Oh mommy I ain't no Commie - Any Brewer and Shipley Fans

I'm here listening to Wichi-Tai-To having just finished One Toke Over the Line. Most people I know never heard of them unless I mention One Toke. I saw them in Hartford way back when.

Oh Mommy, by Brewer and Shipley

Oh mommy
I ain't no commie
I'm just doing what I can to live the good all American Way
It says right there in the constitution
It's really a ok to have a revolution
When the leaders that you choose
Really don't fit the shoes

Oh mister
I ain't no sister
I believe in the bill of rights come on don't you start a fight
Please
I like to wear my hair long
How can there be anything wrong
When you already 'cused me twice
Of looking like Jesus Christ Hallelujah

I'm only gettin' tired of playing Punch and Judy
I'm really half a mind a go and do my duty
Like Mr. Patrick Henry said
I got to be free or dead


Mr. Nixon
I ain't a fixin'
To speak Spanish on a plane or polish off the liberty
Bell
I just want to sit here on the shelf
And watch you finish off the place by yourself
Please let me do what I wanna
I'll just lay around the house and smoke Marijuana oohoo


It says right there in the constitution
It's really a ok to have a revolution
When the leader that you made
Just don't make the grade
Oh mommy
I ain't no commie
But I hate to bust your bubble cause there's gonna be some trouble
Soon

and "Brain Damage".

Are they still around?

Next time I go to San Fransisco gonna ride a train
The seatback's busted and the overhead lamp ain't working no more
Fat lady ain't sayin' nothing and the soldier just talks about the war...

Lord, lord lord I just ain't got nothin' to do
But fly, fly, fly (fly fly)

Always get the stew'rdess with the ratty hair never get the sweet and pretty one
Beef stroganoff sitting on the plate they've been heatin' up since the dawn
Talking to a priest thinks he's goin' to Acapulco I never could explain
Next time I go to San Fransisco gonna ride a train

Lord, lord lord I just ain't got nothin' to do
But fly, fly, fly (fly fly)

Hard to believe that's where uptight-asscroft came from, too!

oh, that must be Springfield, MA

Loved that song. Also loved "Wichi Tai To" -- Jim Pepper, Everything Is Everything. Haven't heard that one in years.

For those interested, Collectors Choice music is going to (finally!) release (hopefully) all the B&S stuff on CD! The first release is April 24th, and will be a two-fer of the LP's "Weeds" and "Tarkio."

B&S still tour, BTW, but rather infrequently.

July 17, 2004 - Flint, MI; Flint Folk Festival at Riverbank Park; Showtime 8:00PM; For additional Information, see Flint Folk Music
http://flintfolkmusic.org/festival04.htm


http://brewerandshipley.com/

It's bookmarked under "Music" on the Mac!

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He resides on a large farm outside Newburg, Missouri. He is an avid trout fisherman, outdoors man and environmentalist.

Not too many years ago he opened a combination outdoor gear/fishing retail store in Rolla. Most recently he was involved in a serious auto accident but is doing OK now. He used to write an Ozarks Outdoors column in the Rolla newspaper (Rolla Daily News) until he started his political jabs at wing nuts and spouting off about environmentalism. The RDN, an extremely Conservative rag, gave him the boot. I believe his wife Jan still works in layout there.

I have seen Brewer and Shipley many times in concert at the Blue Heron in Newburg. They do a tremendous show.

Shipley is quite involved in Ozark history and lore and has done several video documentaries about the Ozarks. Brewer I believe works out of Branson and has a recording facility there. They are still quite active in the concert arena in the Midwest.

Fav tune is Wichi Tai To.

I do hope he's ok. i'd love to see them again

I know the Bushnell used to be a concert venue, and there were a series of coffehouses (The Sounding Board being the most notable) that showcased folk artists.

I grew up in CT, so I know it pretty well. Are you old enough to remember a great place in Willamantic called The Shaboo? Used to be home base for NRBQ, among others.

Early 71 or 2.

I saw the greatest blues man of all at Shaboo.

Muddy Waters.

At Bushnell I caught Janis a week or so before she died.
Also Arlo Guthry but he was into not playing Alice..

Yardbirds and a few others I can't remember.

>> West Hartford - Conard '69 <<

Along with a few others. I grew up outside New Haven, so most of the stuff I saw was at The New Haven Arena or Woolsey Hall.

The Doors at the Arena (yes, the "blood in the streets in the town of New Haven" show), Airplane (w/Chuck Berry!), Cream, Hendrix at Woolsey, Joplin/Big Brother at Woolsey, etc.

Hamden '71

Morrison was a god. Wish I had seen him.

You might have seen Janis on the same tour. I remember her coming out with a 5th of southern comfort that she put on the piano.

It was empty by the end of the show.

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