Ep320: The Hits of Tommy Chong

As part of the comedy duo "Cheech & Chong", Tommy Chong is a household name, however before comedy Tommy led the life of a gigging musician, even cutting a few early records. Tommy shares the stories of those records & tells many interesting tales of a life around musicians, movie stars & artists.

Topics include:

• Tommy hocking his old record player
• His favourite records in the early days
• The first record he appeared on ("Junior’s Jerk" by Little Daddie & The Bachelors)
• Forming Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers
• How blues & R&B music got into Canada
• Writing the song “Does Your Mama Know About Me” on Motown
• Growing up a minority in Canada
• Playing with Jimi Hendrix
• Starting to record Cheech & Chong comedy records
• The Concept & Design of Big Bambu
• George Harrison playing on “Basketball Jones”
• How many Beatles has Tommy gotten high with?
• Tommy’s list of celebrity smoke sessions
• A private show from Wes Montgomery
• Tommy’s Rolling Stones story
• Tommy’s Bob Marley story
• Cheech and Chong & narcotics officers
• Tommy’s recollections of John Belushi
• Ever get high with any politicians?
• Who’s got the greatest tolerance levels?
• Who’s the funnest person you’ve gotten high with?
• The collectability of Chong Bongs
• The legalization of pot
• The future of Tommy’s business & becoming the richest man in the world

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