Swampy Swampy Daniel Hooper (born 1973), better known as Swampy, is an environmental activist, characterised as an environmental protester or eco-warrior, from the United Kingdom. He was active in a variety of environmental protests including that in Fairmile, Devon, against the expansion of the A30 road in 1996. Hooper became a nationally known figure in 1996 after spending a week in a complex series of tunnels dug in the path of a new extension to the A30 road in Fairmile, Devon, resisting attempts at eviction by police. Several people took part in the protest, but Swampy was the last one evicted.
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy concerts in the 1980s during the Soviet war in Afghanistan which has been referred to as the "Soviet Union's Vietnam." The song was released on a 1988 LP "Landscape in a frame", later reissued on CD. John Fogerty's song "Deja Vu All Over Again" (from his "Deja Vu All Over Again" album) makes reference to the "Big Muddy". The song was translated into Japanese in 2015 under the title "Koshi made Doro mamire". Waist Deep in the Big Muddy "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" is a song written by Pete Seeger in 1967 and made famous because of its