This week, we celebrate a LOUIE by Madeleine & the Fighting Pandas, live at the House of Blues on April 28, 2013 http://youtu.be/LfxdsRKbLks Here’s another performance of the song by Madeline, aka…
RIP: Joey Covington, Jefferson Airplane drummer / LOUIE of the Week
Joey Covington, a drummer with Jefferson Airplane and founding member of Hot Tuna, has passed away at the age of 67 years old. Apparently, he died in automobile accident in Palm Springs,…
Lulu’s Marble – LOUIE of the Week
This week, the LOUIE spotlight is pointed at Lulu’s Marble, a band from Japan that existed between 1994-1999. Nippop.com provided an excellent overview of the band: Lulu’s Marble was one of a…
LOUIE LOUIE as an art installation in Federal building
Here’s a nice little story about a new art installation at a Federal building in Portland, Oregon = the town where the Kingsmen recorded LOUIE LOUIE, courtesy of OregonLive.com: May 29, 2013…
The Astroze – Hendrix jam/ LOUIE of the Week
Here’s a fun little LOUIE performed by the Astroze band at the Fairhaven Festival 2013, combined with with little jam inspired by the spirit of Jimi Hendrix. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMHYzpnwc0o
The FBI Investigation Revisted….
The FBI investigation of LOUIE LOUIE has received a lot of extra attention this week with the recent Smithsonian article on the subject, as summarized by Daily Caller: What you may not…
RIP: Ray Manzarek of the Doors – LOUIE of the Week
It was a very sad Monday when we learned that we lost Ray Manzarek to cancer. That very same morning, one of my old friends, Mike Sullivan, lost his wife Lori to…
The Rockets – LOUIE of the Week
This week, from Australia, it’s the Rockets taking the LOUIE of the Week spotlight! This performance was captured sometime in the early 1980s at the Melbourne Hotel in Perth! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJz-OR5y19w
Rue ’66 “Roller Girl” – LOUIE of the Week
This week, we point the LOUIE spotlight at what my fellow LOUIE enthusiasts in the LLAMAS community refer to as a “LOUIE Mutant” or a “LOUIE Clone” – a song that isn’t…
Freddie & the Screamers – LOUIE of the Week
“A Little Sea Shanty” is the way Barry Curtis liked to describe it. Along with Freddie Dennis, Andy Parypa and Steve Peterson, they are a mixture of former and current members of…