Happy Friday, Stashers! I was so proud to be standing next to some of my fellow cannabis warriors in the Global Marijuana March last weekend. In the beautiful city of Portland, Oregon, we got to enjoy music from today’s artist, CHIEF GREENBUD. He entertained the crowd with his music and personality. A talented country and folk artist, he is the whole package, a one man guitar band with a message and a mission.  Today’s track, “The Legalization Song” is a poignant anthem with a simple question, “What do we do about legalization?” A comedian at heart, Chief Greenbud calls Nashville, Tennessee home but travels freely between festivals, events, biker rallies and fairs leaving behind smiles and friends. We owe a lot to the comedians who push acceptance of cannabis culture into mainstream society using laughter as their weapon of choice. Hail to the Chief! You can visit Chief Greenbud’s myspace page to hear more of his music and buy his CD (it’s sooo good). Add the Chief as a friend, he is a friendly guy and he LOVES to have new friends.

Welcome to Thursday, Stashers! Today on the Stash your delicious afternoon snack comes from RANDOM ORBITS, a jam band from Ellensburg, Washington. Not your crazy uncle’s jam band, these guys thrash like punkers, play smooth grooves like jazzmeisters and lay down vocals like rock and roll superstars. With Steven Cole on guitar, Ryab Daley on bass and Blake West on drums this lean trio relies on talent to fill out thier sound. Today’s hit, “Blow Back” has all the highs and lows of a junior high school goth girl. Dubbed “Punk Floyd” by RO’s loyal fans, these young lads are breaking out with the emerging sound of a post-Phish jam band universe. If you happen to be in Seattle this weekend, Random Orbits is playing an all-ages show on the 11th at Studio Seven. Let them know you heard them on the stash! You can visit their myspace page for more details.

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If you love Joni Mitchell or Tori Amos, you will love today’s musical hit from “MUDVILLE”. The track “Stoned” is a beautiful, haunting song with a dream-like quality that will soothe you through the middle of the week. Vocalist and songwriter Marilyn Carino and producer and bassist Benny Cha Cha from New York, have been creating music for the past 12 years. This song grooves me to my soul! You will enjoy “Stoned” like only a cannabis community member can. Learn more about Marilyn and Benny and hear more of their amazing music at their website, mudvillemusic.com or visit our friends at http://music.podshow.com.

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[Russ here:  This happens to be the 420th post on the Daily Audio Stash.  There should be a prize or something.]

Welcome stashers! THE UNDERCOVER HIPPY brings us a danky hit with his song, “Too Stoned”. Starting out as a DJ at 16, this UK artist spent years as the MC for the “Guerrilla Collective”, a drum and bass collective based in Singapore. In 2002 he sold his turntables and bought a guitar. It seems to have been a great career move as he now plays music all over the world. This great toker tune comes from his first album, “They feed on Greed” and it is an instant cannabis classic. You can visit his website, undercoverhippy.com to learn more about this wonderful and quirky artist, hear more of his music and purchase his album.

For more information on this artist see http://music.podshow.com.

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Welcome to the Blue Monday music stash! A real blues man, MARK LEMHOUSE sings the blues on, “You Can’t Get that Stuff No More”. In our black/grey market of cannabis, this is a familiar song to many. I have sang the lament many times over the years. Lemhouse, an American Roots and Folk Blues artist has received national recognition as both an outstanding songwriter and performer. His songwriting style is showcased in the impressive guitar work and easy-going lyrical quality. Mark calls Salem, Oregon home. We can hope for a brighter tomorrow, post-prohibition world where you can get that stuff some more! Visit Mark’s website, he is very funny and you can hear more of his music.

Mark Lemhouse
“You Can’t Get that Stuff No More” (mp3)
from “Big Lonesome Radio”
(Yellow Dog Records)

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It is a very special Friday stash today. This weekend you get the chance to stand up and be counted. The cannabis community parties and celebrates on 420, but the first weekend of May is always reserved for some peaceful protest. Please join your cannabis community in our Global Million Marijuana March as thousands of us will get together across the globe. I couldn’t think of a better song than “New Revolution” from the FREEDOM PEOPLE to put you in the right frame of mind. The musical duo of Brad Stanfield & Periel Marr are equal parts hippie and Rock and Roll. Today’s track speaks to the great truth that freedom isn’t free. It takes you and me and our whole cannabis community standing together to uphold our rights. This is the most important thing that you can do to help us legalize recreational cannabis, provide medicine to those that are sick and help our planet by utilizing the amazing power of hemp. Visit the Freedom People’s website to learn more about the Brad and Periel, and I’ll see you at the march.

Thanks to our friend at http://music.podshow.com where you can learn more about this artist.

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Welcome to Thursday, stashers! We have a classic reggae tune from a legendary Jamaican rasta man, CARLTON LIVINGSTON. Attending school in Trenchtown, Jamacia in the sixties, Carlton honed his chops with none other than the great Bob Marley, the godfather of ganja reggae. Carlton and a schoolmate would sneak away from school to listen and sing with a yet to be discovered Bob Marley and the Wailers. Recording music throughout the 70’s and 80’s Carlton gained a faithful following of reggae fans. His longevity in the business has finally landed Carlton the title of one of the top songwriters of Jamaica. Today’s track, “100lb Collie Weed” came from a 1992 recording session on Long Island, NY after he had moved to the US.

Carlton Livingston
“100 Lb. Collie Weed” (mp3)
from “Retrospect”
(Azra Music Publishing)

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Sly Joe is back with a terrific song to take us over hump day, a cover of the classic Bob Marley tune, “Mellow Mood”. Along with his band, SLY JOE AND THE SMOOTH OPERATORS, he puts a decidedly fresh and contemporary spin on this reggae love song. Born and raised in Wisconsin, Joe was a gifted musician from an early age performing classical piano at 11 years old, and playing guitar in Wisconsin’s Honors Jazz Ensemble at 17. His playing is always fresh and imaginative with influences like the Beatles, Zepplin and Jack Johnson. If you are in or near Wisconsin, you can visit Sly Joe’s myspace page for up-coming show dates. He has even played at Lambeau field. (Stash Host, Radical Russ’ spiritual mecca!) Get in a Mellow Mood and enjoy today’s musical hit.

Thanks to our friends at http://music.podshow.com.

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I am bringing you a little Sunshine today, and I mean the SUNSHINE VARIETY CLUB variety. Today’s song “Green-Bong Mix” is a trippy little morsel, bursting with complex flavors and sprinkled with a little emo. This UK based band is fronted by lead singer Neil Fowler who sounds a bit like Morrissey or even Michael Stipe. Rob Jenkins plays a nice melodic guitar line, Lynton Bloomfield fills in chunky bass lines and Neil Anderson plays drums on this song. I’m not sure who is playing the bong in this song, but they do a pretty good job too. You can visit their myspace page for more information and downloads of their music.

Thanks to our friends at http://music.podshow.com.

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Friday on the stash and it’s time for some rock! Today we get just that with SUPERSUCKERS and their song, “Can Pipe”. If you’re gonna rock, then rock ferociously! Growing up in Tuscon, Arizona the Supersucker boys went to grade school together and graduated from the same high school. They formed the band in 1988 and after firmly proving themselves to be the best band in town, they decided it was time to get out of Tucson. They tossed a coin with heads being New Orleans and tails being Seattle. Tails it was, so now they “rock on” with the Northwest as their base camp and the world as their playground! Supersucker is made up of frontman and bass player Eddie Spaghetti, Dan “Thunder” Bolton and Rontrose Heathman on guitars, and their most recent addition, Scott Churilla on Drums. (You may know Scott as the drummer for Reverend Horton Heat for over a decade) This tune not only rocks like a thunder storm, it makes me nostalgic about the days before there were any head shops in my town. Fall in love with the Supersuckers on their website, supersuckers.com.

http://music.podshow.com.

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For those of you who like dancehall, today we have KID FAREIGNA with his cannabis-culture musical hit, “Light Up”. Dancehall music was born in the 1970’s as the “other” Jamaican popular music and many consider it the roots of hip-hop. It has evolved into deejay-driven electronica. This toker tune from the Canadian DJ, Kid, is a fun, rhythm-based hit that you will love if you are a fan of dancehall or new to the genre. This track can be found on a collection of great dancehall from the Orlando-based crew, Rakkas.

Kid Fareigna
“Light Up” (mp3)
from “Chinkuzi Riddim Riddin #2″
(South Rakkas Entertainment)

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Hello you beautiful stashers! Today I am sending you all a love note to tell you that you are “Stoned Beautiful” with todays musical hit from songwriter REED FOEHL. You might already know Reed as the lead singer of the Boulder CO based jam band, Acoustic Junction, which played many shows in the 1990s. Reed has always been a songwriter and now that he has embraced his solo career we get to enjoy his best work with truthful lyrics, intricate guitar work and songs that speak to the poet in all of us. Reed has opened for a number of well known artists including Taj Mahal, Patty Griffin, Dave Matthews and most recently on several shows with Ray LaMontagne. We haven’t heard the last from this amazing songwriter! This is the title track of his latest album.

Reed Foehl
“Stoned Beautiful” (mp3)
from “Stoned Beautiful”
(Red Parlor Entertainment Group)

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Welcome to the Tuesday stash! Today we take a trippy stroll through some instrumental jazz with SCOTT NEUMANN AND OSAGE COUNTY and their hit, “Mayor of Smoke”. Scott Neumann is an Oklahoma native who spends his time burning up the New York jazz scene with his mad drums. He also teaches percussion and jazz ensembles at The Berkeley Carroll School in Brooklyn. Scott’s band, Osage County, is rounded out by critically acclaimed members, David Berkman, Sam Newsome and Don Falzone. This is a jam band born from the fertile funk of smooth jazz. All hail to the Mayor!

Scott Neumann And Osage County
“The Mayor Of Smoke” (mp3)
from “Scott Neumann And Osage County”
(Chicken Coup)

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Welcome back from your own special holiday weekend, stashers! Can it still be a blues song if it has an upbeat message?  (Reminds me of the joke: I was supposed to go to a blues club tonight to hear live music, but they canceled the show…I guess the performer had a pretty good day!) Since I’m just not feeling all that blue after a fun filled 420 weekend, blue Monday’s song has a happy ending. JACQUES GRANT’s song, “Everything’s gonna be Alright”, delivers an undoubtedly boogie-blues style complete with a talking guitar, harmonica and a fiddle too! Born in France, Grant moved to the states when he was 12 years old. In the 70’s Grant hitch-hiked the country from Florida to Canada, Michigan to Colorado, and played music to survive. He moved to Austin, TX  in the late 70’s and continued to play music, finding inspiration in the famous blues clubs and often ending up at Antone’s to see Stevie at 3:00am. You can visit Jacques myspace page for more information about this blues man, or visit our friends at http://music.podshow.com.

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Happy 4/20!  I’m throwing all the rules out the window for this one - it’s a holiday, after all.  I’ve chosen my favorite songs from Cannabis Karri’s music vault plus a few extras from my own and given you a CD-length special Music Stash.  Enjoy!

1. “Time 2 Get High” by Los Marijuanos
2. “Like Smoke” by Aaron English
3. “Gone Git High” by Kottonmouth Kings
4. “The Ballad of Devil Weed” by The Sneakers
5. “Let’s Get High” by Disciples of Panic Earth
6. “Gimme da Weed” by Chronic Clan
7. “I’m Kinda High” by The Tallbrothers
8. “Grandma’s Gettin’ High” by Jon Nicholson
9. “Get Stoned Together” by Josh Belville*
10. “Political Activist” by Elemental Foundation
11. “Get High” by Potluck
12. “Winning the War on Drugs” by Asylum Street Spankers
13. “Jack Herer”** by The Dixon Chicks
14. “Light Dat Ting” by Highah Seekah
15. “Let Me Grow More Weed” by P.A.I.N.
16. “Ganja Computer” by The Tentacles
17. “Let it Burn” by Ivy league
18. “Amsterdam Blues” by Boo Boo Davis

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A very Happy 420 weekend to all you beautiful stashers! Today I bring to you the newest addition to the KOTTONMOUTH KINGS empire with a track from their new CD/DVD set, The Kottonmouth Xperience Vol. II: Kosmic Therapy, released earlier this week. The Kottonmouth Kings have always been the hip-hop darlings of the cannabis community, writing songs about cannabis culture. This is their 18th project in ten years (yet another punch-in-the-face to the non-motivational syndrome theory) and a whole new batch of KMK classics has been delivered. Not content to produce, perform and record their own brand of rapcore, the Kings have their own record label (suburban noize) and a clothing company. I hope that you have a good time this weekend. I know that the Kottonmouth Kings will be playing in Vegas on Saturday and Anaheim on Sunday and they will, no doubt, bring the house down. Maybe on Monday they can sleep in and get some well deserved rest! In the spirit of our own special holiday, love one another and take care of each other. Let your voice be heard and lets change our world!

Kottonmouth Kings
“Super Duper High” (mp3)
from “The Kottonmouth Experience Vol. II”
(Suburban Noize Records)

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Today on the stash we get some classic reggae for all you stashers that are reggae fans. BARRINGTON LEVY brings us his classic toker-friendly tune, “Collie Weed” for today’s musical puff. Born in Jamaica, Barrington has been recording reggae music since the 1970’s. At the tender age of 14, Barrington was a popular performer in the large Jamaican dance halls. Barrington recorded music with reggae heavyweights, Roots Radics and through the years he has shared the stage with every big name in reggae. In 1996, after the death of Sublime’s Bradley Nowell, the remaining members of the band recorded several songs with Barrington. Levy was only involved in a handful of shows, but his contribution to their 1999 release “Right Back”, under the new moniker Long Beach Dub All Stars was considered the best of the album.

Barrington Levy
“Collie Weed” (mp3)
from “Original Ragga Muffin Part One”
(Azra Music Publishing)

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We made it past tax day! Here is a little celebration ditty for getting through our yearly ordeal. KHMER KID brings us his infectious groove hit “Smoke Weed”.

The Khmer Kid is an Asian rapper from Los Angeles and his song will stick in your brain and have you groovin’ all day. This marijuana anthem is Khmer Kid’s best known tune, but he is currently working on new material and has a new video on the web. You can watch the video at www.aznraps.com, or search on YouTube. Right to the point, “Smoke Weed” is the perfect advice to celebrate tax day behind us and 420 before us.

Khmer Kid has a myspace page - Check it for some more songs and info.

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Welcome to tax day, stashers. I’m serving up some smooth jazz, rock and roll influenced by Latino grooves to ease your stress. LOS GALLOS is a Texas-based band with a sound like Stevie Ray Vaughn and Carlos Santana playing some smooth Steely Dan track. The upbeat lyrics of “Free the People” are a familiar mantra to the cannabis community. When you are paying your tax bill, lets remember that it IS our government. We are paying for it. Let your voice heard. You can learn more about these groovy Texans by visiting their website at www.losgallos.com. There is also information on this artist at http://music.podshow.com. mp3 download

Welcome to Blue Monday. Today on the Stash we get to enjoy some bluesy, folksy music from JAKE LEAR. The song today, “Trouble in My Mind, Trouble in My Soul” is a gut-wrenching real blues-style ballad. The disturbing effects of the failed drug war on our friends and neighbors certainly has left me with trouble in my mind. Jake Lear was born in Vermont and that region has tattooed his soul with the country sound of a young Bob Dylan. He is a master at the guitar, and this track feels like one of the classics that inspired it. You can learn more about this talented artist on his web site at jakelear.com.

For more information on this artist you can also visit http://music.podshow.com.

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