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…
Category: Old Versions
RIP: Paul Williams, writer, Crawdaddy publisher
Rock journalist Paul Williams passed away on the evening of March 27th, and it’s taken me a week to come up with the proper words to pay tribute to the man. I’m…
Pedrito Ramirez con los Yogis – LOUIE of the Week
This week, we celebrate Pedrito Ramirez con los Yogis (Discos Angelo 1965) from Los Angeles, California http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyNYkH_x-Zk
RIP: Reg Presley of the Troggs – LOUIE of the Week
Reg Presley, singer with The Troggs, has died at the age of 71. His death came a year after he announced he had lung cancer and retired from the band. The Troggs’…
Sounds Orchestral – LOUIE of the Week
This week, we showcase of a vintage LOUIE LOUIE from the past. The band is Sounds Orchestral, and this recording is from their 1970 LP, “Good Morning Starshine.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKsb66u8dq0
The Other Guys – LOUIE of the Week
This week’s LOUIE is by an obscure Canadian group known as The Other Guys, courtesy of Music Archives of Durham Region. The Other Guys formed in Oshawa in 1978. The band’s live…
Richard Berry, Ry Cooder & Steve Douglas in 1990 – LOUIE of the Week
The year was 1990. It was a special private party hosted by John Goddard for friends and family of Village Music of Mill Valley, California. A couple of nights before this show,…
RIP: Ray Collins of Mothers of Invention / LOUIE of the Week
On Christmas Eve, Ray Collins, original lead singer for Frank Zappa‘s Mothers of Invention, died in Pomona, Calif. He was 76 years old. Ray Collins began his musical career playing with Little…
Grateful Dead – LOUIE of the Week
This week, I’m backlogged again with more things, and the LOUIE of the Week is late again… so it’s time for an oldie, but goodie… It’s a band that was loved by…
John Lennon & friends 1971 – LOUIE of the Week
Today would have been John Lennon‘s 72nd birthday. Forty-one years ago, there was a little party for him in Syracuse, New York, right after an art show at the Everson Art Museum…