An inspired edit of LOUIE LOUIE performances was shared on YouTube recently. Someone by the name of “aemelnick” created a nice compilation that features performances of Harrison (?), The Kingsmen, Computeach Middle…
Category: Marching Bands
A New Yorker moment
One of the recent issues of the New Yorker magazine had this cartoon… In case you didn’t catch it, this cartoon references the 1988 movie “The Naked Gun: From the Files of…
HSU Marching Lumberjacks- LOUIE of the Week
After International LOUIE LOUIE Day, it’s time for….. more LOUIE LOUIE! This is the HSU Marching Lumberjacks performing at their Spring 2010 Concert. It shall be this Week’s LOUIE…
Update on Franklin High
In a previous posting, I mentioned a 1966 recording of LOUIE LOUIE by the Franklin High School Choir Orchestra and Stage Band. At the time I wrote it, I wasn’t sure where…
Franklin High (1966) – 1st high school recording? – LOUIE of Week
This week, I’m awarding the LOUIE of the Week award to a thrift store special. My pal Jeff Miller of Wiley’s Golden Oldies of Tacoma sent this LP to me. As luck…
RIP: Ricardo Montalbán, best actor in LOUIE LOUIE tragic death category
Actor Ricardo Montalbán has passed away today at the age of 88. In the LOUIE LOUIE circles, he is best known for the role of Vincent Ludwig in the 1988 movie “The…
Politics and LOUIE LOUIE
I think I did pretty good this year. Four years ago, I ran into some problems when I shared some of my political beliefs on this website, which probably wasn’t the best…
NYPD Jazz Band honors music of Isaac Hayes
On Saturday, I attended the 19th San Jose Jazz Festival, one of the best annual music festivals in the San Francisco bay area. One of the bands I saw there really impressed…
Marching Lumberjacks – LOUIE of the Week
Here’s another fun LOUIE from YouTube. The Marching Lumberjacks perform a bacon-tastic (their description, not mine) LOUIE LOUIE at Davis Picnic Day Battle (Exhibition) of the Bands on April 19, 2008.
Bergen County Firefighters Pipe Band- LOUIE of the Week
This week, we acknowledge the Bergen County Firefighters Pipe Band (featuring The SHOTS), performing LOUIE LOUIE with “Wooly Bully.” The event was a 2008 Saint Patrick’s Day celebration at Savannah, Georgia. I…