This posting has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with LOUIE LOUIE, but as I’ve mentioned other great songs that were covered by multiple musicians, I felt I should acknowledge the special “Sheik of…
LOUIE Radio tonight- Sunday Feb 26th
Tonight on the Allan Handelman’s “Rock Talk” radio show, there will be a big chunk of the show dedicated to the subject of LOUIE LOUIE. Dick Peterson the Kingsmen, will be discussing…
A Silly Musical Joke
Blame B. Keys for this one: A C, an E-flat, and a G go into a bar. The bartender says: “Sorry, but we don’t serve minors.” So, the E-flat leaves, and the…
Oh… these silly book sellers…..
Today, I stumbled upon an interesting little website…. http://www.tommytbooks.com/tomlist.html If you scan to the mid-way point, you’ll see…. [01324] Marsh Dave. Louie Louie. New York: Hyperion, 1995. First Stated. 8vo – over…
RIP: Luther Rabb, Seattle musician with Jimi Hendrix
Last week, I got word that Luther Rabb, a musician who played with Jimi Hendrix in during his early Seattle days, has passed away. Luther played in the Velvetones, one of Jimi’s…
DISCOVERED: Jimi Hendrix does LOUIE LOUIE!
I haven’t actually heard this yet, but according to my pals Gerry & Suzy Fialka, there is a recorded version of LOUIE LOUIE by Jimi Hendrix! Apparently somewhere during the warm-up of…
Burning LOUIE LOUIE
My friend Theo deGroot, owner of the the world’s very first LOUIE LOUIE website, uncovered a great website about banned music, thanks to his friend Ed Pinnes. Brian Joseph Davis created a…
Re-introducing the legendary Gary S. Paxton
In the course of producing this very ambitious documentary on the world’s most misunderstood garage rock song, I’ve met some exceptional human beings that I’m very proud to call my friends. Sometimes,…
A Harry Nilsson documentary!
This has NOTHING to do with LOUIE LOUIE, but I figured anyone that appreciates good music documentaries will appreciate this information. Thanks to the good folks at Spectropop, I just found out…
Remembering those no longer with us
Today marks the 9th anniversary of the passing of Richard Berry. Time really does go quickly. This LOUIE LOUIE documentary of mine is certainly the longest project I’ve ever worked on. I…