Having made Nixon's enemy's list and special rebuke from Spiro T. Agnew, Michael Brewer and Tom Shipley perform their famous hit for a National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws party in Washington, DC 1998. Visit
http://www.brewer andshipley.com
Jack Herer, author of "Grass" & "Emperor Wears No Cloths", relates first experiences with Cannabis and his amazement at his hightened senses, from enjoying food to making love. Only a question remained - Why was it illegal?
Visit Jack at:
http://www.jackhe rer.com
Ben Masel hands out "Just Say No to Unreasonable Search and Seizure" t-shirts at the Albuquerque, NM Amtrak station. Amtrak provides DEA with info on passengers,who report unwarrented harrassment. Watch agents skulk and flee.
Chris Conrad and Vivian McPeak speak over scenes from 2001 Hempfest, as 150,000 happy souls gathered over two days to celebrate the Cannabis Hemp culture. Then Woody Harrelson, actor and activist, appears for 4:20. Woody attained HempsterHood in 1996 after being arrested for planting industrial hemp seeds in Kentucky. He was defended at trial by former KY Gov. Louie Nunn(R).
"Song from Platte River" & "Fifty States of Freedom" round out Michael Brewer and Tom Shipley's concert for National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
Visit http://www.brewerand shipley.com for these and many more great songs.
First Atlanta 1999, where Gatewood Gailbraith leads parade and wonders what John Wayne would say about drug-testing. Then in San Francisco 2001, the Toyes perform "Marijuana, I Like!", with parade footage.
U.S.invades sovereign Sioux Reservation to destroy industrial hemp field. Activist/Songwiter John Trudell comments on the potential of hemp to help the people of Pine Ridge.
Introduced by Fmr.Attor.Gen.of U.S. at NORML 98, Ska-ro-ra's song of the Sacred Pipe, with images from Journey for Justice and November Coalition, accompanies Medical Cannabis patients and other patriots fighting for the soul of this country.
Our good friend Steve Wishnia from New York City hooks up with us in North Carolina for a rightous version of John Holt's, "Police in Helicopter". Joining him are Mitch Mulkey on acoustic lead, Jenny Fry on rhythm guitar and Eddie Gordon (one of the original "Harmonica Rascals")on the chord harmonica.