[Dixielandjazz] One Toke Over The Line

[Stephen G Barbone]

Dear Bill:

That's cause you either inhabit OZ, or are a square like Lawrence  
Welk. <grin>

"Toke" is the same as "Hit" concerning a joint.

It is slang for taking a deep drag and slowly inhaling.

Musician Usage a la Louis Armstrong: "Have a toke of this, gates."

Heck, isn't most music about sex and/or mind altering substances,  
thinly described as "Love" and "Feeling Groovy"?

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband



On Oct 17, 2008, at 11:31 PM, Bill Haesler wrote:

> Stephen G Barbone wrote:
>> No wonder folks get confused over the message in music. Here's a  
>> Lawrence Welk You Tube of "One Toke Over The Line", a song about  
>> smoking a joint. He introduced it as a modern spiritual written by  
>> some young writers.
>
> Wow Steve,
> I must have led a sheltered jazz life.
> Up until today, I had never hear the phrase "One Toke Over The Line".
> Or even the word "toke".
> Nor the original Michael Brewer and Tom Shipley record, which is  
> also on YouTube.
> True.
> Kind regards,
> Bill.