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Guests - Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed & Swamp Dogg

Swamp Dogg and Eli Paperboy Reed are guests on the show, bringing together two generations of American soul.

Swamp Dogg and Eli Paperboy Reed are guests on the show, bringing together two generations of American soul.

Swamp Dogg’s remarkable career stretches back more than 70 years. He’s written and produced for the likes of Doris Duke, Irma Thomas and Gary U.S. Bonds, alongside a wonderfully unpredictable catalogue of his own that has taken in soul, R&B, country and plenty more along the way. Eli Paperboy Reed has gospel in his bones and a voice that stopped Swamp Dogg in his tracks when the pair first met on tour in Spain. That meeting began a friendship that has lasted more than a decade and now, for the first time, brought them together in the studio.

Swamp Dogg produced Eli’s new album Getting There, a record about what happens after the first rush of romance, and the work, commitment and humour involved in staying in love. Craig hears how their friendship became a musical partnership, what they’ve learned from each other and why Swamp Dogg decided to step back into the producer’s chair.
We’ll also hear about Swamp Dogg’s 31st studio album, Swamp Dogg Contemplates The Afterlife, which finds the 84-year-old turning his attention to mortality, spirituality and the musical heroes who went before him.

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Sat 12 Sep 202618:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Belohnungszentrum

    Let's Play The Music

    • Discoholics Anonymous.

  • The Sweet Inspirations

    Watch The One Who Brings You The News

    • Atlantic.

  • Thee Heart Tones

    Don't Forget Me Love

    • Big Crown Records.

  • Maceo Parker

    Homeboy (Skeewiff Remix)

    • Dial MacEo.
    • Esc Records.
    • 1.

  • The Futures

    Ninety Nine Days (In The House Of Love Correction)

    • Buddah Records.

  • Olympia Vitalis

    Don't Cry (feat. Maverick Sabre)

    • Self Released.

  • Herbie Hancock

    Everybody's Broke

    • Columbia.

  • CJP Band

    Freedom

    • Supa Jams.

  • The Flying Hats

    Lightnin' Bottle

    • ATA Records.

  • Quincy Jones

    Money Is (feat. Little Richard)

    • Reprise Records.

  • Eli "Paperboy" Reed

    Getting There

    • Yep Roc.

  • Swamp Dogg

    Remember I Said Tomorrow

    • Elektra.

  • Brass Construction

    Ha Cha Cha (Funktion)

    • United Artists Records.

  • Clancy Eccles

    Don't Brag, Don't Boast

    • Trojan Records.

  • Victor Davies

    Be The One

    • Compost Records.

  • Free Enterprise

    Make It On My Own

    • "O" Records.

  • Aria

    Resentment

    • Pastiche Records.

  • Carol Woods

    Bigger Than I

    • Soulgramma.

  • A Tribe Called Quest

    Luck of Lucien

    • Jive.

  • Black Sheep

    The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)

    • A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing.
    • Island Mercury.
    • 21.

  • The Pharcyde

    Passin' Me By

    • Delicious Vinyl.

  • Main Source

    Lookin' At The Front Door

    • Wild Pitch Records.

  • The Brand New Heavies

    Dream Come True (Dave Lee's Future Reality Mix)

    • Z Records.

  • Patti Drew

    Fever

    • Capitol.

  • Brass Construction

    What's On Your Mind (Expression)

    • United Artists Records.

  • Eli "Paperboy" Reed

    Every Once In A While

    • Yep Roc.

  • Swamp Dogg

    Waka Waka Waka

    • S-Curve Records.

  • Eli "Paperboy" Reed

    Love You More (feat. Zaniah)

    • Yep Roc.

  • Eli "Paperboy" Reed

    Knock Knock Memories

    • Yep Roc.

  • Brooks & Jerry

    I Got What It Takes

    • Direction.

  • Little Jerry Williams

    What's The Matter With You Baby

    • Calla Records.

  • Little Charles and the Sidewinders

    Please Open Up the Door

    • Botanic Records Inc.

  • The Precisions

    New York City

    • ATCO Records.

  • Doris Duke

    I Don't Care Anymore

    • Canyon Records.

  • Freddie North

    Did I Come Back Too Soon (Or Did I Stay Away Too Long)

    • Mankind.

  • Sandra Phillips

    My Man And Me

    • Canyon Records.

  • Swamp Dogg

    Mama's Baby, Daddy's Maybe

    • Canyon Records.

  • Irma Thomas

    In Between Tears

  • Eli Paperboy Reed & Swamp Dogg

    One Man's Trash (Is Another Man's Treasure)

    • Yep Roc.

  • The Dramatics

    Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get

    • Stax.

  • The 7:45s

    I Want You, I Need You (feat. Yemi Bolatiwa)

    • LRK Records.

  • Brass Construction

    Screwed (Conditions)

    • United Artists Records.

  • Ruby Wood

    This Thing Called Life (feat. Illa J & Abstract Orchestra)

    • First Word Records.

  • Aleem

    Movin' To The Beat (feat. Corky Hodges)

    • NIA Records.

  • O’Donel Levy

    Playhouse

    • Mr Bongo Records.

Broadcast

  • Sat 12 Sep 202618:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music