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Papa Rah

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About Me

What do you get when you mix blues, pop, hard rock, morris dance and Irish fiddle tunes???I dunno either, but let's find out...*******************


****My first outing with the electric mandolin, playing for Swords of Gridlock at the Palace of Fine Arts sword ale in San Francisco. Video courtesy of Ethan Hay.

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Member Since: 9/5/2006
Band Website: paparah.com
Band Members: Axis Of BluesFrom Left: Scott Irwin - Drums, Electric Rubber Chicken and Vocals Kristophe Klover - Guitar, Vocals "Papa" Robert A. Hill - Guitar, Bass, Electric Mandolin, Electric Fiddle, Vocals Mark Ungar - Bass, Guitar, Octave Mandolin and Vocals ***************** Dogwatch Nautical Band From Left: Gary Keep - Guitar, Mandolin, Concertina and Vocals Shay Black - Guitar, Octave Mandolin, Tenor Banjo and Vocals Steve Altman - Marlin Spike and Vocals Roger Bramble - Harmonica and Vocals "Papa" Robert A. Hill - Fiddle, Mandolin, Guitar and Vocals Craig Johnson - Accordion, Guitar and Vocals

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Record Label: MandoFrets Music LLP
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Closing of Central Perk

Alas, it was a great gig while it lasted.  The weirdly ecclectic Central Perk closed its doors a few days ago.  It was a coffee/curio shop in a large wherehouse like building, perfectly suit...
Posted by Papa Rah on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:17:00 PST

A Blast From The Past - 21 Years Later

After 21 years of lying dormant in an Alameda garage, the album Rockin The Boat - first released as an LP record in 1986 - has been digitized and is being prepared for a November 2, 2007 re-release th...
Posted by Papa Rah on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 05:01:00 PST

Get Papa Rah Ringtones!!!

Go to Myxer Tones and get ringtones for your cell phone. Just go to www.myxertones.com, go to "Explore" and type Papa Rah into the search engine. Et Voila!!! Be the talk of the neighborhood...
Posted by Papa Rah on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:10:00 PST

Papa Rah downloads available from indiestore.com

Papa Rah music is now available by visiting http://www.indiestore.com/paparah.  Tracks are available for download at $.99 per track....
Posted by Papa Rah on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:05:00 PST

Dogwatch Nautical Band

Don't miss Dogwatch Nautical Band as they perform on the Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco for the Maritime Museum's Christmas At Sea festival.  Here's their blurb from their website (http://www....
Posted by Papa Rah on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 10:21:00 PST

Impoverished Musicians Trick .1: Strap Locks and Beer

Buy a four pack of Grolsch, the Dutch beer that comes with the ceramic bottle cap and the rubber washers connected by wires (technically called a "swingtop").  Drink all four down and get a good ...
Posted by Papa Rah on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 02:12:00 PST

Damned Stupid Trick (DST)

I have NEVER been a fan of Daylight Savings Time.  I've always thought that artificially altering the time of day  for any reason  was just plain unnatural and stupid.  But my dislike of t...
Posted by Papa Rah on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:44:00 PST

Evolution

The other day, Sting was quoted in Reuters as saying that "rock music is so stagnant that he prefers to sing 16th century English ballads."  The article quoted him as saying, "Rock music has come...
Posted by Papa Rah on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 10:02:00 PST