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One Toke Over The Line: The Best Of Brewer and Shipley

Brewer and Shipley

Initial release : 2001

Buddha 99811

Single CD Brewer and Shipley compilation includes one track, Oh Mommy, taken from their Tarkio LP that features Garcia on pedal steel. John Kahn plays on the majority of tracks.

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Tracks

  • People Love Each Other (Brewer/Shipley)
  • One Toke Over the Line (Brewer/Shipley)
  • Tarkio Road (Brewer/Shipley)
  • Fifty States of Freedom (Brewer/Shipley)
  • Shake off the Demon (Brewer/Shipley)
  • Have a Good Life (Brewer/Shipley)
  • Witchi-Tai-To (Pepper)
  • Yankee Lady (Winchester)
  • All Along the Watchtower (Dylan)
  • Oh Mommy (Brewer/Shipley)
  • Rise Up (Easy Rider) (Brewer/Shipley)
  • Ruby on the Morning (Brewer/Shipley)
  • The Light (Brewer/Shipley)
  • Lady Like You (Brewer/Shipley)

Musicians

John Kahn plays on all of the source albums of this compilation. Garcia plays on one track on one of the albums. The musicians on each of the source albums are as follows.

Weeds;

  • Michael Brewer - guitar, shakers, vibra-slap, vocals
  • Tom Shipley - guitar, vocals
  • Rienol Andino - congas
  • Apple Jack - harmonica
  • Michael Bloomfield - guitar
  • Phil Ford - tabla
  • Nick Gravenites - vocals
  • Richard Greene - violin
  • Nicky Hopkins - piano
  • Robert Huberman - bass
  • Bob Jones - drums
  • John Kahn - bass
  • Ira Kamin - piano, organ
  • Mark Naftalin - piano, organ
  • Fred Olsen - guitar
  • Orville (Red) Rhodes - pedal steel
Tarkio;
  • Michael Brewer - guitar, vocals
  • Tom Shipley - guitar, vocals
  • Fred Burton - guitar
  • Danny Cox - vocals
  • Jerry Garcia - pedal steel
  • Nick Gravenites - vocals
  • Noel Jewkes - flute
  • Bob Jones - drums
  • John Kahn - bass, wah-wah
  • Mark Naftalin - piano, organ
  • Diane Tribuno - vocals
  • Bill Vitt - drums

  • Other musicians on Tarkio are thought to include;

  • Mike Bloomfield - guitar
  • Spencer Dryden - drums
  • Nicky Hopkins - piano
  • Jim Messina?
  • Leon Russell?
Garcia plays pedal steel on Oh, Mommie only.

Shake Off The Demon;

  • Michael Brewer - guitar, piano, mouth harp, percussion, vocals
  • Tom Shipley - guitar, bass, banjo, vocals

  • Jose Chepita Areas - congas, bongos, timbales
  • John Cippollina - guitar (on Shake Off The Demon)
  • Spencer Dryden - drums
  • Little John Hartman III - drums
  • John Kahn - bass
  • Mark Naftalin - piano, organ, vibes
  • Glen Walters - drums
  • David LaFlamme. Possibly plays on this LP
Rural Space;
  • Michael Brewer - guitar, percussion, vocals
  • Tom Shipley - guitar, bass, vocals

  • Fred Burton - guitar
  • John Kahn - bass
  • Billy Mundi - drums, percussion
  • Mark Naftalin - piano, accordion
  • Prairie Prince - drums
  • Bill Vitt - drums
  • Buddy Cage - keyboards

  • The Turk Murphy Band
    Turk Murphy - trombone
    Phil Howe - clarinet, soprano saxophone
    Leon Oakley - cornet
    James Maihack - tuba
Credits

Credits for the recording of the original albums are as follows.

Weeds;

  • Producer - Nicky Gravy (Nick Gravenites)
  • Engineer - Leo de Gar Kulka
  • Recorded at Golden State Recorders, San Francisco and Crystal Studios, Los Angeles.
Shake Off The Demon;
  • Producer - Brewer & Shipley
  • Engineer - Steve Barncard, Jim Gaines
  • Recorded at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco
Rural Space;
  • Producer - Brewer & Shipley
  • Engineer - Jim Gaines
  • Recorded at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco
For the compilation;
  • Compilation Producer - Rob Santos, Tom Shipley, Alan Rommelfanger
  • Digital remastering - Elliott Federman
  • Art Direction, Design - Pete Ciccone
  • Liner Notes - Mitch Jayne
Related releases

The songs on this compilation are taken from the following Brewer and Shipley albums.

Lady Like You, Rise Up (Easy Rider), All Along The Watchtower and Witchi-Tai-To from;

  • Weeds, Brewer & Shipley, 1970, Kama Sutra 2016
One Toke Over The Line, Oh Mommy, The Light, Tarkio Road, Fifty States Of Freedom and Ruby On The Morning from;
  • Tarkio, Brewer and Shipley, 1970, Kama Sutra 2024
Shake Off The Demon from; Yankee Lady, People Love Each Other and Have A Good Life from;
  • Rural Space, Brewer and Shipley, 1973, Kama Sutra 2058

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