[78-L] Lawrence Welk's son said...

[Harold Aherne]

I had once heard that "One Toke Over the Line" was performed on an early 70s
LW show because he thought that it was a modern religious song.  I was ready to 
the story off as an urban myth...but a Youtube clip demonstrates that it was, indeed,
performed by one of those duos who would eventually be parodied on "The Muppet Show"
as Wayne and Wanda. 
 
My masochistic urge once impelled me to open a couple of LW's books in the music
section of a university library--and yes, he really was about that naive (or he was 
an incredibly ironic actor). 
 
-Harold
 

--- On Tue, 6/23/09, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:


From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: [78-L] Lawrence Welk's son said...
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 5:15 PM


But..but..but....yes he recorded with Johnny Hodges (and it was a gorgeous 
album, I agree).

But it's still LAWRENCE FREAKIN' WELK!

And nobody cries when you cut up an accordion.

dl