Swamp Dogg, the brainchild of New York-based black producer Jerry Williams, toyed with psychedelic soul on Total Distruction To Your Mind (1970), an eccentric, satiric and sometimes erotic message-oriented commedy that borrowed from both Sly Stone and Frank Zappa. His Straight From My Heart (1971) was the first 12" 45 single. Presents The Brand New ZZ Hill (1972), a soul opera in three acts, crowned his zaniness with a demented feast of gags.