"Stank" Johnson HOT GARBAGE -1968 Fantasy Soul Funk R&B - HITS FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION Obscure Vinyl

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From the HITS FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION files:
Following up on the infamous local hit "Poo Poo" from 1968 (see playlist for song and backstory), Cletis "Stank" Johnson fell into the shadows for a year or so as he tried to shake the stigma, scorn and controversy generated from his prior release. However, ever the sucker, Cletis was soon coaxed back into the studio by an unscrupulous local used car and bait-fish dealer named Rufus Mattison. Just like the scandalous Junior Cranks that had convinced "Stank" it was a great idea to record a song that would surely disgust the local population, Rufus worked his magic on the poor crooner and this is the result.
The track "Hot Garbage" has "Stank" staying in his vein of malodorous melodies and topics. This time he sings about a self-centered piece of "Hot Garbage" that has has all the local men in a tizzy. Initially there is some wisdom imparted to the listener about fooling around with a woman just because of her looks and not taking into account her terrible personality, but the end of the song finds the singer backsliding into dreams of basking in the lust he has for the narcissistic, sleazy, yet extremely attractive "devil woman". Just like "Stank", the song tells the story of a man who hasn't learned his lessons from the past.
Following the release of "Hot Garbage" the uproar was immediate. Every woman in town was beating up their husband or boyfriend if they found him with a copy of the record. Wives thought their husbands related to the singer in the song and the general womenfolk started calling each other "Hot Garbage" as an insult in their petty feuds and general catfights. In the end, Rufus made off with all the money from the record sales after he convinced "Stank" he should invest his portion of the take (along with some of his meger savings) into a run down 1958 Ford Edsel that had been rotting on Rufus' car lot for years. "It's a classic", said Rufus. Yep...a classic....just like this track...in another dimension.