SWAMP DOGG APPRECIATION THREAD
pickwick33
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Because he deserves it, goddammit!!!For some reason his name doesn't pop up often on the Strut, and I couldn't take it no mo', so I'm fin to right that wrong:[/b]
And if you crate-diggin' Wax Poetics-readin' price-checkin' folls don't like this topic, then gag a maggot and pucker up while I back up!! Without the Dogg, your rekkid collection ain't worth two dead flies! 
On the serious tip, this is eccentric southern soul at it's best, and these two albums are great places to start. To me, Swamp belongs in the Gallery of the Greats along with Shuggie Otis, Exuma, Eugene McDaniels, Roy C., Bunny Sigler, Baby Huey, Harrison Kennedy, Funkadelic, Kagny & the Dirty Rats, Melvin Van Peebles, Rodriguez, Broadneck, Esquerita, Bo Dud, the Lord of Lightning and Yocannon the Muck Muck Man.And oh yes, War and Mandrill too!![/b]
And if you crate-diggin' Wax Poetics-readin' price-checkin' folls don't like this topic, then gag a maggot and pucker up while I back up!! Without the Dogg, your rekkid collection ain't worth two dead flies! On the serious tip, this is eccentric southern soul at it's best, and these two albums are great places to start. To me, Swamp belongs in the Gallery of the Greats along with Shuggie Otis, Exuma, Eugene McDaniels, Roy C., Bunny Sigler, Baby Huey, Harrison Kennedy, Funkadelic, Kagny & the Dirty Rats, Melvin Van Peebles, Rodriguez, Broadneck, Esquerita, Bo Dud, the Lord of Lightning and Yocannon the Muck Muck Man.And oh yes, War and Mandrill too!![/b]
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I really like the version that appears on the Charly vinyl comp, Uncut & Classified 1-A...recorded in 1972 but unreleased until 1981, when Charly released this LP.
Dude...I put "Congratulations Baby" on a soul mix CD that me and a friend listened to in the car on the way back from a Wisconsin rockabilly festival...this song was so overwhelming that my friend kept backing it up and playing it several times in a row, he couldn't believe it...
My favorite production work of his is that LP by Doris Duke, A Legend in Her Own Time...at least I assumed it was the same guy!
And Vinyl Ink was a huge influence on me growing up. R.I.P. to both the store and the dude.
How long do you guys wait before becoming an asshole after loaning your music out?
I assume that some genius will recommend that I exact some revolting physical violence upon his person. Not going to happen.
Don't forget the Irma Thomas album w/the purple cover. That's the shit.
Jean Wells, Irma Thomas, King Errisson, Chosen Few,
and others have strong 45's along with Duke and the
Dogg himself. One cheapie that features some of that
Swamp Dogg guitar sound over a solid soul vocal is the
Irma Thomas, "I'd Do It All Over You" - Doris Duke also
cut this for her second LP, but I haven't found that one
yet, I only have the "I'm a Loser" album.
Dude even put the Commodores on, and moved Lionel Ritchie from sax to lead vocals.
Ditto on the Doris Duke.
Gotta love his production on this one too:
Not to drag his good name through the mud in a tribute thread, but his Ichiban label put out a good amount of southern rap in the 80s that, in my experience, is all pretty unlistenable. Does anyone know of any gems in their rap catalog?
Not to drag his good name through the mud in a tribute thread, but his Ichiban label put out a good amount of southern rap in the 80s that, in my experience, is all pretty unlistenable. Does anyone know of any gems in their rap catalog? [/color]
Well, I'll correct that right now:
Swamp Dogg did not own Ichiban.
But Swamp's own SDEG label was distributed by Ichiban in the late '80s and early '90s, and in addition to recordings by Swamp and his old chitlin'-circuit cronies (Andre Williams, Ruth Brown, Tommy Hunt, Bobby McClure), he also had the World Class Wreckin' Cru, which meant that Swamp also indirectly gave us Dr. Dre.
And as long as we're on fave Swamp Dogg productions: seek out Gary U.S. Bonds' Certified Soul on Rhino (released in '82 and long out of print), which was a collection of nonhit singles that Dogg produced on Bonds in the late '60s and early '70s.
And back to Dogg the artist...Resurrection (his new album) is shockingly good, as was 1991's Surfin' In Harlem (on the Volt label, which Fantasy briefly revived).
And don't sleep on that compilation of soul singles he released as "Little Jerry Williams" in the fifties and sixties! You can probably still get this on Swamp's own SDEG label...
(too bad the image is so small)
Yeah, this is a great record
http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/review/review_insert.php?item_id=1701
So, the Jerry Williams on Calla is the Dogg?
I could have sworn someone told me they were 2 different artists.
That piercing voice is just a little too distinctive and could only belong to one person.
Swamp Dogg. "God Ain't Blessin' America" from Have you heard this story? Full volume.
I'll add my name to the list of fans. I dunno if I would have bought his house though. Thanks Swamp Dogg!
"God Bless America For What" is I think the actual title, but you've captured the sentiment exactly.
Swamp Dogg is rad.
You're both right.
"God Bless America For What" came out on the Rat On! album in '71 (for some reason, the record label dropped the "for what" from the title).
A few years later, he released Have You Heard This Story??, which included "God Ain't Blessin' America."
Both of these tunes are two entirely different songs (with the same sentiment).
wait a second. is this true? ive never heard of a world class wreckin cru record on anything other than like techno-kut and the likes. SDEG did the mc breed jammy though.
according to Swamp, it is...his bios usually mention it