In the midst of a week filled with rotten news, things were made even worse when we lost a kindred spirit… Billy Miller was a true champion for the foot-stomping, hip-shaking, soulful…
Category: Pop Culture
RIP: Buck Ormsby of Fabulous Wailers + Etiquette Records
Today, Saturday October 29th, I was saddened to learn that my friend Buck Ormsby died early this morning on his birthday. Here’s the message I saw on Buck’s Facebook wall: Thank you…
Happy 90th Birthday Chuck Berry – Pre-LOUIE of the Week
Today, we celebrate Chuck Berry‘s 90th birthday, who’s still rockin’ live for fans all over the world! For the record, Chuck Berry is definitely NOT related to Richard Berry, author of the…
Otis Redding – LOUIE of the Week
A couple of weeks ago, I visited the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, where I saw, among other things, the Otis Redding exhibit. At this exhibit I saw Otis items I’ve never…
Stella Burns and The Lonesome Rabbits – LOUIE of the Week
This week’s LOUIE comes from Livorno, Italy, courtesy of my friend Caterina Di Biase at Orme Radio: Hello Eric! After the very 1st LL marathon here in a web radio called #OrmeRadio…
LOUIE flashback – Election 1988
Back in 1988, Bloom Country, the brilliant comic strip by Berke Breathed, provided some special LOUIE LOUIE lyrics to celebrate the Presidential Election of United States, imagining different sets of LOUIE lyrics…
RIP: Jim Manolides, legendary musician with Frantics, Dave Lewis, and more….
Jim Manolides has left the land of the living. I asked my friend Barry Curtis of the Kingsmen (now retired) and the Daily Flash, to share a few words.. We are incomplete…
RIP: Prince Nelson, musician extraordinaire (with a semi-Lost LOUIE of Week?)
For past week, the world mourned the loss of the artist known as Prince. He was an intensely talented musician whose legacy will only continue to grow larger with his untimely passing….
RIP: Buck Munger, publisher of Two Louies, NW music industry legend
On Tuesday night, I received some sad news on Facebook about my friend Buck Munger. April 19, 2016 just before 2:00 on a beautiful afternoon. Buck Munger joined his favorite dog Lucee,…
Louis and Louis – Armstrong and Jordan – LOUIES of the Week
Today, we share a special song featuring two very important LOUIEs of the 20th Century – Louis Armstrong and Louis Jordan! https://youtu.be/IDMMeDOj2wc The song is “Life is So Peculiar,” recorded by two…