Re:cheech and chong

1999-03-04 Thread lance davis
Recently I bought a copy of Los Cochinos by Cheech and Chong (the one with Basketball Jones). Because of this I went to the CC site on All-Music guide, and subsequently found out that the guys sing backup on Joni Michell's Court and Spark LP. What in God's name is the story behind this gig? Was

Re:cheech and chong

1999-03-04 Thread William T. Cocke
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999 08:49:17 -0600 lance davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Recently I bought a copy of Los Cochinos by Cheech and Chong (the one with Basketball Jones). God, and I thought I was the only one who'd bought this recently! I found a good vinyl copy, btw. Speaking of goofy novelty

Re:cheech and chong

1999-03-04 Thread Carl Abraham Zimring
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 4-Mar-99 Re:cheech and chong by "John Kinnamon"@one.net The song they appeared on was "Twisted", which was later covered by Bette Middler. I wouldn't call what they actually did singing, but they are there, sure enough... Exc

Re:cheech and chong

1999-03-04 Thread lance davis
PS -- Speaking of weird liner notes -- Los Cochinas lists Klaus Voormann and I believe, George Harrison, as musicians on the record. A stoner joke? True? William Cocke Yep, not only them, either. When I scraped the seeds away, I found out that Nicky Hopkins and Billy Preston also play on this

Re:cheech and chong (Basketball Jones)

1999-03-04 Thread lance davis
Oh yeah, Carole King also plays electric piano and Jim Keltner's on drums. What was this thing--an Acapulco Golden Smog? Lance . . .