Comedian Tommy Chong, best known as the dazed and confused hippie sidekick to comedy partner Cheech Marin, surprisingly has a background as a country-western and R&B guitarist in Canada’s Dog Patch. Son of Chinese and Scotch-Irish parents, Chong played in Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers, where he co-wrote ‘Does Your Mama Know About Me’, later recorded by the Jackson 5. In the 1960s, Chong launched his comedy career in the least likely of places – a lapdance bar owned by his brother – before going on to become a comedic icon of the stoned era.
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