Weeds was the second album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Brewer & Shipley

Brewer & Shipley

Brewer & Shipley were an American folk rock music duo of the late 1960s through 1970s, consisting of singer-songwriters Mike Brewer and Tom Shipley. They were known for their intricate guitar work, vocal harmonies and socially conscious lyrics. Their greatest success was the song "One Toke Over the...

 and was released in 1969. The album was recorded at Golden State Recorders in San Francisco and produced by Nick Gravenites

Nick Gravenites

Nicholas George Gravenites , with stage names like Nick "The Greek" Gravenites and Gravy, is a blues, rock and folk singer–songwriter, and is best known for his work with Janis Joplin, Mike Bloomfield and several influential bands and names of the generation springing from the 1960s and 1970s...

 using the pseudonym "Nicky Gravy". Gravenites assembled a group of highly respected musicians for the album recording sessions, including guitarist Mike Bloomfield

Mike Bloomfield

Michael Bernard "Mike" Bloomfield was an American musician, guitarist, and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois, who became one of the first popular music superstars of the 1960s to earn his reputation almost entirely on his instrumental prowess, since he rarely sang before 1969–70...

, bassist John Kahn

John Kahn

John Kahn was an American rock bass player. For a period of about twenty five years Kahn was Jerry Garcia's principal collaborator outside of the Grateful Dead.-Biography:...

, pedal steel guitarist Red Rhodes

Red Rhodes

Rhodes played pedal steel on many country rock, pop and rock albums with The Monkees, James Taylor, Seals and Crofts, The Byrds, The Carpenters and many other groups. He is most often remembered for his work with former Monkee Michael Nesmith on Nesmith's first solo albums in the early 1970s...

, violinist Richard Greene

Richard Greene (fiddle player)

Richard Greene is a violinist and "one of the most innovative and influential fiddle players of all time".-Biography:...

 and keyboardists Mark Naftalin

Mark Naftalin

Mark Naftalin is an American blues keyboardist, composer, and record producer.-Life:Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, Naftalin is the son of former Minneapolis mayor Arthur Naftalin; he is married to third wife Ellen Naftalin...

 and Nicky Hopkins

Nicky Hopkins

Nicholas Christian "Nicky" Hopkins was an English pianist and organist.He recorded and performed on noted British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s as a session musician....

.

The album was a moderate success, with the final track, "Witchi-Tai-To", in particular receiving a lot of FM radio play. This exposure created a loyal underground following for the duo and set the stage for the commercial breakthrough they would enjoy with their next album release.

Weeds has been reissued on CD twice, both times coupled with Brewer & Shipley's third album Tarkio

Tarkio (album)

Tarkio is the third album by Brewer & Shipley. Released in 1970, the album yielded the hit singles "One Toke Over the Line" and "Tarkio Road".The title came about when they left California in 1969 returning to the Midwest, this time to Kansas City, Missouri,...

, firstly by Collector's Choice records in 2004 and then by Acadia Records in 2008.

Track listing

All songs by Brewer & Shipley unless marked

Side A

1. "Lady Like You" – 2:12
2. "Rise Up (Easy Rider)" – 3:15
3. "Boomerang" – 2:18
4. "Indian Summer" – 2:59
5. "All Along the Watchtower
   All Along the Watchtower
   "All Along the Watchtower" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. The song, which has been included on most of Dylan's greatest hits compilations, initially appeared on his 1967 album John Wesley Harding. Over the past 35 years, he has performed it in concert more...
   
   " (Bob Dylan
   Bob Dylan
   Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
   
   ) – 3:18

Side B

1. "People Love Each Other" – 2:55
2. "Pig's Head" – 2:10
3. "Oh, Sweet Lady" – 2:00
4. "Too Soon Tomorrow" – 2:52
5. "Witchi-Tai-To" (Jim Pepper
   Jim Pepper
   Jim Pepper was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and singer of Native American ancestry.-Biography:...
   
   ) – 6:57

Personnel

• Mike Brewer - Vocals, Guitars, Shakers & Vibra-slap
  Vibraslap
  A vibraslap is a percussion instrument consisting of a piece of stiff wire connecting a wood ball to a hollow box of wood with metal “teeth” inside. The percussionist holds the metal wire in one hand and strikes the ball...
  
  
• Tom Shipley - Vocals, Guitars
• Mike Bloomfield
  Mike Bloomfield
  Michael Bernard "Mike" Bloomfield was an American musician, guitarist, and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois, who became one of the first popular music superstars of the 1960s to earn his reputation almost entirely on his instrumental prowess, since he rarely sang before 1969–70...
  
   & Fred Olson - Electric Guitar
• Mark Naftalin
  Mark Naftalin
  Mark Naftalin is an American blues keyboardist, composer, and record producer.-Life:Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, Naftalin is the son of former Minneapolis mayor Arthur Naftalin; he is married to third wife Ellen Naftalin...
  
   & Ira Kamin - Piano & Organ
• John Kahn
  John Kahn
  John Kahn was an American rock bass player. For a period of about twenty five years Kahn was Jerry Garcia's principal collaborator outside of the Grateful Dead.-Biography:...
  
   & Robert Huberman - Bass
• Bob Jones - Drums
• Orville 'Red' Rhodes
  Red Rhodes
  Rhodes played pedal steel on many country rock, pop and rock albums with The Monkees, James Taylor, Seals and Crofts, The Byrds, The Carpenters and many other groups. He is most often remembered for his work with former Monkee Michael Nesmith on Nesmith's first solo albums in the early 1970s...
  
   - Pedal Steel Guitar
• Richard Greene - Fiddle
• AppleJack - Harmonica
• Rienol Andino - Congas
• Nicky Hopkins
  Nicky Hopkins
  Nicholas Christian "Nicky" Hopkins was an English pianist and organist.He recorded and performed on noted British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s as a session musician....
  
  - Piano