Today I have a very special toker tune! Legal Medicine Blues was written in honor of the namesake of the Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act, It was composed by Rick Harris back in 2001 and it quickly became the anthem for WI MMJ supporters. Today I have a very special guest to help me introduce the song, who better to tell you everything about this great tune than the songwriter himself, I give you Mr. Rick Harris!
Quote from IMMLY.org website:
In his own words: Rick writes how he came to write “Legal Medicine Blues”:
“A while back a mutual old friend of Mark Shanahan and myself asked us to play a benefit gig for a friend of his. She, “Jacki” was a fellow member of a local group trying to promote the legalization of marijuana for medical use. Now I have to admit that this really wasn’t MY issue, but we gladly said yes to the gig. Before we started I was introduced to Jacki and she was then seated directly in front of me. While we were playing I would make eye contact with her and she seemed to really be enjoying the music. All through the night I watched her. I suspected she was having a tough time physically, but she had such warmth and radiated a certain kind of strength. She really made a strong impression on me. A couple days later I was thinking about the benefit and about her and the whole legalization issue. I grabbed my guitar and wrote the lyrics in about one-half hour. I put it aside for a couple of days to get a little distance from it, then tightened up the lyrics and worked out a simple straight forward arrangement. My partner Mark Shanahan added some tasty guitar touches and we recorded it.”
You can find a free download of Legal Medicine Blues at: http://www.immly.org/legal_medicine_blues.htm Also coming soon to iTunes!
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