Cab Calloway-"Smoking Reefers" unreleased (banned) ?

Date unknown. If you have any information about this recording, please share in the comments section. Enjoy!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• reefer
• man
• cab
• calloway
• cotton
• club
• marijuana
• weed
• pot
• 1930s
• prohibition
• '30s
• big
• band
• lost
• recordings
• forbidden

[blizno]

@rolo3040

Weed kills? Weed has never killed anybody. The insane "war" against weed has killed thousands.

The prohibition against weed, which is far healthier to use than tobacco or alcohol, has done terrible damage to USA, Mexico and generations of people.

End the madness. Make weed legal now. Do it now.

Also make hemp legal to use as an industrial fiber, as it was before the paranoia infected USA.

Pot smokers are gentle and relaxed. They do not commit crimes (other than smoking pot).

[adamxy3]

@blizno "pot smokers are gentle and relaxed. They do not commit crimes."

That is soooo true, when you smoke pot you still at home and mellow out.

When your out drinking people get loud, angry, rude and have more chance of getting into a fight and vomitting everywhere than weedheads.

Legalise the Reefer!

[TheCherrybuster]

 Indica song, definitely)))

[TryYellowSnowCone]

Lol. All those guys smoked reefer. They are not played at black tie events, but they were all reeferheads, or even more at the time. Any modern jazz enthusiasts heard of speakeasies? ;)

[MegaHaxter]

this is the most relaxing song....ever!!!

[calamityjane131]

i have a limited edition #135 of 500 autographed lithgraph of cab for sale on craigslist. i'm thinking of keeping it now. i love his music.

[Mcbluntyful]

Infact, that raises another point- newcomers are cool. This is for those who have been burning blunts before most of you were born. But the last image you want to send is a lack of coherence or straight thouht. 1) ellecting a president solely because he'll address the legalization issue is bold. There is no promise of it, and it potentially sacrafices other duties an official liek that might have. I smoke, but i know what the fuck im talkin bout. Up if you with me.

[Mcbluntyful]

It is clear i am an avid smoker in support of the legal movement. However, it is just as foolish to say that all pot smokers are kind, as saying that legalizing would be a downfall. Regardless of the cause, you have to be honest- cause in all honesty, regardless where yall at, i know multiple people that would murder for a half or less. Atleast an eigth. Anyways, It has more than enough POTENTIAL to be used peacefully universally. Making reefer clouds are cool- just dont get blinded by them...!

[Friendoffreedom]

@adamxy3

Ending the insanity of the "war on drugs" would improve the nation beyond belief.  For that and other great reasons, we must elect the only President who will actually address legalization-Dr. Ron Paul.

[Friendoffreedom]

@azzummm

Several reasons it became illegal: a) when prohibition ended, the distillers didn't want competition from a cheap, legal intoxicant. b)it was the drug of choice of the black intelligensia of the time; poets, writers, musicians, etc. Laws against heroin, etc. were less rigidly enforced as such drugs kept them down, unlike reefer. c) the Treasury agents who enforced Prohibition needed something new to do; enforce drug laws and enforce the National Firearms Act.

[Friendoffreedom]

First time I've heard this. From the sound of his voice and the style of orchestration, this was recorded quite late in his career. Bass trombones didn't make their appearance in big-band trombone sections untill the late 40's/early 50's, and didn't really catch on until well into the 60's; there's one in this lineup. His voice sounds well aged, as well. While I agree with the sentiments, it's not one of his better efforts, in my view.

[kreativekoils613]

the two thumbs down were from above the influence boobs