The recent death of Lux Interior of the Cramps still weighs heavily at LOUIE Central, as do more deaths than I care to think about. Some close friends of mine have also…
Category: Old Versions
Paul Shaffer & World’s Most Dangerous Band (1989 or 1990?)- LOUIE of the Week
This week’s LOUIE of the Week is yet another archival rendition of the song. Twenty years ago, before David Letterman moved over to CBS, Paul Shaffer was the musical director for Late…
California Games – LOUIE of the Week
This week, I’m necessarily sharing a version of LOUIE LOUIE that doesn’t necessarily excite me or entertain me. On the other hand, this week’s LOUIE of the Week doesn’t look like a…
Joe Bravo Y Los Fabulosos Sunglows – LOUIE of the Week
This week’s LOUIE of the Week is an extremely rare version of the song. Up until a few days, ago, I’d never heard of Joe Bravo Y Los Fabulosos Sunglows. YouTube user…
The Shockwaves live in 1999 – LOUIE of the Week
It’s winter time in the United States, and folks are looking for some warmth during cold times. I thought to myself… why not provide a little glimmer of summertime to warm the…
Top 10 LOUIEs of the Year – Best of 2008
It’s late Wednesday afternoon, and I’m still swimming through a lot of stuff I really thought I would have finished weeks ago. I have projects I really hoped to wrap up by…
The Kingsmen (without Jack Ely) – LOUIE of the Week
I’ve been giving Jack Ely a lot of attention to this blog lately, so I thought I’d give some attention to the band that parted ways with him. The Kingsmen had the…
Flipper (Oakland 2008) + Kinks (France 1965)- LOUIE (and half) of the Week
Last weekend , I was at a fun party at the Oakland Museum, celebrating the East Bay Express (newspaper) annual “Best of the East Bay” issue. There were six stages of live…
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…
LOUIE of the Week – Vintage Black Flag
Digging into the vintage video clips of the YouTube library, I decided to highlight another nugget from the past for this week’s LOUIE of the Week. This is Black Flag at the…