The Louie Report

On Sunday night in California, Monday afternoon in Australia, a very special interview took place for the LOUIE documentary project. For years, I’ve been in touch with Ross Wilson. I knew about his history with him being one of, if not THE first musician in Australia to record Richard Berry‘s now-iconic melody. Ross was 16 [...]

This week’s LOUIE of the Week is by Newmarket Enrichment Band, arranged by Paul Jennings, who is also the conductor. This is part of a Sixties medley that includes “Louie, Louie”, “Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey, Kiss Him Goodbye” and “Born to be Wild”

Here’s a project that I like a lot … The official description from CDFreedom: Here it is…the ongoing collection of The Kingsmen’s famous “Louie Louie” done by the masses. . Got a version you want to add (and get paid for!!!)?? Send a 192kbps MP3 and photo of your act to: bullseyecanada@hotmail.com . Also include [...]

On Wednesday, I just finalized a deal for my first-ever VOD digital download. I am pleased to present “ED’S INNER SPACE,” a film I co- produced/ co-directed with my friend Alison Victor, is now available for digital download on IndieFlix.com Today, Thursday, May 21…. this film gets mentioned on Oprah! Yes, Oprah….. As the description [...]

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 Want) By Ryan Nakashima | The Associated Press May 4, 2009 . Jack Ely, the singer whose 1963 version of “Louie Louie” still [...]

My friend Mike Hintze assembled an incredible list of MySpace pages that feature a version of LOUIE LOUIE! OK, here’s a little LL Day present for you all. Over the past several months, I’ve managed to find a whole bunch of new LL versions from bands’ MySpace pages. Here are the links for those pages [...]

For those of you that are using the Facebook social network, there’s now two new places where a LOUIE LOUIE suporter can visit – the LOUIE LOUIE Party, and the Richard Berry Facebook page. Obviously, Richard Berry is not a participant on Facebook, as he passed away in 1997, but this is a good place [...]

Anyone that knows me knows I’ve been shooting video for many years. I’ve shot a lot of footage of a lot of different entertainers – musicians, poets, comedians, and friends. Certainly not everything is related to my big LOUIE project. While video production is my livelihood that provides me an occasional paycheck, I do create [...]

To start off the new year with a bang, I’ve decided to release some rare footage from my archives. Exactly two weeks before the infamous Maximum: LOUIE LOUIE marathon at KFJC and long before I ever dreamed about researching this song for an epic documentary, I borrowed some video equipment to shoot a little performance [...]

I’ve been sorting through a lot of videotapes, as I continue to work on this big documentary of mine. If it’s not one thing, it’s another thing that distracts me from the task of making faster progress with the editorial process. Hi8mm videotape, which was the primary format for production of this project during the [...]