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One Toke Over The Line (A "Modern Spiritual" by Gail and Dale) Lawrence Welk Show
A cover version was performed in early 1971 by Gail Farrell and Dick Dale on The Lawrence Welk Show, which billed it a "modern spiritual."[15][16]
BONUS VIDEO: Brewer And Shipley - One Toke Over The Line (ORIGINAL)
"One Toke Over the Line" is a song written and performed by American folk rock duo Brewer & Shipley. It is a track from their 1970 LP Tarkio, and was released as their debut single in early 1971.
Background
Mike Brewer gives this account of the origin of the song, "One day we were pretty much stoned and all and Tom says, “Man, I’m one toke over the line tonight.” I liked the way that sounded and so I wrote a song around it."[1]
The song gained popular acclaim while the band was touring as an opening act for Melanie, after they received an encore but had run out of other songs to play.[2] Spiro Agnew said the song with its reference to marijuana use was "blatant drug-culture propaganda" that "threatens to sap our national strength," pressuring the FCC to include the song on its list of music banned from the airwaves because of drug references.[3]
Also, a small number of copies included a demo version of the song[4]
Chart history
The song peaked at #10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #8 Cash Box[5] during the spring of 1971, and was the duo's only Top 40 hit. It also reached #5 in Canada[6] and #7 in New Zealand.[7]
Background
Mike Brewer gives this account of the origin of the song, "One day we were pretty much stoned and all and Tom says, “Man, I’m one toke over the line tonight.” I liked the way that sounded and so I wrote a song around it."[1]
The song gained popular acclaim while the band was touring as an opening act for Melanie, after they received an encore but had run out of other songs to play.[2] Spiro Agnew said the song with its reference to marijuana use was "blatant drug-culture propaganda" that "threatens to sap our national strength," pressuring the FCC to include the song on its list of music banned from the airwaves because of drug references.[3]
Also, a small number of copies included a demo version of the song[4]
Chart history
The song peaked at #10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #8 Cash Box[5] during the spring of 1971, and was the duo's only Top 40 hit. It also reached #5 in Canada[6] and #7 in New Zealand.[7]
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