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Ben Greenman’s book, Please Step Back, now out in paperback, appears to be a biography of the 1970s soul and funk legend Rock Foxx. But Foxx is totally imaginary. So Greenman teamed up with a real-life funk legend, Swamp Dogg, to release one of Rock Foxx’s songs. Greenman and Swamp Dogg tell Kurt about their surprising collaboration.

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