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Encyclopedia > Tarkio (album)

Tarkio (1970), the third album released by Brewer & Shipley, was their most popular recording yielding two hit songs: "One Toke Over the Line" and "Tarkio Road". 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Brewer & Shipley were a popular music duo comprised of Mike Brewer and Tom Shipley. ...


The title came about when they left California in 1969 returning to the Midwest, this time to Kansas City, MO, where they played college towns in Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas. One regular gig was Tarkio College, Missouri in the small town of Tarkio, MO and being long-hairs at that time in that place it was essential not to stop in the small towns on the way back home. They found they could just make it from Tarkio to St. Joseph, Missouri on a single tank of gas and took to calling the route "Tarkio Road". Kansas City is a city in Clay, Cass, Jackson, and Platte counties in Missouri. ... Official language(s) English Capital Des Moines Largest city Des Moines Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 26th 145,743 km² 320 km 500 km 0. ... Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Lincoln Omaha Area  Ranked 16th  - Total 77,421 sq mi  (200,520 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 430 miles (690 km)  - % water 0. ... Official language(s) none, English most common Capital Largest city Jefferson City Kansas City Area  - Total   - Width   - Length    - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 21st 69,709 sq mi  180,693 km² 240 miles  385 km 300 miles  480 km 1. ... Official language(s) None Capital Topeka Largest city Wichita Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 15th 82,277 mi²; 213,096 km² 211 mi; 340 km 400 mi; 645 km 0. ... Tarkio College was founded in 1883 at Tarkio, Missouri. ... Tarkio is a city located in Atchison County, Missouri. ... Saint Joseph (also known as St. ...


The catchy single, "One Toke Over the Line", peaked at #10 garnering notice from Spiro Agnew for what he saw as its subversiveness. Ironically, Lawrence Welk performed the song on his show calling it a gospel song. Spiro Theodore Agnew (November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996), born Spiros Anagnostopoulos in Towson, Maryland, was the thirty-ninth Vice President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1973 under President Richard M. Nixon. ... Lawrence Welk during a taping of The Lawrence Welk Show Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was a musician, accordion player, bandleader, and television impressario. ...


The band backing Brewer & Shipley was essentially the Butterfield Blues Band. Jerry Garcia contributed a distinctive steel guitar intro to the track "Oh Mommy" which was a plea to throw Richard Nixon out of office. "Song from Platte River" laments a perceived loss of freedom suggesting that like a large river, it may be "wide and wicked", it is still the only chance for true peace. Many of their songs echo this feeling of coming oppression and desire for pastoral quiet. Jerome John Jerry Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was famous as the lead guitarist and vocalist of the psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead, though his extensive career involved many other projects. ... A Dobro style resonator guitar Steel guitar, strictly speaking, refers to a method of playing using a metal slide (or steel) on a guitar played horizontally, with the strings uppermost. ... In music, the introduction is a passage or section which opens a movement or a separate piece. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ...

Tarkio
Tarkio cover
LP by Brewer & Shipley
Released 1970
Recorded Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco
Genre Folk rock
Length 36:43
Label Kama Sutra Records
Producer(s) Nick Gravenites
Professional reviews
  • AMG (4/5) [1]
Brewer & Shipley chronology
Weeds
(1969)		 Tarkio
(1970)		 Shake Off The Demon
(1971)

A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... Brewer & Shipley were a popular music duo comprised of Mike Brewer and Tom Shipley. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Wally Heiders Studio was located at 245 Hyde Street, San Francisco, between Turk and Eddy Streets, with the Blackhawk Jazz Club across the street. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Bob Dylans folk-rock album, Blonde On Blonde Folk-rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Kama Sutra Records was started in 1964 as Kama Sutra Productions, a production house. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Brewer & Shipley were a popular music duo comprised of Mike Brewer and Tom Shipley. ... Weeds (1969) was the second album released by Brewer & Shipley. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...

Track listing

all songs Brewer & Shipley except where marked


Side A

  1. "One Toke Over The Line" 3:16
  2. "Song from Platte River" 3:15
  3. "The Light" 3:09
  4. "Ruby In the Morning" 2:15
  5. "Oh Mommy" 3:03

Side B

  1. "Don't Want to Die in Georgia" 3:45
  2. "Can't Go Home" 2:29
  3. "Tarkio Road" 4:30
  4. "Seems Like a Long Time" (Ted Anderson) 4:12
  5. "Fifty States of Freedom" 6:49

A CD reissue in 1996 added the following tracks

Brewer & Shipley were a popular music duo comprised of Mike Brewer and Tom Shipley. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and poet whose enduring contributions to American song are often compared, in fame and influence, to those of Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin, Woody Guthrie, and Hank Williams. ...

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