Joe Bihari, the last surviving member of the Bihari brothers, recently passed away on November 28th at the age of 88 years old. Richard Berry, Howlin’ Wolf, BB King, Etta James, John…
Category: Production at LOUIE Central
Thirty Years Ago Today…
Thirty years ago today, Richard Berry, author of the song “LOUIE LOUIE” met Jack Ely, the original vocalist for the Kingsmen, at KFJC Radio, Los Altos Hills, California. The date was August…
Happy Birthday Moe Tucker! (LOUIE of the Week)
Big Happy Birthday wishes go out to Moe Tucker of the Velvet Underground, who shared some LOUIE memories for the documentary project years ago. if you haven’t heard her version of LOUIE…
Hail Hail Kim Fowley! (LOUIE of the Week)
Last week, I had an opportunity to meet and shoot an interview with Kim Fowley for the long-awaited documentary on the song LOUIE LOUIE. Kim worked with Richard Berry in early 1960’s…
RIP: Joey Covington, Jefferson Airplane drummer / LOUIE of the Week
Joey Covington, a drummer with Jefferson Airplane and founding member of Hot Tuna, has passed away at the age of 67 years old. Apparently, he died in automobile accident in Palm Springs,…
RIP: Ray Manzarek of the Doors – LOUIE of the Week
It was a very sad Monday when we learned that we lost Ray Manzarek to cancer. That very same morning, one of my old friends, Mike Sullivan, lost his wife Lori to…
Rue ’66 “Roller Girl” – LOUIE of the Week
This week, we point the LOUIE spotlight at what my fellow LOUIE enthusiasts in the LLAMAS community refer to as a “LOUIE Mutant” or a “LOUIE Clone” – a song that isn’t…
Dearly Departed of 2012
As 2012 comes to a close, we pause to remember those we lost this year. This is not a comprehensive list by any means, but merely a list of departed individuals that…
James Henry & Olympics – Sloopy (LOUIE-mutant) of the Week
This week, the LOUIE of the Week spotlight goes out to a song that’s not quite LOUIE, but a close relative of the song… a variation that we in the LOUIE circle…
RIP: Kathi Kamen Goldmark, writer, musician, friend of LOUIE
Last week, we lost another friend to cancer. Kathi Kamen Goldmark, the woman responsible for the creation of the band known as the Rock Bottom Remainders, left us on Thursday. It’s a…