HEY! Anyone out there remember Rank and File? How about The Dils? Cowboy Nation? All of the bands featured the very talented Chip Kinman, whose name kinda sounds like “Kingsmen” if you…
Category: LOUIE Universe
Rare video of the Calvanes from LOUIE archives
Continuing with more memories from the Hunter Hancock tribute event produced by Doo Wop Society of Southern California of March 4, 2000, I’m sharing another clip from the same show, the same…
Remembering Hunter Hancock
Following up on the Johnny Flamingo footage I posted a few days ago to YouTube, I decided to share more footage from the Hunter Hancock tribute show where Johnny and Jeanette Baker…
Hail Hail, Johnny Flamingo… and Jeanette Baker!
A few weeks ago, I got an email from Joe Drummer, one of my friends in the U.K.: Hi Eric, today one of those strange coincidences that seem to thrive in 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…
LOUIE is not on the torture list
Over at BoingBoing, I saw this posting: Mother Jones has an audio feature up this week — a compilation of songs believed to be used in US military prisons and on bases……
Batman Louie Louie – LOUIE of the Week
This week, the new Batman movie is being released. To celebrate this special occasion, this week’s LOUIE of the Week award is being given to a rendition entitled “BATMAN LOUIE LOUIE” posted…
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…
Eric Elviss for America – LOUIE of the Week
There’s something I find oddly appealing about a guy named “Eric Elviss” singing LOUIE LOUIE. Is it because my name is Eric and I sometimes use the nickname “Elvis” among certain friends?…
Dave Matthews Band and Toots Hibbert – LOUIE of the Week
I’d heard about the Dave Matthews Band doing LOUIE LOUIE. In fact, last year I mentioned that LOUIE LOUIE was part of song called “Warehouse” which was on “The Best of Whats…