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Category: Frank Zappa

RIP: Ray Collins of Mothers of Invention / LOUIE of the Week

Posted on December 26, 2012

On Christmas Eve, Ray Collins, original lead singer for Frank Zappa‘s Mothers of Invention, died in Pomona, Calif. He was 76 years old. Ray Collins began his musical career playing with Little…

Frank Zappa and Howard Stern 1984 – LOUIE of the Week

Posted on May 8, 2012

Here’s an odd little bit I’m surprised I didn’t find sooner – Frank Zappa appearing on Howard Stern‘s radio show, playing a little bit of LOUIE LOUIE together back in 1984. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZQSMZNPs_Q…

Zappnoise – LOUIE of the Week

Posted on October 27, 2011

This week’s LOUIE comes from Stralsund, Germany. Drawing inspiration from both Richard Berry and Frank Zappa, the band known as Zappnoise performs a medley of “Louie Louie” and “Plastic People.” Zappnoise http://youtu.be/tbD8JkzSr2I

RIP: Larry “Wild Man” Fischer

Posted on June 17, 2011

Today, I’m saddened to report another casualty in the music universe. Larry “Wild Man” Fischer, as far as I know, didn’t record LOUIE LOUIE, nor did he have any obvious connections to…

RIP: Captain Beefheart, visionary (LOUIE of the Week)

Posted on December 20, 2010

Last week, we lost a true visionary with the death of Don Van Vliet, the man also known as Captain Beefheart. Ironically, my last posting in this blog was about his old…

Frank Zappa – LOUIE of the Week, KFJC Mayhem, and other Zappa memories

Posted on December 14, 2010

For the past couple of days, I’ve been thinking about Frank Zappa. One of my favorite experiences seeing Zappa live took place in 1980 at the Berkeley Community Theater, in Berkeley, CA….

Today is Frank Zappa Day!

Posted on December 21, 2009

Today is officially Frank Zappa Day in Baltimore. Mayor Sheila Dixon has declared it so. Last week, Baltimore’s public art commission decided that it will erect a bust of Zappa outside a…

Whole lotta Zappa

Posted on December 6, 2009

As administrator of a website that receives a lot of traffic from fellow Frank Zappa fans, I feel it is my duty to pass along some information about a special auction that…

Random Comments on the Music Biz

Posted on January 28, 2009

There’s a few comments I thought I’d share from some folks that know something about the music business. First, my friend Jack Ely, former singer of the Kingsmen, voice of the world’s…

Pat Moriarity & Blasted BoyZ – LOUIE of the Week

Posted on August 25, 2008

It’s always a hoot when I stumble upon nice musical recordings from an unlikely musicians. I fully expect to find different versions of LOUIE LOUIE by both “up-and-coming” rock bands and “drunken-guys-in-the-garage”…

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