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Dogg’s third features seven originals and three covers. His interpretation of John Prine’s “Sam Stone” is stunning. It’s a song about a drug-addled war veteran with a Purple Heart (a U.S. military decoration) and his death by overdose. When Dogg sings “There’s a hole in daddy’s arm, where all the money goes” it’s like a fatal dagger blow to the human heart. The song can be interpreted as a reference to heroin addiction among Vietnam War veterans, a phenomenon of the time, but equally strikes a chord as a reflection of worsening social conditions in the inner cities of America in the early 1970s. Even more striking is the cover of Joe South’s “Don’t It Make You Want To Go Home” – southern soul with strings, touches galore and an ace vocal from the front man, especially in the second half of the song which has a crazy outro that seems to last forever and ever amen, existing in a constant state of bliss. Covering The Beatles “Lady Madonna” is less affecting – it’s very much the session jam. Elsewhere, one or two of the “jokier” elements of the artist’s personality start to wear thin – I could really do without the faux-orgasmic heavy breathin’ on “If It Hadn’t Been For Sly”. All in all, this registers as the third decent album in three years from the talented non-conformist…
The Jukebox Rebel
14–Jan–2010
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [03:57]  Swamp Dogg - Sam Stone (John Prine) Soul Ballad |
| A2 | [03:00]  Swamp Dogg - Complication #5 (Jerry Williams Jr., Troy Davis) Soul |
| A3 | [03:50]  Swamp Dogg - Lady Madonna (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Blues Rock / Soul Rock |
| A4 | [02:36]  Swamp Dogg - You Say You Trust Your Mother (Jerry Williams Jr., Troy Davis) Soul Ballad |
| A5 | [04:00]  Swamp Dogg - If It Hadn’t Been For Sly (Jerry Williams Jr.) Disco / Funk |
| B1 | [02:45]  Swamp Dogg - Your Last Dirty Trick (Jerry Williams Jr., Don Hollinger) Disco / Funk |
| B2 | [02:35]  Swamp Dogg - Knowing I’m Pleasing You And Me (Jerry Williams Jr.) Soul |
| B3 | [02:33]  Swamp Dogg - In My Resume (Jerry Williams Jr., Troy Davis) Soul Ballad |
| B4 | [01:53]  Swamp Dogg - Captain Of Your Ship (Jerry Williams Jr., Don Hollinger) Blues Rock / Soul Rock |
| B5 | [07:55]  Swamp Dogg - Don’t It Make You Want To Go Home (Joe South) Soul Ballad |
