Nick Gravenites, 85, blues, rock and folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist

[Mig.Rhodes]

Nick Gravenites, who died September 18, 2024, aged 85, was an American
blues, rock and folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for
his work with Electric Flag (as their lead singer), Janis Joplin, Mike
Bloomfield, and several influential bands and individuals of the
generation springing from the 1960s and 1970s. He sometimes performed
under the stage names Nick "The Greek" Gravenites and Gravy.

https://deadline.com/2024/09/nick-gravenites-dead-1236094487/

[Turd Ferguson]

Post by Mig.Rhodes
Nick Gravenites, who died September 18, 2024, aged 85, was an American
blues, rock and folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for
his work with Electric Flag (as their lead singer), Janis Joplin, Mike
Bloomfield, and several influential bands and individuals of the
generation springing from the 1960s and 1970s. He sometimes performed
under the stage names Nick "The Greek" Gravenites and Gravy.
https://deadline.com/2024/09/nick-gravenites-dead-1236094487/

He's back jamming with John Cipollina again

[bryan_styble]

This is the guy who produced one of history few drug/gospel tunes EVER,
and for my money the greatest: "One Toke Over the Line", climbed
smokin' into hit parade on every glorious AM powerhouse in 1971, the Top
40 song introduced and/or outroed by--among hundreds of other AM boss-DJ
voices--the likes of bombastic jocks like Cousin Brucie [WABC/New York
City] and The Real Don Steele [KHJ/Los Angeles] and William A. Hopkins
[KXOK/St. Louis].

As pretty much everyone "of a certain age" recalls, one-hit-wonder duo
Brewer & Shipley rendered the tune melodically, harmonically and
memorably...but linked below is arguably the DEFINITIVE version and
INarguably the most improbable rendition ever, with an introduction by
an accordionist with a cough, in the service of certain much-lampooned
bandleader from North Dakota.

BRYAN STYBLE/Florida
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[bryan_styble]

Additional copious data on the history of "One Toke Over the Line",
including reference to that suicidal quasi-journalist Hunter Thompson.

BRYAN STYBLE/Florida
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Toke_Over_the_Line

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I'd rather read a thousand pages written by Hunter Thompson than 3 lines
of your self-indulgent desperate cries for attention. No friends?