Read about the Sacramento Local Music Scene at Playlist Research Papa's Culture Papa's Culture was an eclectic funk/alternative band from Berkeley that was signed to Elektra Records in the early 1990s. Led by E. Blake Davis on guitar and vocals and Harley White Jr. on bass and vocals, other members contributing to the band's one major album release consisted of Clyde Sutliff on keyboards and trumpet, Eric Bobo on percussion, Joe Gilman on keyboards, Kenny French on keyboards, Gavin Distassi on peck horn and trumpet, Henry Robinett on guitar, Jim Bogios on drums and vocals by various talent. Although tracks such as "Sometimes" got played on KWOD 106.5's local show, the band did not get much airplay beyond Sacramento. Their eclectic style may have been too broad at the time to fit the alternative radio format at the time. But it was still an innovative album that generated a local following. Harley White Jr. moved on to form his own jazz orchestra. Here is a tracklist for the 1993 album Papa's Culture, But ... on Elektra Records:
Here is a tracklist for the 1994 album Live! Fillmore West 1994 on Mod Lang Records:
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