(Location of the old 1997 E.P. mailing address – please no more resumes!) This week has been a good week for a roadtrip. I’ve had a chance to re-connect with old friends,…
Category: Kingsmen
Historic Piano with LOUIE LOUIE connections
Today, I just found out that the Cindy Lindahl will be selling off her dad’s grand piano. Her father, Robert Lindahl, who passed away in 2006, was the original recording engineer for…
A Couple of LOUIE Links
A few things to share today. First, thanks my friend Roger Hart, former manager of Paul Revere & the Raiders, I now know about Robin Mitchell‘s webpage dedicated to Portland radio circa…
KFJC Tomb of the Unknown LOUIEs, part 1
Twenty-four years ago, there was a crazy LOUIE LOUIE marathon that attempted to break all world records. For six months, there was a serious effort by college radio station KFJC to track…
1966 Billboard ad for Kingsmen re-issue
Here’s an advertisement from a Billboard magazine, dated April 30, 1966. It’s interesting how this was an advertisement in Billboard magazine, showing off the Top 100 chart status in Cashbox magazine, which…
Oregon Celebration with Kingsmen & Mark Lindsay
There’s a celebration going in Oregon this Saturday, and it’s a special induction ceremony for an all-new organization. The Oregon Music Hall of Fame (OMHOF) is a new, non-profit organization created to…
Rare photos of Jack Ely & Courtmen
Here’s a little test… See how many differences you see between the photo on the right and the photo on the left? OK, here’s another set of images. How many differences did…
Smoking on the Last Wednesday of September
A lot of bloggers have their own special codes for letting folks know they’re too busy to do regular blogging. I’ve always liked what Mark Evanier does at his NewsFromMe.com site –…
The Beat of LOUIE LOUIE
Over at the LOUIE LOUIE PARTY Yahoo group, there’s been some fairly active discussions lately, and some of this stuff was too good to not share. A theoretical question was asked about…
NW Road Trip almost over…
It’s been a whirlwind of activity for yours truly, and when I have a chance to do a decent write-up, I’ll try to write up something about LOUIEFEST 2007, Marcel Chouinard, Barry…