Folk Songs About Marijuana

Million Marijuana March, or Global Cannabis Liberation Day is the first Saturday in May. The date 4/20 or the time 4:20 is also associated with marijuana.

[played in recent years]
Arlo Guthrie\ Coming into Los Angeles\ Running Down the Road\ Warner Bros.
Bob Dylan\ Mr. Tambourine Man\ Essential\ Columbia

[also good]
Jef Jaisun\ Friendly Neighborhood Narco Agent\ Dr. Demento compilation
Laura Love\ Sativa\ Fourteen Days\ Zoe
Austin Lounge Lizards\ Bust the High School Students\ Lizard Vision\ Flying Fish
John Prine\ Illegal Smile\ John Prine\ Atlantic
Richard Shindell\ Willin' \ Courier (or other versions of this Lowell George song)
Dar Williams\ The Pointless, Yet Poignant, Crisis of a Co-Ed\ Mortal City\ Razor & Tie
Dar Williams / Hempilation II (VA)* / Play the Greed
(of course the whole CD is relevant, also Vol. I)
Peter, Paul and Mary - Puff the Magic Dragon
Peter Rowan: The Free Mexican Air force
John Hartford: Granny Won't You Smoke Some
Phil Ochs: Outside of a Small Circle of Friends
Ben Scales: Growing Marijuana in My Yard
Johnny Osborne: Marijuana Tree

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