My friend Cindy Lee Berryhill, who’s been a supporter and participant in the LOUIE project, is on a campaign to finish her new album, using Kickstarter to take it to the finish…
Category: Music Therapy
Mojo Nixon “Christmas Christmas” – LOUIE of the Week
Today on Christmas Eve, we celebrate the season with a timeless Mojo Nixon clip from the LouieLouie.net archives! Happy Holidays from LouieLouie.net! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Ou3sLcP7g
Leonardo da Vinci’s Viola Organista – 500 years in the making!
Some projects do take longer than others. It took 500 years for Leonardo da Vinci‘s “viola organista” instrument to be built! The Sydney Morning Herald has the story… A bizarre instrument combining…
RIP: Bobby “Blue” Bland, blues singer extraordinaire
We lost another great singer this week. Legendary blues singer Bobby “Blue” Bland has left the land of the living. I’ve read and heard some excellent tributes for Bobby, with various people…
LOUIE LOUIE as an art installation in Federal building
Here’s a nice little story about a new art installation at a Federal building in Portland, Oregon = the town where the Kingsmen recorded LOUIE LOUIE, courtesy of OregonLive.com: May 29, 2013…
RIP: Paul Williams, writer, Crawdaddy publisher
Rock journalist Paul Williams passed away on the evening of March 27th, and it’s taken me a week to come up with the proper words to pay tribute to the man. I’m…
Norton Records needs help!
Our friends at Norton Records were hit hard by Hurricane Sandy. Their entire stock – LPs, CDs, 45s, picture sleeves, CD booklets, record labels and more – was destroyed by this terrible…
RIP: Kathi Kamen Goldmark, writer, musician, friend of LOUIE
Last week, we lost another friend to cancer. Kathi Kamen Goldmark, the woman responsible for the creation of the band known as the Rock Bottom Remainders, left us on Thursday. It’s a…
The Inspiration of LOUIE
Rev. Mark S. Bollwinkel writes about the inspirational power of music, with a major nod to LOUIE LOUIE in a recent article for the Los Altos Town Crier. The Rev. Mark S….
Jim Valley in Indonesia – LOUIE of the Week
Jim Valley is what you’d call a “Northwest LOUIE LOUIE veteran.” Born in Tacoma, Washington, Jim joined the Viceroys during high school, playing guitar on the 1963 regional hit “Granny’s Pad.” In…