Comments for The Louie Report http://www.louielouie.net/blog the blog for all things LOUIE LOUIE Thu, 16 May 2013 20:25:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on The amazing Don Gallucci and his progressive rock band by rick roe http://www.louielouie.net/blog/?p=396&cpage=1#comment-182917 rick roe Thu, 16 May 2013 20:25:03 +0000 http://www.louielouie.net/blog/?p=396#comment-182917 My friends and I found TOUCH in 1969 nearly as soon as it was released. Moving from Indiana to the My friends and I found TOUCH just as it was released in 1969. It became a touchstone for us as a band and we played the record nearly every day for a long while until, in a move to California from Indiana, we somehow lost the album. Many years passed, including, for me, a move to Rhode Island and a newfound family - in that time I never stopped looking for a coopy. As you may well imagine, I was elated - ecstatic - to finally acquire a new one in the early 80's. It is my great pleasure to this day to introduce people to this most amazing artifact of the late '60's. Believe me, I still play this record all the time, because in my opinion, there is no more outstanding, exhilarating music anywhere on vinyl. So, if this somehow reaches the attention of Don or any of the others, please allow me to say how much your music has meant to me. I am in complete agreement with Scott Phoenix - absolutely!! Thanks for years of enlightened moments. My friends and I found TOUCH in 1969 nearly as soon as it was released. Moving from Indiana to the

My friends and I found TOUCH just as it was released in 1969. It became a touchstone for us as a band and we played the record nearly every day for a long while until, in a move to California from Indiana, we somehow lost the album.
Many years passed, including, for me, a move to Rhode Island and a newfound family – in that time I never stopped looking for a coopy. As you may well imagine, I was elated – ecstatic – to finally acquire a new one in the early 80′s. It is my great pleasure to this day to introduce people to this most amazing artifact of the late ’60′s. Believe me, I still play this record all the time, because in my opinion, there is no more outstanding, exhilarating music anywhere on vinyl.
So, if this somehow reaches the attention of Don or any of the others, please allow me to say how much your music has meant to me. I am in complete agreement with Scott Phoenix – absolutely!! Thanks for years of enlightened moments.

]]> Comment on The amazing Don Gallucci and his progressive rock band by Bob Bourland http://www.louielouie.net/blog/?p=396&cpage=1#comment-182913 Bob Bourland Wed, 15 May 2013 21:46:13 +0000 http://www.louielouie.net/blog/?p=396#comment-182913 I clearly remember seeing the Touch album in the record store for the first time. An orange band with a mission statement, "We are Touch plural." A gatefold sleeve split down the middle. Five guys flying through the universe linked arm and arm with one huge hand coming at you from each side of the group. I bought it immediately. I was 17 years old at the time, but I was ready for this. I loved it from the first play. Even though Seventy-Five is the highlight, every song on the album would become my favorite at some time or other. It is still to this day one of my all-time favorite albums. I am writing to thank Don Gallucci and everyone associated with Touch for creating a masterpiece. I also want to thank Joey Newman for Blue Mountain Eagle, another fantastic album I dearly love. Thanks guys! I clearly remember seeing the Touch album in the record store for the first time. An orange band with a mission statement, “We are Touch plural.” A gatefold sleeve split down the middle. Five guys flying through the universe linked arm and arm with one huge hand coming at you from each side of the group. I bought it immediately. I was 17 years old at the time, but I was ready for this. I loved it from the first play. Even though Seventy-Five is the highlight, every song on the album would become my favorite at some time or other. It is still to this day one of my all-time favorite albums. I am writing to thank Don Gallucci and everyone associated with Touch for creating a masterpiece. I also want to thank Joey Newman for Blue Mountain Eagle, another fantastic album I dearly love. Thanks guys!

]]> Comment on The (Temporary) Rebirth of a Recording Studio by Ethan Richardson http://www.louielouie.net/blog/?p=2160&cpage=1#comment-182890 Ethan Richardson Fri, 10 May 2013 13:57:25 +0000 http://www.louielouie.net/blog/?p=2160#comment-182890 This thread is a bit cold, but in answer to Doug W's question, the Louie, Louie studio was on the second floor. Some time after the New North Sound studio moved out, the space could be rented for events. I was in a swing band I was in played there for a high-school graduation party. I recognize the room from the above photo labeled "New North Sound Studio, 2010 Portland Oregon". We unpacked our instruments in the room visible in the back of the photo. The photo shows a door and window in the partition between the main room and the back room. Judging by the window opening in the partition, the back room might have been the control room when the North Sound Studio was there. The front room, in which the photographer was standing, is where our band set up, and the event was held. It was a smallish space, but the graduating class was from one of the special schools for performing arts, and was less than a hundred people. The event was several years earlier than 2010. I recall the room looking very much as pictured in the photo. At the time, I did not know I was in playing in the very space where Louie Louie was recorded. Some months after the graduation gig, I happened to go on a quest to find the Louie Louie recording site. When I located it, I realized that I myself had been in the very space, on the hallowed ground. The graduation gig became the most notable event in my guitar-playing career -- Eric Clapton I am not. I was later told that soundproofing material could still be found in various nooks, and kicked myself for not being savvy enough to collect a piece when I had the chance. It would have made a powerful piece of mojo to wave under the noses of my friends from back in the days. But reading this blog has at least relieved me of one nagging regret: I now know that the soundproofing artifacts were most probably from the New North Sound Studio. This thread is a bit cold, but in answer to Doug W’s question, the Louie, Louie studio was on the second floor. Some time after the New North Sound studio moved out, the space could be rented for events. I was in a swing band I was in played there for a high-school graduation party. I recognize the room from the above photo labeled “New North Sound Studio, 2010 Portland Oregon”.
We unpacked our instruments in the room visible in the back of the photo. The photo shows a door and window in the partition between the main room and the back room. Judging by the window opening in the partition, the back room might have been the control room when the North Sound Studio was there. The front room, in which the photographer was standing, is where our band set up, and the event was held. It was a smallish space, but the graduating class was from one of the special schools for performing arts, and was less than a hundred people.

The event was several years earlier than 2010. I recall the room looking very much as pictured in the photo. At the time, I did not know I was in playing in the very space where Louie Louie was recorded. Some months after the graduation gig, I happened to go on a quest to find the Louie Louie recording site. When I located it, I realized that I myself had been in the very space, on the hallowed ground. The graduation gig became the most notable event in my guitar-playing career — Eric Clapton I am not.

I was later told that soundproofing material could still be found in various nooks, and kicked myself for not being savvy enough to collect a piece when I had the chance. It would have made a powerful piece of mojo to wave under the noses of my friends from back in the days. But reading this blog has at least relieved me of one nagging regret: I now know that the soundproofing artifacts were most probably from the New North Sound Studio.

]]> Comment on The Brigantes’ 5446-Louie medley- LOUIE of the Week by Jean-Christophe http://www.louielouie.net/blog/?p=4640&cpage=1#comment-182814 Jean-Christophe Fri, 03 May 2013 16:29:52 +0000 http://www.louielouie.net/blog/?p=4640#comment-182814 Find this old stuff on my computer, Marie 15 ans guitar, Adrien 15 ans bass, Mathilda 13 ans chant, THE BAD DOGS remenber : http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4bwMT3BnOmQ Find this old stuff on my computer, Marie 15 ans guitar, Adrien 15 ans bass, Mathilda 13 ans chant, THE BAD DOGS remenber :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4bwMT3BnOmQ

]]> Comment on Twas 50 years ago today…. by Jeff Lindholm http://www.louielouie.net/blog/?p=4712&cpage=1#comment-182725 Jeff Lindholm Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:24:30 +0000 http://www.louielouie.net/blog/?p=4712#comment-182725 The 50th Anniversary "Louie, Louie" Anniversary Show episode of my "Geezer Rock" radio program (aired April 5) is up on the archives for WGDR radio. Available here: http://www.wgdr.org/ai1ec_event/geezer-rock/?instance_id= "Geezer Rock" plays "the best new music by geezers who rock," that is, only new music, not the same old things that get played on the zillions of classic rock stations. We support the new sounds of our old favorites who are still rocking our world. So to celebrate 50 years of "Louie," we played some of the recent live versions by geezer rockers. And a goodly sampling of some other recent "Louie"-influenced songs. All praise to the folks on the Louie Louie Yahoo discussion list, especially Jack Ely and Clay Stabler, and louielouie.net, too. Couldn't have done it without your help. Thanks. Jeff Lindholm Geezer Rock The 50th Anniversary “Louie, Louie” Anniversary Show episode of my “Geezer Rock” radio program (aired April 5) is up on the archives for WGDR radio.

Available here: http://www.wgdr.org/ai1ec_event/geezer-rock/?instance_id=

“Geezer Rock” plays “the best new music by geezers who rock,” that is, only new music, not the same old things that get played on the zillions of classic rock stations. We support the new sounds of our old favorites who are still rocking our world.

So to celebrate 50 years of “Louie,” we played some of the recent live versions by geezer rockers. And a goodly sampling of some other recent “Louie”-influenced songs.

All praise to the folks on the Louie Louie Yahoo discussion list, especially Jack Ely and Clay Stabler, and louielouie.net, too. Couldn’t have done it without your help.

Thanks.

Jeff Lindholm
Geezer Rock

]]> Comment on The Cover Story – a documentary on album cover art by Doctor Popular http://www.louielouie.net/blog/?p=4554&cpage=1#comment-182720 Doctor Popular Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:52:04 +0000 http://www.louielouie.net/blog/?p=4554#comment-182720 Watched the trailer and love the idea, I just wish there was a way to purchase this digitally. I haven't owned a DVD player in a few years. Watched the trailer and love the idea, I just wish there was a way to purchase this digitally. I haven’t owned a DVD player in a few years.

]]> Comment on RIP: Shasta Bates, singer-songwriter by Kevin Bowers http://www.louielouie.net/blog/?p=3094&cpage=1#comment-182671 Kevin Bowers Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:13:57 +0000 http://www.louielouie.net/blog/?p=3094#comment-182671 I just heard about Shasta's death. I only knew him briefly in the early 90's. We had a mutual singer songwriter we liked, Maria McKee from the 80's Los Angeles band Lone Justice. Shasta and I traded tapes and videos from her concerts. He even taped many of them himself. He would take every opportunity to see her perform on the west coast. I knew he had a passion for Bob Dylan but at the time he was really passionate about Maria's songwriting skills and performances. I am sure he had tapes from hundreds of her performances. He sent me a couple of his own early CD's, I still have the signed copies of them. To me he really sounded like Dylan. We attended a couple of east coast Maria McKee concerts around 2006. He was in visiting his parents in Connecticut and was happy to drive and meet-up at any concert location. He was a friendly and interesting person. It was nice to know him. So sorry to hear of his passing. I just heard about Shasta’s death. I only knew him briefly in the early 90′s. We had a mutual singer songwriter we liked, Maria McKee from the 80′s Los Angeles band Lone Justice. Shasta and I traded tapes and videos from her concerts. He even taped many of them himself. He would take every opportunity to see her perform on the west coast.
I knew he had a passion for Bob Dylan but at the time he was really passionate about Maria’s songwriting skills and performances. I am sure he had tapes from hundreds of her performances.
He sent me a couple of his own early CD’s, I still have the signed copies of them. To me he really sounded like Dylan. We attended a couple of east coast Maria McKee concerts around 2006. He was in visiting his parents in Connecticut and was happy to drive and meet-up at any concert location.
He was a friendly and interesting person. It was nice to know him. So sorry to hear of his passing.

]]> Comment on Twas many years ago today….. by NJtoTX http://www.louielouie.net/blog/?p=58&cpage=1#comment-182635 NJtoTX Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:41:37 +0000 http://www.louielouie.net/blog/?p=58#comment-182635 I sure remember that. I kept thinking there had to be some way to record at least some of it. Kazoos, marching bands, surf-music versions, ... I sure remember that. I kept thinking there had to be some way to record at least some of it. Kazoos, marching bands, surf-music versions, …

]]> Comment on The amazing Don Gallucci and his progressive rock band by Scott Phoenix http://www.louielouie.net/blog/?p=396&cpage=1#comment-182609 Scott Phoenix Mon, 11 Mar 2013 05:00:50 +0000 http://www.louielouie.net/blog/?p=396#comment-182609 Don, I love the Touch album. To me, born in 1950, this is simply an astonishing compilation of composition. It's the sort of thing that might not be capable of being produced currently by major recording companies. Too much at stake to invest? I am just grateful that you did what you did. My friends and I spent MANY hours enjoying the intelligent variety of epression in this album. I, in fact, was introduced to it by a group of friends in L.A. in 1969 and I still enjoy it at the ripe age of 62. Don,

I love the Touch album. To me, born in 1950, this is simply an astonishing compilation of composition. It’s the sort of thing that might not be capable of being produced currently by major recording companies. Too much at stake to invest? I am just grateful that you did what you did. My friends and I spent MANY hours enjoying the intelligent variety of epression in this album. I, in fact, was introduced to it by a group of friends in L.A. in 1969 and I still enjoy it at the ripe age of 62.

]]> Comment on Frank Zappa – LOUIE of the Week, KFJC Mayhem, and other Zappa memories by Paul Howell http://www.louielouie.net/blog/?p=2406&cpage=1#comment-182541 Paul Howell Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:42:32 +0000 http://www.louielouie.net/blog/?p=2406#comment-182541 I'm 51 years old and live in Morro Bay, CA. I grew up in the Sunnyvale, went to Cupertino junior high school and Homestead high school with a Laura Narog. She and I were good friends, hung out and partied until I went into a weird born again christian phase and took her to church with me and freaked her out. I always wondered what happened to Laura and imagine my surprise to read this story set at the same time and place. I'm sure it's the same Laura Narog, I mean, how many could there be? I saw Dweezil live in San Luis Obispo last year and have lots of pics, as I was standing about 5 feet away during the show. I’m 51 years old and live in Morro Bay, CA. I grew up in the Sunnyvale, went to Cupertino junior high school and Homestead high school with a Laura Narog. She and I were good friends, hung out and partied until I went into a weird born again christian phase and took her to church with me and freaked her out. I always wondered what happened to Laura and imagine my surprise to read this story set at the same time and place. I’m sure it’s the same Laura Narog, I mean, how many could there be?

I saw Dweezil live in San Luis Obispo last year and have lots of pics, as I was standing about 5 feet away during the show.

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