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Today is a special celebration for two friends that are deeply missed. We lost Richard Berry in 1989, and Mike Slavko, aka “M. Dung” in 2017. Today, Mike Slavko is getting inducted to the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame, The Class of 2018. As Mike has often said, the experience of singing […] With the upcoming Animal House 40th Anniversary & Toga Party event in Oregon that’s happening a little over a week from now, I thought this would be a fine time to share this classic Kingsmen clip produced by our associate producer David Jester. Freddie Dennis, who later join the reunited Sonics, is the […] it’s time to share a LOUIE LOUIE that doesn’t fit into the usual LOUIE LOUIE garage rock archetype. Then again, the creator of this this week’s LOUIE is hardly the type of musician that easily fits into normal musical categories. This week, I’m proud to point the mighty LOUIE LOUIE spotlight at the artist […] It’s time for a new LOUIE of the Week…. as opposed to every other week ….. or something like that… life does get hectic sometimes, OK? Anyways, today the mighty LOUIE spotlight is pointed at a band known as Electric Tortoise performing live at The Black Griffin in Canterbury (UK) sometime in November 2015. […] Here’s an event my friend Gerry Fialka invited me to… Eric Predoehl (in person) of LOUIELOUIE.NET and producer/director of the upcoming and long-awaited Meaning of Louie documentary, screens rare film clips and probes the history of the world’s coolest rock’n’roll song. Local music icons will perform unique versions of “ultimate party song” written by […] Two things i forgot to mention on these pages… 1) KCRW Radio (KCRW.com) launched a new radio series “LOST NOTES,” sharing stories of LOUIE LOUIE for the first episode on April 12, 2018 (one day after International LOUIE LOUIE Day)! The life of one of the world’s most ubiquitous rock n’ roll anthems – […] Unfortunately, this week’s LOUIE was removed from YouTube. Oh well, it was a fun one… This week, we are sharing a charming little video clip that explores the “Louie Louie” Conspiracy.” It’s the Kingsmen‘s iconic version of the song, using various film clips from a variety of different feature films. The dead link: […] I recently discovered that Jerry Dennon, the man responsible for unleashing the Kingsmen‘s recording of LOUIE LOUIE to the world, passed away last year on January 2017. Often credited as the producer of this iconic recording, Jerry Dennon had nothing to do with the original recording session that took place in April 1963 […] photo of Andrew by Matt Herman; photo of Eagle by Eric Predoehl Earlier this year, my friend Andrew Pejack sent me a special message… Hi Eric ! Not sure if you have this LL version, from SJ’s own Eagle Buckett. He released an album ‘Black Diamond Street’, and then had a 2nd album in […] Billboard shared this important news: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame began honoring songs in addition to artists at the 33rd annual induction ceremony on Saturday night (April 14) in Cleveland’s Public Auditorium, immortalizing six singles. Introduced by “Little Steven” Van Zandt, the new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Singles category is […] |
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