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Category: Kingsmen
Update on Jack Ely & Courtmen at Las Vegas
Here’s the official word on the Las Vegas show, direct from the source: The cat is out of the bag. The “Sand Dollar Blues Nightclub and Lounge,” Las Vegas, NV. will be…
Jack Ely & The Courtmen to play special show in Las Vegas
I got an interesting announcement from Jack Ely, the original lead vocalist for the Kingsmen on the infamous LOUIE LOUIE recording: Wednesday evening, October 1, 2008, JACK ELY and the original COURTMEN…
Batmobile at Kingman
Stumbling around the internet tonight, I found myself at GothamGarage.net, the website for a company that creates Batmobile repllica kits. If I had the money, I could build my very own working…
Jack Ely of Kingsmen enters Hall of Fame (?)
I love my spies. Today, my pal Pamela Meyer, who runs Alchemy Jewelry of Brooklyn, sent me an article from the Chicago Tribune about the topic of mangled lyrics. Here’s a few…
A Farkin’ Mistruth
Sometimes, folks get information soooo wrong I don’t even want to correct them. It’s actually more amusing this way. Take this example of a frame grab I took from FARK at http://cgi.fark.com/cgi/fark/vidplayer.pl?IDLink=3552784…
The amazing Don Gallucci and his progressive rock band
Don Gallucci is a familiar name in the LOUIE LOUIE universe. He was the original keyboardist for the Kingsmen during the recording of “LOUIE LOUIE.” He might have stayed in the Kingsmen,…
How to determine authentic Jerden Kingsmen 45 single
With my little LOUIE website, I get a lot of requests for information about determining prices for certain LOUIE recordings. Here’s an example of a recent inquiry I received regarding a Jerden…
Yet another band called the Kingsmen
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been spending some time trying to clean up some defective, yet “once-in-a-lifetime” type Hi8 footage I’ve shot for this documentary of mine. It’s a lot…
The Organization Known as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
One of the most discussed topics in the rock music community is the organization known as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This week, there was an announcement about the latest…