St. Louisan Kathy Corley’s new documentary film “One Toke Over the Line … and Still Smokin’ " gives folk-rock pioneers Brewer and Shipley their due, highlighting the creative peak they hit while living and working in the Kansas City area during the late 1960s and early ’70s. Corley wisely truncates the infamous clip of Lawrence Welk covering the title song (“a modern spiritual by Gail and Dale”) and gives extended focus to what came before and after. Brewer, from Oklahoma, and Shipley, from … [Read more...] about Brewer & Shipley doc features lots of Good Karma
1960s
The Fabulous Flippers
The Fabulous Flippers, led by amazing white soul singer Danny Hein, were one of the bands that orbited around the Red Dog Inn in Lawrence, Kan., in the mid-1960s. They were managed by John Brown, who owned the club, and promoted heavily on KOMA-AM out of Oklahoma City. They tore up dance halls up and down the center of the country. Their recording of "Harlem Shuffle" was released on Cameo Records C-439 in September 1966. Flip side was "I Don't Want to Cry." Note to fans of the Lawrence-based … [Read more...] about The Fabulous Flippers