In memory of my late friend Michael Rivinius, I decided to post a video of him with Richard Berry performing “LOUIE LOUIE.” The time was November 17, 1989. The place was JJ’s…
Category: San Francisco Bay Area
RIP: Michael Rivinius, musician
This week, thanks to my pal David at Punmaster.com, I received word that musician Michael Rivinius had died. I first met Michael back in 1989 when he arranged a show with Richard…
RIP: Harold Welch, bay area restaurateur, music promoter
A few days ago, I was reading the San Jose Mercury when I ran across an obituary of an old friend. Harold Welch was a very colorful character in the San Francisco…
In Search of a 1966 Jefferson Airplane Santa Barbara poster
I’m trying to find a poster or handbill for Jefferson Airplane gig at University of California, Santa Barbara dated October 22, 1966. Or maybe a newspaper ad, a newspaper article, a radio…
Holy Crud… it’s the MUMMIES!
Somehow or another, I stumbled over at the official Mummies‘ webpage tonight. The Mummies haven’t been a band since 1994, and I do miss them. I used to see them all the…
What about Vince Welnick?
It’s been a busy couple of weeks over at LOUIE Central. I recently purchased another DV deck, and I’ve been transferring a lot of old videos to the big hard drives. One…
More April Connections- Three Heroes of LOUIE
In the posting before last, I mentioned some factoids connected to the month of April. Here’s some special April days I’d like to add to the list. Today, Thursday, April 13 is…
April Musings and LOUIE LOUIE Day
April 1st is a very interesting day. Around the world, many of us celebrate this day as April’s Fools Day, which is an excuse to play really goofy tricks on one another….
RIP: Ned Torney
Tonight, at Moe’s Alley in Santa Cruz, California, there will be a big celebration for Ned Torney (not Tourney). Ned was a multi-talented musician that played with a lot of bands in…
Louie Road
Once upon a time, LOUIE LOUIE was written by Richard Berry in Los Angeles, California. Actually, to be precise, it was written at the Harmony Park Ballroom in Anaheim in 1955, a…