Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (album) Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (album) Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out is a 1967 album credited to Timothy Leary, created to accompany the documentary film of the same name. It contains narrated meditation mixed with freeform psychedelic rock music. Side A Side B All selections written by Maryvonne Giercarz/Lars Eric/Richard Bond Guide: Timothy Leary, Ph.D. Voyager: Ralph Metzner, Ph.D. Divine Connection: Rosemary Woodruff Veena: Maryvonne Giercarz Guitar: Lars Eric Tabla: Richard Bond Executive Producer: Henry G. Saperstein Associate Producer: S. Richard Krown Special Effects Conception: UPA Pictures, Inc. Produced by Al Ham Tape Editor: Dale McKechnie Sample from
Turkey in the Straw Turkey in the Straw "Turkey in the Straw" is a well-known American folk song dating from the early 19th century. The first part of the song's tune may be derived from the ballad "My Grandmother Lived on Yonder Little Green" which was a derivative of the Irish ballad "The Old Rose Tree." Originally a tune for fiddle players, it was first popularised in minstrel shows during the late 1820s and early 1830s by blackface performers, notably George Washington Dixon and Bob Farrell. This version mentions tuckahoe ("Peltandra virginica", also called green arrow arum), an edible wetland plant with long petioles: