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{{Infobox album
| name       = Cat & the Fiddle
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Papa John Creach]]
| cover      = CatfiddlePapaJohn.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1977
| recorded   = March 1977
| venue      =
| studio     = *Quantam Recording ([[Torrance, California]])
*[[Woodland Sound Studios|Woodland]] (Nashville, Tennessee)
*Toronto Sound ([[Toronto, Ontario]])
| genre      = {{flatlist |
*[[Rock music|Rock]]
*[[blues rock]]
}}
| length     =
| label      = [[DJM Records|Amherst/DJM]]
| producer   = [[Jack Richardson (record producer)|Jack Richardson]], Keith Gravenhorst
| prev_title = [[Rock Father]]
| prev_year  = 1976
| next_title = [[Inphasion]]
| next_year  = 1978
}}
{{music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Cat & the Fiddle Papa John Creach |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-cat-the-fiddle-mw0000839234 |website=AllMusic |access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Colin Larkin|The Virgin Encyclopedia of the Blues]]''
|rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of the Blues |date=2013 |publisher=Virgin}}</ref>
}}
'''''The Cat and the Fiddle''''' is an album by the American musician [[Papa John Creach]], his first with [[DJM Records]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The New Rolling Stone Record Guide |date=1983 |publisher=Random House |page=121}}</ref> Bryan Tilford and [[Mark Leon]] who performed in the band Midnight Sun on ''[[Rock Father]]'' return for this album, but [[Keb' Mo'|Kevin Moore]] otherwise known as Keb' Mo' moved on and was replaced on this album with Joey Brasler. It was produced primarily by [[Jack Richardson (record producer)|Jack Richardson]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morse |first1=Steve |title=Papa John jumping at 60 |work=The Boston Globe |date=Sep 13, 1977 |page=19}}</ref>
==Track listing==
===Side One===
#"Country Boy, City Man" (Brian Tilford) – 3:19
#"Keep on Rockin'" (Brian Cadd) – 3:43
#"Livin' for Myself" (Donnell Jones) – 3:45
#"Keep on Movin'" (Tom Seufert, Gregg Sutton) – 3:34
#"Right Down" (Don Grady) – 3:40
===Side Two===
#"Let's Get Dancin'" (Tilford) – 4:29
#"Foxy Lady" (Steve Haberman) – 3:49
#"Rock & Roll Music" (Tilford) – 4:00
#"Give Me Another Chance" (Joey Brasler, Roy Sciacca) – 3:15
#"Pop Stop" (Haberman) – 5:00
==Personnel==
*Steve Haberman – keyboards
*Bryan Tilford – bass, background vocals
*Mark Leon – drums, background vocals
*Joey Brasler – guitar
*Reid King – background vocals
*[[Papa John Creach]] – lead vocals, fiddle
===Additional Personnel===
*[[Doug Riley]] - strings and horns arrangement
*Tracy Richardson – background vocals
*Rachel Oldfield – background vocals
*Al Stahaley – lead vocals on "Keep on Rockin'" and "Rock & Roll Music"
*Roy Sciacca – lead vocals on "Give Me Another Chance"
*Scott Cushnie – solo keyboard on "Give Me Another Chance"
*Bob Zimmitti – percussion
===Production===
*Jack Richardson – producer
*Keith Gravenhorst – producer, recording engineer
*Rich Lowler, Dave McKinley, Steve Vaughan – recording technicians
*Toronto Sound – tape mastering
*Cub Richardson – disc mastering engineer
*DFK / David Krieger – art direction
*[[Jim McCrary]] – photography
==References==
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