Author: Jason "Cannadad" Foss
Lose Your Blues
Why would a Cannabis retailer want to sponsor “Lose Your Blues” night at the Bull Run in Shirley, MA? The short answer is that nothing pairs better with Cannabis than music, better yet LIVE music! There is a common saying that “Five drunk guys will start a fight… Five stoned guys will start a band.”
Cannabis & Blues Music
Cannabis and the Blues have had a close relationship for a long time. Blues musicians have been using Marijuana as creative fuel for a very long time. It has been not only a catalyst for creativity, but a means to tolerating the anxiety and tribulations of being a traveling musician for many years. The Blues have always been an expression of the things in life that weigh us down and Cannabis has been hidden in plain view for a very long time. Not only in Blues, but all genres of music.
A good listen to dive down the rabbit hole of Cannabis references in Blues are a 3 volume compilation available on Amazon Music:
Origins of the Name "Gage"
Gage is a term that was commonly used in the ’20s and ’30s referring to Cannabis. It was normal to see traveling jazz musicians light up before a show to get them deeper into the music and melt away the worries of the world if only for that moment in time. We named our company after a quote from Satchmo himself, “Gage ain’t nothing but Medicine.” At Gage we work with premium vendors to provide value pricing and products that are worth driving to!
