I just found out my pal Barry Curtis now has a website – BarryCurtis.com. Barry Curtis joined the Kingsmen back in 1963 after they found success with LOUIE LOUIE. Before that, he…
Category: LOUIE Universe
A One-Stop Rock Merchandise Shop
Imagine one place where you can order legitmate, band-authorized merchandise by the Kingsmen, Big Brother & the Holding Company, The Archies (yes, the Archies), The Ventures, Mickey Dolenz, Commander Cody, and others……
LOUIE documentary update
Last week, I had an opportunity to interview Stanford University Professor Larry Lessig for the LOUIE documentary. As this documentary deals with certain matters of the music publishing industry, I thought it’d…
Follow-up on Revere & Raiders Naughty Bits
A few weeks ago, someone asked if there were naughty bits in the version of LOUIE by Paul Revere & the Raiders. I just took a look at the liner notes of…
A Berkeley LOUIE event I missed in 1998
Even with a webpage, various write-ups in international newspapers, and a prominent acknowledgement in a book by Dave Marsh, I still can’t find out about all things connected to LOUIE LOUIE untill…
LOUIEs from Gulcher Records
A few weeks ago, I did a little mention about a version of the SONG by the artist known as Angel Corpus Christi. I hadn’t actually heard it yet, but I dropped…
Update on the House of Animals – 2005
Back in my youth, National Lampoon was one of the most subversive humor magazines I’d ever seen. I loved MAD magazine, but National Lampoon dug deeper with a no-holds barred approach, creating…
RIP: Kerry Magness
I just got word from Kan-Do, rock ‘n roll road manager for the Kingsmen that bassist Kerry Magnness has died. Here’s what he sent me, recycled from his friend Steve Lalor: I…
Naughty bits in the Revere & Raiders version?
Here’s a little email that landed in the Louie Louie mail bag: Dear Eric: Are you a Star Wars fan? Because, Obi-wan, you’re my last hope! I’m a big PR & the…
The Roaring Winds of LOUIE LOUIE
Thanks to my anonymous spies out in LOUIE-land, I found yet another LOUIE. Here’s the details, as written at their website: The Roaring Winds of Louie Louie (Carbon Records) CDR $8 Today’s…