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David
“Casca” pertence à geração
de Jerry Rubin e é mais um dos heróis cult
da contracultura americana, que em 1968, lançou com
a banda Lower East Side, de Nova York, o clássico
folk Have a Marihuana, de onde saiu a música-hino
I Like Marihuana:
Mara-Marihuana, Mara-Marihuana/Mara-Marihuana, Mara-
Marihuana/ I like Marihuana, you like Marihuana/We like
Marihuana too/I want to get high/I want to get stoned/Mara-Marihuana/I
want a little pot/I’ll smoke it a home/Mara-Marihuana.
Na revista contestadora Others
Scenes, o crítico de folk, Israel Young, disse
do grupo de David Peel: “Este grupo estava presente
em qualquer acontecimento local, seja grande ou pequeno,
grátis ou remunerado cantando com a confiança
de quem conseguia expressar os sentimentos daquele que,
naquele momento, os escutavam”.
Em 1972, John Lennon produziu
um disco de Peel e a Lower East Side Ono Band chamado The
Pope Smokes Dope (O Papa Puxa...). Em fevereiro de
1989, Jerry Garcia, o “Dr. Trips” numa chamada
de capa da revista "High Times" jogou uma pérola:
“Fumamos bananas com David Peel”. Peel está
vivo e continua... cantando!
David
Peel was one of the first persons John & Yoko met after
arriving in New Yorkin late May, 1972. He was a street-wise
musician/political activist who grew up in New York Citiy.
Elektra Records released his albums “Have A Marijuana”
in 1968 and “The American Revolution” in 1970.
John & Yoko produced the album “The Pope Smokes
Dope”, which was released as Apple SW-3391 on April
3, 1972. The album charted for three weeks, peaking at number
191. Apple released two promotional singles from the album,
F Is Not A Dirty World (PRO-6498) on April 20,
1972, and Hippie From New York City (PRO-6545)
on June 16, 1972. Both discs have The Ballad Of New
York Citiy on the B side. Although some books and articles
claim that John provides backing vocals and/or dobro on
some of the album’s songs, David Peel insists that
John only produced the record and did not play or sing.
* The Beatles Solo On Apple - by Bruce Spizer
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