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The Pope Smokes Dope
''The Pope Smokes Dope'' is the third album by David Peel and the Lower East Side, released on April 17, 1972 through Apple Records. History Peel, along with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, performed Peel's "The Ballad of New York", on ''The David Frost Show'', with Lennon playing tea-chest bass. The trio, joined by The Lower East Side Band, played several songs by Lennon and Ono. This episode was recorded on December 16, 1971 and broadcast on January 13, 1972. The album was released on April 17, 1972. The CD was released in 2005 by Orange Records International. Track listing ;Bonus tracks on CD edition #"Amerika" (Edit) – 4:15 #*''with Yoko Ono'' #"How Did You Meet David Peel?" – 2:07 #*''interview with John Lennon'' #"Everybody's Smokin'" (Remix) – 7:41 Chart positions Personnel *Bagtwo (Jeffery Levy) – design, artwork *Roy Cicala – engineering * Jack Douglas – engineering *Bill Ferrara – photography *Robert L. Heimall – art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Peel (musician)
David Peel (born David Michael Rosario; August 3, 1942 – April 6, 2017) was a New York City–based musician who first recorded in the late 1960s with Harold Black, Billy Joe White, George Cori and Larry Adam performing as David Peel and The Lower East Side Band. His raw, acoustic "street rock" with lyrics about marijuana and "bad cops" appealed mostly to hippies and the disenfranchised. Biography Peel was born in Manhattan to Puerto Rican parents, Angel Perez, who worked in a restaurant, and Esther Rosario, a homemaker. He was raised in Brooklyn and served two years in the United States Army, and was stationed in Alaska. Peel took his stage name from a 1967 hoax that claimed that banana peels were psychoactive. In 1968, Peel was contracted by Elektra Records when he was first discovered and recorded two "envelope pushers" for the label. His album ''Have a Marijuana'' peaked at No. 186 on the ''Billboard'' chart. Peel was rediscovered by John Lennon in 1971 as the early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |