The harmonies are nice and the sentiments seem to never go out of fashion for our fractured society. It’s not as good as “Tarkio” the previous year…and although having their 15 minutes of fame, the duo would continue to make appearances for years. Both Browne and Linda Ronstadt will record the song in 1972. There is some nice interplay of the guitar, piano & harmonica. This is also the first appearance of the Jackson Browne song “Rock Me On The Water” on record. Spencer Dryen played drums on a few cuts and David La Flamme added his electric violin which blends nicely withe acoustic guitar and banjo on the tune “Natural Child”. A Toke is a puff from a marijuana cigarette or pipe. This song is about drugs, especially marijuana. The title track features some nice slide work from John Cippolina, late of Quicksilver Messenger Service. Unbelievable Yes, it’s the old Brewer and Shipley tune from 1970, One toke over the line performed on the Lawrence Welk show Did they not know what the song is about Apparently not (see below). It didn’t do well but did have some decent tunes and, of course, featured the excellent harmonies of the pair. It got the attention of the Nixon administration, which labeled the singer-songwriters subversives to American youth because the song contained a. In 1971 the duo released an Lp called “Shake Off The Demon”. That song, One Toke Over the Line, first recorded by Brewer and Shipley in 1970 and featured on the duo’s third studio album Tarkio, became an interesting and unique bit of pop culture. Nice sweater vest…NOT.Īnd since the song mentioned Jesus…Lawrence Welk though it was a “modern spiritual” LOLīut there were also had some other good songs including “Oh Mommy” which featured Jerry Garcia on pedal steel and I’m sure was a favorite of the Nixon White House. The acoustic duo of Mike Brewer and Tom Shipley took “One Toke Over The Line” Top Ten in 1970. You may only know them for their unlikely hit the previous year. We continue our look back at the music of 50 years ago…….
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