Swamp Dogg- The World Beyond – Song of the Day
Perhaps the only post-apocalyptic deep soul song ever- brilliantly re-interpreted by Swamp Dogg. “The soul genius that time forgot” will be performing October 4th, 2013 at the Ponderosa Stomp. Swamp...
View ArticleThe Genius of Swamp Dogg – Sam Stone and God Bless America For What
Possessed of a voice that writer Robert Christgau likened to “An Afro-American air raid siren,” Jerry “Swamp Dogg” Williams is as underappreciated and misunderstood as he is irreverent and...
View ArticleRIP, George Perkins (1942-2013): Soul giant behind “Cryin’ in the Streets”...
George Perkins, the deep-soul and gospel artist who was slated to perform at this fall’s Ponderosa Stomp, died unexpectedly at his home in Hammond, La., on April 17. He was 70. Perkins was best-known...
View ArticleFrom the Pen of the Dogg: Irma Thomas – In Between Tears
” a lost classic that captures deep soul at its most poignant and resonant …” Following the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Camille on New Orleans in 1969, Crescent City Soul Queen Irma Thomas...
View ArticleIrma Thomas: All Hail The Ruler of Our R&B Hearts and The Undisputed Soul...
WRITTEN BY BILL DAHL A great many soulful ladies have stood before a microphone in the Crescent City and belted the blues or wailed scintillating R&B. Only one holds the regal title of “The Soul...
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