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- Date Released: January 1, 1974
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: Soul, R&B
- Label: S.D.E.G. Records / TuneCore
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They Say...
In 1975, disco was starting to take over the charts, and perhaps in hope that he might just sell a few records for a change, Jerry Williams (aka Swamp Dogg) kicked off his fifth album, Have You Heard This Story?, with a potent and funky dance groove called "The Mind Does the Dancing While the Body Pulls the Strings" that would have inspired plenty of booty-shaking if the lyrics hadn't been so weird -- which means we're talking about a fairly typical Swamp Dogg album. This time out, Williams delivers a super-sized portion of solid funk and soul with an equal share of eccentric philosophizing on the side as he discusses Jesus before He became a media phenomenon ("When He Was No One"), comes home to find his wife cheating on him with another woman ("Did I Come Back Too Soon [Or Stay Away Too Long]"), shares his experiences with an incompetent physician ("Dr. MLG [JA]"), and laments the sad state of our culture and our nation ("Chewed Up Grass" and "God Ain't Blessing America"). Swamp Dogg's experience as a studio hand is clearly evident; these songs are rooted in tough, sinewy rhythm beds that keep one foot on the dancefloor even as the lyrics head off into the twilight zone, and "I Want a Lifetime of Loving You" and "I Wouldn't Leave Here to Go to Heaven" demonstrate the man could write a straightforward R&B tune when he was of a mind. But as great as the music is, it's Williams' weird but wise broadsides on the world around him that set him apart, and if you've got a taste for his ranting, this will slake your thirst.
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The Mind Does the Dancing While the Body Pulls the Strings |
7:07 |
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| 02. | |
I Wanna Lifetime of Loving You |
2:21 |
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| 03. | |
When He Was No One (I Knew Jesus) |
3:15 |
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| 04. | |
God Ain't Blessing America |
4:26 |
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| 05. | |
Chewed Up Grass |
4:30 |
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| 06. | |
I Wouldn't Leave Here to Go to Heaven |
2:37 |
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| 07. | |
Did I Come Back Too Soon (Or Stay Away Too Long) |
3:42 |
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| 08. | |
M.L.G. (J.A.) Aka Dr. Martin L. Goldfarb (Jive Ass) |
3:46 |
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| 09. | |
My Hang-ups Ain't Hung Up No More |
3:41 |
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09 Total Tracks, 35:25 Total Length
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Credits
- Travis Wammack - Guitar // Travis Wammack - Harmonica // David Earle Johnson - Whistle (Human) // Harrison Calloway - Trumpet // Swamp Dogg - Piano // Swamp Dogg - Arranger // Swamp Dogg - Vocals // Swamp Dogg - Producer // Swamp Dogg - Main Performer // Ronnie Eades - Saxophone // Ronnie Eades - Baritone // Jimmy "BeBop" Evans - Drums // Jimmy "BeBop" Evans - Tambourine // Stacy Goss - Trumpet // Stacy Goss - Horn // Lenny LeBlanc - Bass // Randy McCormick - Organ // Randy McCormick - Keyboards // Charles Rose - Trombone // Harvey Thompson - Flute // Harvey Thompson - Wind // Audie Watkins - Percussion // Audie Watkins - Conga // Audie Watkins - Cymbals // Audie Watkins - Tambourine // Travis Wommack - Guitar // Travis Wommack - Harmonica // Dave Johnson - Wind
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