Myths & Misinformation

 

Myths & Misinformation

Myth #10


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Jerry Garcia played on "One Toke Over The Line" - Not!

 
  Several websites state that Jerry Garcia played pedal steel guitar on Brewer & Shipley's biggest hit "One Toke Over The Line", which is not accurate. 

Jerry Garcia actually played pedal steel on "Oh Mommy" during the recording of the Tarkio album.  The LP listed the guest musicians, but did not specify on which tracks any of them appeared. This led to a widespread erroneous assumption that Garcia played on the Billboard #10 hit song "One Toke Over The Line." 

"Oh Mommy", which Jerry did play on, was the B-side for the "One Toke Over The Line" single.  So this myth isn't very far off the mark.

 

 

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