Nows and Forevers

Michael Brewer — half of the duo Brewer & Shipley — died Tuesday at age 80. Maybe you don’t know Brewer & Shipley by name but you probably know their most famous song, “One Toke Over the Line,” which I can’t believe was actually a hit.

Not only that, but it was also performed in 1971 on the “Lawrence Welk Show” in a really earnest way because apparently Welk thought it was a “modern day spiritual.”

Ah, the ’70s. where a song about marijuana, the Starland Vocal Band’s “Afternoon Delight” and Rick Dees’ “Disco Duck” could all be super hits.