Ray Davies and Dave Davies together again on stage in 2015? Fantastic news! It feels like an early Christmas present! Thank you!! It was a special night …. On Friday, the 18th…
Pete Seeger – another subject of FBI investigation
Anyone following these pages knows all about the infamous F.B.I. investigation of the song LOUIE LOUIE. Did you know about the investigation of singer-songwriter Pete Seeger? Mother Jones shared some details in…
Elvis & Nick – What’s So Funny …? / NON-LOUIE of the Week
https://youtu.be/LeFlPxMTP24 A song and concept I NEVER get tired of….
Remembering John
It’s hard to believe it’s been 35 years… In 2015, it’s beyond surreal to consider the current political landscape, and how things have changed since his passing.
Hail Hail M. Dung!! (LOUIE of the Week)
Today, we pay tribute to my friend Mike Slavko, aka the legendary disc jockey known as “M. Dung.” M.Dung was a very popular disc jockey on KFOG Radio in San Francisco for…
RIP: P.F. Sloan, singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter P.F. Sloan died on Sunday, November 15th. Last year, the LOUIE team (myself, Eric Predoehl + Jesse Block, co-owner of the Octalouie.com video production company) had an opportunity to document his…
John Doe’s Keeper album – NON-LOUIE of the week
This week, my focus is elsewhere…. not necessarily spending a lot time in the LOUIE universe.. as there’s too much on the plate… too busy working on other projects… and otherwise trying…
RIP: Allen Toussaint / LOUIE of the Week
Allen Toussaint, an extremely talented musician, passed away on November 10, 2015 while on tour in Madrid, Spain. He was 77 years old. Emerging from the fertile hotbed of New Orleans R&B…
Hail Hail, Sam Carlson – military veteran + Pacific NW music archivist
If you’ve ever done any kind of online research on the music of the Pacific Northwest, you’ve probably seen the work of my friend Sam Carlson. The pnwbands.com page is an amazing…
All-Niters Live At The Barn – LOUIE of the Week
Here’s another LOUIE rarity I’ve never heard of.. . but it popped up on YouTube. This is a LOUIE LOUIE by the All-Niters “Recorded Live At The Barn” sometime in 1966. It…