This week, we point the LOUIE spotlight at a 1976 recording by a Dutch band known as Zodiac. The band Zodiac was formed in Rotterdam (The Netherlands), featuring members of Crown’s Clan….
Where is that LOUIE……??
This week, there’s no LOUIE of the Week. Alas, another week filled with way too many other distractions… … so said the video guy that’s about to drive 70 miles to shoot…
Dez Cadena – LOUIE of the Week / GoFundMe anti-cancer campaign
Here’s a little something I recently stumbled upon .. a 2011 solo performance of LOUIE LOUIE by Dez Cadena, the man who sang on Black Flag‘s very first LOUIE LOUIE recording. I…
The Stabilisers + Armitage Shanks “Louie Louie Music” – LOUIE of Week
My friend Joe Maccoll shared some information about a song called “Louie Louie Music,” which was covered by his band the Stabilisers. The original version of the song was done by Armitage…
Remembering Candye Kane – Non-LOUIE of the Week
This one’s for Candye Kane, a multi-talented blues singer that we lost last month. Eight years ago she announced that she had pancreatic cancer, which she actively fought with an incredible zest,…
Phil “Fang” Volk w/ the Kingsmen – LOUIE of the Week
Phil “Fang” Volk, an alumni of Paul Revere & the Raiders, shared a special LOUIE LOUIE performance on his Facebook page– a recent collaboration with the Kingsmen! Phil “Fang” Volk playing bass…
Gregorio the Fantastical – LOUIE of the Week
This week, the mighty LOUIE LOUIE spotlight is pointed at Gregorio the Fantastical, with his passionate rendition shared on YouTube! It’s a LOUIE of the Week, so CRANK IT U and share…
Black Pistol Fire (live at Bottle Rock) – LOUIE of the Week
Hot off the proverbial digital griddle, here’s a fresh LOUIE LOUIE captured an hour or two ago at the Bottle Rock festival in Napa, California. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you this…
Al Dote & the Kingsmen – Hang On Sloopy (LOUIE relative of Week)
This week, the LOUIE spotlight is on a LOUIE-relative (a category that includes brother, sister, bastard or distant cousin) performed by band known as “the Kingsmen,” which as far as I can…
RIP: Jim Manolides, legendary musician with Frantics, Dave Lewis, and more….
Jim Manolides has left the land of the living. I asked my friend Barry Curtis of the Kingsmen (now retired) and the Daily Flash, to share a few words.. We are incomplete…