Michael Brewer, one-half of the folk-rock duo Brewer & Shipley, has died. He was 80. On Tuesday, Dec. 17, Brewer's musical partner, Tom Shipley, confirmed the news of his death in a Facebook post. A ...
American Songwriter: The Higher Meaning Behind Brewer & Shipley’s “One Toke Over The Line”
Brewer & Shipley’s “One Toke Over The Line” is about more than just a puff and a pass. The 1970 song has a higher meaning, one that discreetly warns of excess against a buoyant country-rock ...
The Higher Meaning Behind Brewer & Shipley’s “One Toke Over The Line”
The duo Brewer & Shipley reached the Top 10 in 1971 with “One Toke Over the Line,” a ditty about marijuana that ran afoul of Nixon-era censors. By Alex Williams Michael Brewer, half of the folk-rock ...
Tom Shipley of Brewer & Shipley, the duo best known for the 1971 Top 10 hit “One Toke Over the Line,” has died of unspecified causes at the age of 84. The New York Times confirmed the news with ...
Tom Shipley of Brewer & Shipley, the duo best known for the 1971 Top 10 hit "One Toke Over the Line," has died of unspecified causes at the age of 84. The New York Times confirmed the news with ...
Tom Shipley, half of the folk-rock duo Brewer & Shipley, whose dizzying encounter with cannabis at a gig provided inspiration for "One Toke Over the Line," a surprise Top 10 hit in 1971 that lived on ...
Michael Brewer, half of the folk-rock duo Brewer & Shipley, who scored an unlikely Top 10 hit in 1970 with "One Toke Over the Line" -- one of the most overt pop odes to marijuana of the hippie era and ...