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Red Octopus...
...is my favorite post-Airplane album and I've always liked Mary Balin's voice. "Miracles" was definitely the big hit, but I loved the Poppa John Creach song "Get Fiddler" and his overall influence on the album.
There was a waiter at Weird Fish one night who was wearing a sweater that belonged to Papa John. I'm googling for a pic of it, but no luck. I think he's wearing it on Red Octopus liner notes photo. I think it says "Papa John".