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 most successful folk/rock music act Kansas City has ever produced, died Tuesday, Dec. 17. He was 80. Brewer and Tom Shipley formed Brewer & Shipley in the late 1960s when ...

'One Toke Over the Line' Singer and Writer Tom Shipley Dead at 84 The band's marijuana-focused 1971 Top 10 hit put them in the crosshairs of the government. Just in time for 4/20, Ultimate Classic ...

Sometimes a song can feel like a puzzle piece. The track, as soon as you hear it, seems to somehow fit into your psyche or your soul like it was meant to be there. That’s the magic of music, after all ...