Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Papa John Creach

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Last updated on December 18, 2024.

John Henry Creach, better known as Papa John Creach, was an American blues violinist who also played classical, jazz, R&B, pop and acid rock music. Early in his career, he performed as a journeyman musician with Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Stuff Smith, Charlie Christian, Big Joe Turner, T-Bone Walker, Nat King Cole and Roy Milton.

American - Musician | May 28, 1917 - February 22, 1994

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We had 10 children in our family. We all helped each other - we had to to exist, especially when we were out on the farm.

Papa John Creach

I got into playing the jazz. I played jazz for a good while. I did the popular stuff first. You got the "Twelfth Street Rag" and those kinds of things. Then I got to hanging around with a bunch of guys starting to playing jazz. We'd go from one place to the other and take our instruments, just perform for free.

Papa John Creach

I was born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, in 1917, May the 28th. So you can figure that out; that's a long ways off. Oh, I've been around a long time.

Papa John Creach

Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Papa John Creach

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