Whatever its nomenclature, entertainers have long enjoyed a 'special relationship' with cannabis/marijuana, particularly musicians and singers, who've long delighted in extolling the joys of recreational drugs.

This compilation deals with the leaf's early years, when it was generally referred to as 'Reefer' (somes, 'Gage', 'Pot', or 'Tea'), and was pretty much the exclusive domain of Jazz and Blues musicians.

The oldest sides featured herein are a couple of the earliest known druggies' anthems, 'Willie the Chimney Sweeper' (an homage to smoking opium, a practice then widely known as 'kicking the gong') and 'Dope Head Blues'.

Some major artistes feature on this set, notably Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Fats Waller, Champion Jack Dupree and The Ink Spots.

Mind you, many of the song titles are a dead giveaway: 'Reefer Man', 'Sweet Marijuana Brown', 'Reefer Head Woman', 'Who Put The Benzedrine In Mrs Murphy's Ovaltine', 'The Reefer Song (If You're A Viper)', etc.
Tracklist
1. Stuff Smith & His Onyx Club Boys – You'se A Viper (03:10)
2. Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra – Reefer Man (02:53)
3. The Harlem Hamfats – The Weed Smoker's Dream (03:20)
4. Lucille Bogan – Pot Hound Blues (feat Tampa Red/Cow Cow Davenport) (03:03)
5. Champion Jack Dupree – Junker's Blues (02:43)
6. Ella Fitzgerald – When I Get Low, I Get High (feat Chick Webb Orchestra) (02:26)
7. Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends – The Spinach Song (I Didn't Like It The First ) (02:56)
8. The Cats & The Fiddle – Killin' Jive (02:53)
9. Clarence Williams & His Washboard Band – Jerry The Junker (03:09)
10. Victoria Spivey – Dope Head Blues (feat Lonnie Johnson) (03:21)
11. Adrian Rollini & His Tap Room Gang – Got A Need For You (03:15)
12. Tampa Red & The Chicago Five – I'm Gonna Get High (03:06)
13. Jazz Gillum & His Jazz Boys – Reefer Head Woman (03:01)
14. J. Mayo Williams – The Ink Spots (02:56)
15. Cleo Brown – The Stuff Is Here And It's Mellow (02:45)
16. Cab Calloway & His Orchestra – The Man From Harlem (03:09)
17. Julia Lee – Lotus Blossom (Sweet Marijuana) (feat Tommy Douglas' Orchestra) (03:19)
18. The Barney Bigard Sextet – Sweet Marijuana Brown (02:58)
19. Harry 'The Hipster' Gibson – Who Put The Benzedrine In Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine (03:06)
20. Bessie Smith – Gimme A Pigfoot (Gimme A Reefer) (03:31)
21. Ernest Rodgers – Willie The Chimney Sweeper (02:54)
22. Lead Belly – Take A Whiff On Me (03:01)
23. Buck Washington – Save The Roach For Me (01:38)
24. Ella Fitzgerald – Wacky Dust (feat Chick Webb Orchestra - version X) (03:05)
25. Ella Fitzgerald – Think Twice (Version X) (02:34)
26. Fats Waller – The Reefer Song (If You're A Viper) (02:31)



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