Swamp Dogg

Raunchy, satirical, political, and profane, Swamp Dogg is one of the great cult figures of American music. The creation of Jerry Williams, Jr., an R&B producer and songwriter who first found success in the '60s, Swamp Dogg fit no tidy category. In sheer musical terms, most of Swamp Dogg's work is pure Southern soul, anchored on tight grooves and accentuated by horns, though he showed a greater dependence on drum machines and synthesizers from 1989's I Called for a Rope and They Threw Me a Rock onward, he dove headfirst into eccentric electronics on 2018's Love, Loss and Auto-T...