Ep320: The Hits of Tommy Chong
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2021
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
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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| 0:40.2 | sponsors. And with that, on with the show. Well, hey, everyone, welcome to the final episode of the |
| 0:48.3 | year 2021, episode 320 of the vinyl guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds. |
| 0:56.1 | My name is Nate. I'm doing this show from my vinyl vault in Sydney, Australia. |
| 1:01.0 | I've spent many of my years chasing rare and collectible records, as well as the stories behind them. |
| 1:07.4 | And we've done well over 300 episodes of the vinyl guide, interviewing my heroes, |
| 1:13.0 | and learning the truth behind the records that we chase. And today, the word hero, is an absolute |
| 1:18.4 | understatement. I've got one of my greatest lifelong influences on the show, Mr. Tommy Chong. |
| 1:24.5 | Now, you likely all know Tommy Chong from the comedy albums and movies of Cheech and Chong. |
| 1:30.2 | They sold millions of records and movie tickets and influenced an entire generation of fans and |
| 1:35.7 | artists with their counterculture comedy. But did you know that before becoming one of the most |
| 1:41.5 | globally known comedians, Tommy started out as a musician, |
| 1:45.8 | playing in bars and clubs up in Canada, even putting out a few records that are exceedingly |
| 1:50.7 | rare these days, and even writing a very famous song for Motown. |
| 1:55.4 | Tommy has a huge musical history, which he shares about today. |
| 1:59.1 | Plus, we discuss his many adventures of getting high with famous musicians, actors, actresses, and even politicians. Find out today exactly how many Beatles Tommy got high with and much, much more. Oh, and hey, there's an extended version of my conversation with Tommy up at patreon.com slash |
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