferson Starship tour.
A year later, Creach renewed his working relationship with Covington as a member of the San Francisco All-Stars , as well as with Covington's Airplane predecessor, Spencer Dryden , as a member of The Dinosaurs . He also continued with occasional guest appearances with Hot Tuna, and was on stage at the Fillmore Auditorium in 1988 when Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen of Hot Tuna were reunited with Paul Kantner and Grace Slick for the first time since Jefferson Airplane disbanded.
In 1992, he became one of the original members of Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation and performed with them until suffering a Myocardial infarction|heart attack during the 1994 Northridge earthquake on January 17, 1994. As a consequence of the heart attack, Creach contracted pneumonia , from which he died a month later at the age of 76.
Jefferson Starship performed a benefit concert to raise money for his family after his death and released tracks from their performances as the album Deep Space/Virgin Sky .
Discography
First Pull Up, Then Pull Down (1971) — Hot Tuna
Bark (album)|Bark — Jefferson Airplane (1971)
Papa John Creach (album)|Papa John Creach (1971)
Burgers (album)|Burgers (1972) — Hot Tuna
Long John Silver (album)|Long John Silver - Jefferson Airplane (1972)
Filthy! (1972)
Thirty Seconds Over Winterland - Jefferson Airplane (1973)
Baron Von Tollbooth & the Chrome Nun - Paul Kantner, Grace Slick & David Freiberg (1973)
Long Branch Park 1983 (2011) http://allmusic.com/album/long-branch-park-1983-r2177734
References
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External links
Find a Grave|7292926
http://sites.google.com/site/pittsburghmusichistory/pittsburgh-music-story/blues/papa-john-creach "Pittsburgh Music Histor: Papa John Creach"
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