Michael Brewer, one-half of the folk-rock duo Brewer & Shipley, has died. He was 80. On Tuesday, Dec. 17, Brewer's musical partner, Tom Shipley, confirmed the news of his death in a Facebook post. A ...

Tom Shipley, half of the 1960s and 1970s folk-rock duo Brewer & Shipley, has died at age 84. His death on Aug. 24 was confirmed by his son Marc to the New York Times, though no cause was specified.

With their “One Toke Over the Line,” he and Michael Brewer saw a musical in-joke turn into a timeless cultural phenomenon. By Alex Williams Tom Shipley, half of the folk-rock duo Brewer & Shipley, ...