Brewer & Shipley - wikipedia Brewer & Shipley `` Tom Shipley '' redirects here. For the Iowa politician, see Tom Shipley ( politician ). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2010 ) Brewer & Shipley Brewer & Shipley in concert, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1971 Background information Genres Folk rock, country rock Years active 1967 -- 1978 1995 -- present Labels Kama Sutra, A&M, Capitol Website BrewerandShipley.com Members Mike Brewer Tom Shipley Brewer & Shipley are an American folk rock duo who enjoyed their peak success in the late 1960s through the 1970s, consisting of singer - songwriters Mike Brewer and Tom Shipley. They were known for their intricate guitar work, vocal harmonies, and socially conscious lyrics which reflected the concerns of their generation -- especially the Vietnam War, and the struggles for personal and political freedom. Their greatest commercial success was the song `` One Toke Over the Line '' from their 1970 album Tarkio. They had two other singles on the Billboard charts : `` Tarkio Road '' ( 1970 ) and `` Shake Off The Demon '' ( 1971 ). They continue to perform, both separately and together, usually in the Midwest of the USA. Contents 1 Early history 2 Regrouping, touring, and present - day status 3 Discography 4 U.S. singles chart positions 5 In popular culture 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External links Early history The two Midwestern natives crossed paths numerous times at various coffeehouse gigs before settling in Los Angeles to write music together in 1968, producing their first two albums, Down in L.A. and Weeds. Even though mutual friends in bands such as The Association and Buffalo Springfield lived in Los Angeles, they left California during 1969, returning to Kansas City, Missouri, where they made a meager living playing college towns. They derived the name of their next album, Tarkio, from a regular gig they played in Tarkio, Missouri. This album was their most successful commercially, featuring the song `` One Toke Over the Line '', which they wrote as a joke while preparing backstage for a performance. `` One Toke Over The Line '' was performed on The Lawrence Welk Show, a television program known for its conservative, family - oriented format, by a duo known as `` Gail and Dale ''. At the conclusion of the performance of the song, Welk remarked, without any hint of irony, `` There you 've heard a modern spiritual by Gail and Dale. '' This caused Michael Brewer to comment : The Vice President of the United States, Spiro Agnew, named us personally as a subversive to American youth, but at exactly the same time Lawrence Welk performed the crazy thing and introduced it as a gospel song. That shows how absurd it really is. Of course, we got more publicity than we could have paid for. Brewer & Shipley have performed with many notable acts, including Stephen Stills, Bruce Springsteen, Black Sabbath, and Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, who played pedal steel guitar for `` Oh, Mommy ''. Regrouping, touring, and present - day status During 1989 they performed a gig together, and a brief time later began composing together again, producing two albums, SHANGHAI ( 1993 ) and Heartland ( 1997 ). They have continued to tour together, part - time, since the 1990s. At present, Michael Brewer lives outside of Branson, Missouri. Tom Shipley lives in Rolla, Missouri, where he is part of the staff of Missouri University of Science & Technology ( formerly the University of Missouri - Rolla ). He is semi-retired as manager of video productions and continues to work on special video productions for the university. He is a member of Engineers Without Borders and has traveled twice to the Amazon and Andes of Bolivia to produce videos for the organization. Discography Down in L.A. ( 1968 ) on A&M Records Weeds ( 1969 ) on Kama Sutra Records Tarkio ( 1970 ) on Kama Sutra Records Shake Off the Demon ( 1971 ) on Kama Sutra Records Rural Space ( 1972 ) on Kama Sutra Records ST11261 ( 1974 ) on Capitol Records Welcome To Riddle Bridge ( 1976 ) on Capitol Records Brewer and Shipley Greatest Hits ( 1989 ) on Pair Records SHANGHAI ( 1993 ) on One Toke Productions Archive Alive ! ( 1997 ) on Archive Recordings Heartland ( 1997 ) on One Toke Productions One Toke Over the Line : The Best of Brewer & Shipley ( 2001 ) on Buddah Records EPs Kama Sutra Records LP Sampler, 1970 Singles `` Keeper Of The Keys '' / `` I Ca n't See Her '' ( A&M 905, 1968 ) `` Truly Right '' / `` Green Bamboo '' ( A&M 938, 1968 ) `` Time And Changes '' / `` Dreamin ' In The Shade '' ( A&M 996, 1968 ) `` Rise Up Easy Rider '' / `` Boomerang '' ( Buddah 154, 1969 ) `` People Love Each Other '' / `` Witchi - Tai - To '' ( Kama Sutra 512, 1970 ) `` One Toke Over The Line '' / `` Oh Mommy '' ( Kama Sutra 516, 1971 ) `` Tarkio Road '' / `` Seems Like A Long Time '' ( Kama Sutra 524, 1971 ) `` Shake Off The Demon '' / `` Indian Summer '' ( Kama Sutra 539, 1972 ) `` Yankee Lady '' / `` Natural Child '' ( Kama Sutra 547, 1972 ) `` Black Sky '' ( mono ) / `` Black Sky '' ( stereo ) ( Kama Sutra 567 promo, 1973 ) `` Fair Play '' ( mono ) / `` Fair Play '' ( stereo ) ( Capitol 3933 promo, 1974 ) `` Brain Damage '' ( mono ) / `` Brain Damage '' ( stereo ) ( Capital 4105 promo, 1975 ) Reissue singles `` One Toke Over The Line '' / `` Oh Mommy '' ( Flashback BF10 ) `` One Toke Over The Line '' / `` Tarkio Road '' ( Collectables 3515 ) `` People Love Each Other '' / `` Witchi - Tai - To '' ( Radio Active Gold RD - 74, 1978 ) `` One Toke Over The Line '' / `` Oh Mommy '' ( Radio Active Gold RD - 75 1978 ) `` Indian Summer '' / `` Song From Platte River '' ( Radio Active Gold RD - 77, 1978 ) U.S. singles chart positions `` One Toke Over the Line '' scored 14 weeks on the charts, maximizing at No. 10 during April 1971 ( # 5 in Canada ) `` Tarkio Road '' scored 8 weeks on the charts, maximizing at No. 55 during June 1971 ( # 41 in Canada ) `` Shake Off the Demon '' scored 3 weeks on the charts, maximizing at No. 98 during February 1972 In popular culture In the first chapter of Hunter S. Thompson 's novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Raoul Duke 's attorney, Dr. Gonzo, sings the line `` One toke over the line, sweet Jesus, one toke over the line '' while the two of them drive from Barstow to Las Vegas. One Toke Over the Line is an addiction status in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV. Shipley, a cat featured in Tom Cox 's `` Under the Paw, Confessions of a Cat Man '' is named after Tom Shipley. See also Nixon 's Enemies List References Jump up ^ `` Quotes - One Toke Over The Line ''. Brewerandshipley.com. 2009 - 04 - 18. Archived from the original on 2010 - 01 - 22. Retrieved 2009 - 10 - 23. Jump up ^ `` One Toke Over the Line, Brewer & Shipley Live ''. YouTube. 2007 - 04 - 11. Retrieved 2009 - 10 - 23. Cox, Tom ( 2008 ), Under The Paw, Confessions of a Cat Man, Simon & Schuster Further reading Granda, Michael Supe ( 2008 ). It Shined : The Saga of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils. AuthorHouse. ISBN 1 - 4343 - 9166 - 3. External links Official website YouTube posting of Lawrence Welk version, 1971 Brewer & Shipley Mike Brewer Tom Shipley Studio albums Down in L.A. ( 1968 ) Weeds ( 1969 ) Tarkio ( 1970 ) Shake Off the Demon ( 1971 ) Rural Space ( 1972 ) ST11261 ( 1974 ) MusicBrainz : a6fc09b9 - 74b7 - 48c1 - 9cc6 - 7889ec902abc Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brewer_%26_Shipley&oldid=864708349 '' Categories : Musical groups from Missouri American male singers American folk rock groups American musical duos Singers from Missouri A&M Records artists Capitol Records artists Kama Sutra Records artists Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from December 2010 All articles needing additional references Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia فارسی Français Italiano Polski Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 18 October 2018, at 22 : 59 ( UTC ). 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Question: who sang the song one toke over the line sweet jesus
Answer: Brewer & Shipley