I stumbled upon an amazing impersonator by the name of Stevie Riks on YouTube. As this is a website that celebrates “all things LOUIE,” I figured I might have a little fun…
Category: LOUIE Universe
Rain Kings – LOUIE of the Week
I’ll blame Phil Dirt for finding a rare 1965 recording of LOUIE LOUIE by a band from Dallas, Texas. This week’s LOUIE of the Week goes out to The Rain Kings. Here’s…
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…
Hail Hail Candye Kane!
As the international music community mourns the loss of singer-songwriter Chris Gaffney, who just passed away from liver cancer, I figured I should mention one of his very good friends, who also…
Happy B-Day for Stretch & Iggy Pop- LOUIE of the week
Today, it’s a birthday celebration for Iggy Pop, punk rock icon, and Jeff “Stretch” Riedle, owner of the world’s largest collection of LOUIE LOUIE recordings. Truth be told, I do blame Stretch…
New film from the creator of this website
It’s not always “all LOUIE” from the folks at LOUIE LOUIE central. Nope, sometimes there’s other projects that have absolutely nothing to do with Richard Berry‘s immortal rock song, unless of course…
2 Days until International LOUIE LOUIE Day
Within the next 48 hours, there will be a very special celebration. It probably won’t be covered by your local newspaper, and I doubt that you’ll see any segments on any television…
Terrorist In Mind – LOUIE of the Week
Apologies for the delay in posting this week’s LOUIE of the week. It’s been a busy week, and my unintentional, but mostly-positive upgrade of the WordPress blog software slowed things down around…
The amazing Don Gallucci and his progressive rock band
Don Gallucci is a familiar name in the LOUIE LOUIE universe. He was the original keyboardist for the Kingsmen during the recording of “LOUIE LOUIE.” He might have stayed in the Kingsmen,…
How to determine authentic Jerden Kingsmen 45 single
With my little LOUIE website, I get a lot of requests for information about determining prices for certain LOUIE recordings. Here’s an example of a recent inquiry I received regarding a Jerden…