This week, for the LOUIE of the Week, the top prize goes to the grandaddies of garage, aka the Kingsmen, who created this special music video in 1983. It’s a Delta House…
Category: Old Versions
Little Bill & the Bluenotes (2008)- LOUIE of the Week
I wasn’t planning on posting a LOUIE of the Week this week, but today is the birthday for Bill Engelhart, as in Little Bill & the Bluenotes! Little Bill (with the Adventurers…
The Doors + the Rui Silva book – LOUIE of the Week
This week’s LOUIE is a rare live recording of the Doors performing LOUIE LOUIE in San Diego in 1970. High fidelity is something this recording is definitely not. It’s a low-grade, distorted…
The Vikings 1965 – LOUIE of the Week
Vintage video clips of any band performing LOUIE LOUIE during the mid-60s are a real treat to find. There’s not a lot of ’em out there. Thanks to YouTube, I’m sharing a…
The Unband “Geeze Louise” – LOUIE of the week
This week, I decided to draw attention to a “LOUIE song” that’s not the famous one written by Richard Berry. “Geeze Louise” is a “LOUIE” because LOUISE is the female equivalent of…
Mae West’s New Year’s Resolutions- LOUIE of the Week
For those of you that need some inspiration for the new year’s resolutions you haven’t made yet, here’s a song about new year’s resolutions, with a LOUIE LOUIE beat to it… In…
RIP: Captain Beefheart, visionary (LOUIE of the Week)
Last week, we lost a true visionary with the death of Don Van Vliet, the man also known as Captain Beefheart. Ironically, my last posting in this blog was about his old…
Frank Zappa – LOUIE of the Week, KFJC Mayhem, and other Zappa memories
For the past couple of days, I’ve been thinking about Frank Zappa. One of my favorite experiences seeing Zappa live took place in 1980 at the Berkeley Community Theater, in Berkeley, CA….
Luie Luie “EL Touchy” – LOUIE of the Week
This week’s LOUIE is a LOUIE that’s not the Richard Berry song. There’s a musician in Southern California named Luis Johnston that uses the stage name of “Luie Luie.” He released an…
Mario Allison y Su Combo – Louie of the Week
This week, the LOUIE of the Week goes a vintage recording of the song created by Mario Allison y Su Combo. BuzzYogurtLight posted this tasty recording to YouTube with this inspired write-up:…