For the past two weeks, I’ve been away from home, helping a dear friend with a big move to Southern California. This weekend, I’m coming back home just in time to attend…
Category: Music Therapy
The Louie Louie Parade of Peoria – LOUIE of the Week
I found this one on YouTube, and it wins this week’s LOUIE of the Week award! Peoria’s annual parade saluting the wild, weird and wacky raises money for the St. Jude Children’s…
The Sonics in Long Beach!
Last year, I saw an amazing performance by the Sonics, a band I never expected to see reunite. It looks like I have another chance to see them again next month… This…
Bruce Springsteen (a few days ago) – LOUIE of the Week
You gotta love any band that takes requests from the audience! Bruce Springsteen delivered a new version of LOUIE LOUIE in Toronto on May 7, 2009 … because someone in the crowd…
The A.P. story on Jack Ely, Louie Louie, and money from music
My sister Ann, who shares a birthday with Jack Ely, was the first one to send me this story as shared by the Baltimore Sun: Singers tell Congress: Money (That’s What I…
Countdown to International LOUIE LOUIE Day
Tomorrow, Saturday, April 11th is International LOUIE LOUIE Day! To celebrate this special event, I will be sharing a rare, never-before-seen video from the E.P. video archives of a LOUIE LOUIE performance…
California Games – LOUIE of the Week
This week, I’m necessarily sharing a version of LOUIE LOUIE that doesn’t necessarily excite me or entertain me. On the other hand, this week’s LOUIE of the Week doesn’t look like a…
The Shockwaves live in 1999 – LOUIE of the Week
It’s winter time in the United States, and folks are looking for some warmth during cold times. I thought to myself… why not provide a little glimmer of summertime to warm the…
Top 10 LOUIEs of the Year – Best of 2008
It’s late Wednesday afternoon, and I’m still swimming through a lot of stuff I really thought I would have finished weeks ago. I have projects I really hoped to wrap up by…
Notes from a fellow archivist
(Here’s a little email that I found in my email box that I felt was worth sharing with others….) So, I have this weird hobby. I became interested with a single song…