Mellow Yellow coffeeshop Mellow Yellow coffeeshop Mellow Yellow was the oldest cannabis coffee shop in Amsterdam, prior to its closure at the start of 2017. The coffee shop was founded in 1972 by Wernard Bruinin in Weesperzijde, Amsterdam, on the premises of a former bakery. The shop is named after "Mellow Yellow", a song by Donovan which describes the singer trying to become intoxicated through smoking the peel of banana. The intent of the shop is to sell cannabis, despite this being illegal at the time of its creation. Sales were originally disguised by drug dealers seated at the bar posing as customers.
The Yellow Rose (song) Lee his fourth. "The Yellow Rose" is set to the same melody as the traditional American folk song "The Yellow Rose of Texas," but with newly-written lyrics by Johnny Lee, Lane Brody and John Wilder. The song was used for the theme song to the NBC television series "The Yellow Rose", starring Cybill Shepherd. While the television show used only the song's first verse and chorus, the commercial single version included a second verse not heard on the program, with Lee's "Say When" on the B-side. Brody and Lee would later chart a second duet, "I Could Get Used to