John Prine, Tom Russell, Tom Lehrer, Greg Brown, Kate Wolf, Iris Dement, Dave Carter, Tracy Grammer, Tom Paxton, Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey, Mary Travers, Robert Erle Keen, Lucinda Williams, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Paul Simon, Jerry Garcia, Don McLean, Buddy Holly, John Denver, Jim Croce, Stan Rogers, Steve Gillette, Woody Guthrie, Anne Hills, Roger Miller, Bill Staines and lots of local Cincy artists.
Papa Joe, aka Joe Kretschmer, was born exactly one week before Paul McCartney. Although he learned to play the guitar in his 20s, he never actually wrote a song or considered performing in public until his late 50s. In 1997 he attended the songwriter's workshop at the Kerrville Folk Festival and was encouraged by successful songwriters like Chuck Pyle, Michael Johnson and Peter Yarrow. For a couple of years he partnered with another singer/songwriter, Mark Weierman, as a duet called The Ditch Lilies. Several tracks on his Open Mike CD are from their recordings. Also in the 90s he joined the Queen City Balladeers and now emcees their weekly venue, the Leo Coffeehouse.
Papa Joe plays various venues around the southwestern Ohio. He lives in the small college town of Oxford, Ohio, about 30 miles north of Cincinnati.
Hey Papa Joe, Dig your tunes man. I got a good chuckle out of the cow song! Keep your peepers out for my new band THE RATTLESNAKIN DADDIES We're going to be playing at Leo's Coffeehouse in March!
Sorry it took so long to comment back...I can't hardly do the late night thing any more. It wouldn't take me too long to shoot over to Eaton...do you do it every Thursday?
hell heck Papa the just cut the grass at my apartment,,,, what am i goin to do with it all now if i cant wear a grass skirt this thursday????? im planning on doing an all uke set this thursday. 1)no woman no cry(bob marly) 2)Creep (radiohead) 3)Jane Sais (Janes Addiction 4)Dear to Dream (Bryan Welz) 5)Hallelujah(Beirut/Cohan) The original one is a new video on my page.
i wrote a happy little song for the end of western civilation as we know it....... i hope it turns out to become a silly fars of a song. enjoy.......... warning : one very bad word in the first of the song :
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