MICHAEL
BREWER & TOM SHIPLEY are truly two who work as one.
Still as passionate and committed as ever, they continue to blend
guitars and voices and perform for audiences 40 years after their
trademark vocal harmonies and intertwined acoustic guitars carved a
unique niche in America's soundboard. Their melodic music
with their thoughtful and socially conscious lyrics still resonate with
long time fans and have attracted a younger generation of fans that have
discovered Brewer & Shipley's treasure trove of music.
Brewer &
Shipley's Top 10 hit "One
Toke Over The Line"
was largely responsible for introducing them to the masses, yet their
music careers neither began nor ended with this one song.
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info) Said
Michael Brewer, "We were never about singles. Every song on our albums
was just as important as the next one. All of our albums, we meant
to be whole packages."
Brewer & Shipley have recorded
albums of original material for four different labels, A&M Records,
Buddah/Kama Sutra Records, Capitol Records, & their own One Toke Productions.
Former member of The Dillards, Mitch Jayne observed, "Album buyers understood
that these men were designers, not pop music freaks, and as prolific as
they were, they didn't write songs to any formula. Each album,
from Down In L.A. to Heartland, was a
meticulously
woven tapestry of fabric they had invented one song at a time."
Michael
Brewer and Tom Shipley have created timeless music that has spanned 40
years, 50 states and many countries. Two guys, two guitars, two great
voices, Brewer & Shipley are truly a part of Americana.