# Bad week for 60s rock stars - Tom Shipley of Brewer and Shipley died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 7, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-week-for-60s-rock-stars-tom-shipley-of-brewer-and-shipley-died/1022805 "2025-09-07T01:06:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-week-for-60s-rock-stars-tom-shipley-of-brewer-and-shipley-died/1022805/1 "2025-09-07T01:06:24Z")
Tom Shipley died at 84. Brewer and Shipley were masters of down-home folk rock, midwestern style. Their originals were fine and their covers made the songs sound new. They’ll always be known for “One Toke Over the Line,” of course, but they were also one of the most overtly political bands of the 1960s, great singalone listening to any anti-Nixon tirade. Skip the first album, and start with _Weeds_ and _Tarkio Road_. [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/arts/music/tom-shipley-dead.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.kE8.ZnkA.Bx8TPaokMR1\_&smid=url-share](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/arts/music/tom-shipley-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kE8.ZnkA.Bx8TPaokMR1_&smid=url-share) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-week-for-60s-rock-stars-tom-shipley-of-brewer-and-shipley-died/1022805/2 "2025-09-07T01:27:47Z")
RIP, Tom. The unlikeliest cover of “One Toke” > **[One Toke Over The Line - Lawrence Welk - WTF! (1971)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8tdmaEhMHE%2F)** > > Did they realize what they were singing?! Gail Farrell and Dick Dale sing Brewer and Shipley's song "One Toke Over The Line," on The Lawrence Welk Show. La... ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-week-for-60s-rock-stars-tom-shipley-of-brewer-and-shipley-died/1022805/3 "2025-09-07T01:56:42Z")
Was that before or after Dick Dale released Misirlou? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-week-for-60s-rock-stars-tom-shipley-of-brewer-and-shipley-died/1022805/4 "2025-09-07T02:04:28Z")
No idea. That clip is all the Lawrence Welk I can stand. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-week-for-60s-rock-stars-tom-shipley-of-brewer-and-shipley-died/1022805/5 "2025-09-07T03:17:34Z")
It’s a joke. Two guys with the same stage name. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-week-for-60s-rock-stars-tom-shipley-of-brewer-and-shipley-died/1022805/6 "2025-09-07T14:10:03Z")
I was just going to post that. I knew it wouldn’t take long for it to appear on the thread.