Name: Tom Shipley

UMR connection: manager of video productions at UMR

Claim to fame: One half of 1970s folk rock duo, Brewer & Shipley. Composed the group's signature song, "One Toke Over the Line," which became an anthem of the early '70s counterculture.

Rebel rocker: New York radio station WNBC banned "One Toke" in 1971 for alleged drug references and other stations followed suit. "'One Toke' wasn't meant to make it to record. We just wrote it kidding around backstage. We were opening for Melanie at Carnegie Hall, and we played two encores. We really didn't have anything else to sing to them. So we played 'One Toke,' and the audience gave us a standing ovation. The record company president was there, and he said 'Record it!'"

In good company: Shipley has shared the stage with Elton John, The Eagles, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Bonnie Raitt, Electric Light Orchestra, Jethro Tull, Humble Pie, Ted Nugent and Black Sabbath, among others.

Did you know? "One Toke" is featured on the " Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas " motion picture soundtrack (Geffen Records) and was memorialized in gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson's book of the same name.

Current gig: Brewer & Shipley continue to tour and record regularly, having released two albums since reuniting in 1986. Catch up with them at www.brewerandshipley.com