With a tip of the hat to my pal Stretch Riedle, I just found out about a new version of THE SONG by the artist known as Angel Corpus Christi. To quote…
Category: LOUIE Universe
What about the Poodles?
A few years ago, Napster was considered the number one enemy of the music industry. Today, the big target is bit-torrent file sharing, which works on the principle of a decentralized distribution…
The Taboo Tunes Songbook
Need some fun songs to sing around the ol’ summer campfire this year? There’s a new “Taboo Tunes” songbook, featuring some easy-pickin’ chord charts and lyrics for wanna-be musicians of all ages….
Swiss LOUIE TV commercial
A few months ago, Patt from Switzerland wrote to LouieLouie.net: I was just watching TV and all of a sudden what do I hear? the coolest three chords ever recorded used in…
Fabulous Sixties- Runaway Express
Jim Ratts wrote me a very nice little email, and then sent an even better CD. Here’s what he first sent me: You must understand that likely, I am a kindred spirit….
Imagine a LOUIE LOUIE feature film!
Andrew Gerngross is a writer living in Los Angeles. He has written a highly fictionalized and comic screenplay about the FBI investigation into “Louie Louie.” Because Andrew believes in sharing, you can…
LOUIE LOUIE Family Bonds
My pal Theo at the LOUIE LOUIE pages discovered a great true story about how LOUIE LOUIE got in between a dad and his daughter and eventually brought them back together again!…
Follow-up on the Michigan marching band story
Earlier this month, there was quite a bit of buzz regarding the story of the marching band in Michigan that was not allowed to play LOUIE LOUIE. On May 5th, a day…
Google LOUIE Tricks
My pal Andy Martello stumbled over an interesting use of Google Language Tools with the song LOUIE LOUIE. Someone translated the song lyrics from English to German, then German to French, then…
New LOUIE book from Dick Peterson
A few weeks ago, before the Michigan marching band controversy hit the news, I received this news: Dick Peterson, drummer and vocalist for the Kingsmen has just signed a contract to publish…