Bob Bennett, the original drummer of the Sonics, passed away recently. The Sonics were true pioneers in the rock ‘n’ roll universe, playing the kinda music we call “punk rock” years before…
Category: Documentaries
Get Back and the Music Documentaries of 2021
2021 was a great year for music documentaries. For many of us, it felt like a godsend to find these treasures after the extremely difficult and challenging year of 2020. Billie was…
An Appreciation of The Dreamers to The Blossoms
This week, we’re pointing the mighty LOUIE spotlight at The Dreamers, a vocal group that would became the Blossoms. As music writer Jay Warner once declared, this band was “the most successful…
Thoughts on Billie Holiday
Today, April 7, 2021 is the 106th birthday of an extraordinary individual named Eleanora Fagan that became a jazz singer known as Billie Holiday. She was a music stylist unlike any other…
Memories of KFJC Maximum LOUIE LOUIE
Today is a special anniversary for the KFJC Maximum LOUIE LOUIE marathon event that began at 6 pm (PDT) on Friday, August 19th of 1983 in Los Altos Hills, California. For 63…
RIP: Anthony Randall, lost son of Johnny Flamingo
A few days ago, I received some very sad news from my friend Joe Macoll… Hello Eric, it breaks my heart to tell you Anthony Randall has died after a battle with…
LOUIE on TV – part 6 (Happy Days, Fall Guy + Meatloaf)
This week, the latest LOUIE on TV update is provided by two longtime LLama associates !! We begin with two updates from special LLama associate Clay Stabler: Happy Days (CBS) Season 8…
Animal House References + LOUIE on TV – part 4
This week for Part 4 of the “LOUIE on TV” post, the focus is on two TV episodes that originally used a recording of LOUIE LOUIE for the initial broadcasts, but were…
The Ace of Cups – long awaited 1st album (non-LOUIE of the Week)
test For the past 7 or so years, the LOUIE production team has also been quietly working on another project. LOUIE co-producer Jesse Block has been directing a documentary on the band…
RIP: Stephen Parr, owner of Oddball Films
We lost another friend. Stephen Parr was someone I’ve known for many years. Stephen owned Oddball Films, a stock footage company in San Francisco that supplied a lot of wonderfully quirky material…